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Why are fewer people paying?
The Office for Budget Responsibility expects 2.7 million fewer households to pay the licence fee over the next five years, bringing the total to 19 million. This decline is attributed to viewers moving to streaming services, which offer a different model of content consumption and payment, reducing reliance on traditional broadcast television.
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