UK Netflix viewers could soon have to pay the BBC licence fee. That's according to a recent Bloomberg report claiming that the UK government is considering the move as one option to keep funding the BBC.
It's not just Netflix viewers, though. Users of all video streaming services would be made to cough up, whereas currently you don't need to pay if you only participate in catch-up/on-demand viewing (and not on iPlayer). However, as we'll see, the current rules aren't quite that simple...
