IMO trying to milk the end users here is the wrong move. People are unsubscribing from the licence because they're not using it and don't want to pay £170 a year for something they don't use. Which is fair.

But one could easily "tax" the other services - TV channels, radio, streaming platforms like Netflix or Spotify, pushing these companies to provide 1% of their revenue to fund the public broadcasts.

Combine that with the licensing the content abroad and you've got a plan going.