Re: @ Dave Filesystem
@ Dan 55
"Why do you claim that Sky subscribers don't watch the BBC?"
Actually the question is why do you think they do? And if you assume they do then you would be happy for those channels to be charged separately as they would all obviously still pay to use the BBC (tv, radio, website, whatever). That people have to pay for the BBC as they pay for the content they obviously want (they had to subscribe for sky) does not mean they watch it, only that there is no way to watch the content they want without paying an additional competitor.
"If some IoT virus were to go around which removed Freeview and Freesat channels from the their Sky box EPG, people might realise how little they're really getting for 60 quid or more."
True. Just as the BBC vanishing off air might take a while to notice unless the other media kicked up a fuss.