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BBC licence fee extended to online video on Kalshi
If the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announces a proposal to extend the BBC licence fee (or any successor BBC funding charge) to cover watching online video (such as on YouTube or on-demand streaming services) before Jan 1, 2027, then the market resolves to Yes.
Settles on: Department for Culture, Media and Sport, UK Parliament.
The cover charge
| If you buy at | Fee per contract | On $50 | Win rate to break even |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30¢ | 1.5¢ | $2.45 | 31.5% |
| 50¢ | 1.8¢ | $1.75 | 51.7% |
| 70¢ | 1.5¢ | $1.05 | 71.5% |
| 72¢ (now) | 1.4¢ | $0.98 | 73.4% |
| 90¢ | 0.6¢ | $0.35 | 90.6% |
Resting orders pay no fee on this series. Formula: 7% × contracts × price × (1 − price), rounded up, on orders that take liquidity. Break-even assumes you hold to settlement; trading out early pays the fee twice.
Open contracts right now
| Contract | YES price | Implied | Fee at this price | Real-world odds | Luck needed | Volume | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will the UK propose extending the BBC licence fee to online video in 2026? · Yes | 72¢ | 72% | 1.4¢ | — | 56% | 4,912 | Jan 01, 04:59 UTC |
Who actually wins this market
- Whoever posts the resting orders and collects the spread without paying a fee.
- The venue, on every fee.
- Not, on average, the person clicking buy because the chart is going their way. That was us.
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