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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Is it about time the tv license was scrapped ?
The drivel on bbc alone is enough justification in my eyes to scrap it.
We pay for no adverts , yet bbc often play their own ads 
And it surely shouldnt warrant putting folk in prison for not paying it  |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"40p a day? Best value for anything anywhere.
Not when all thats on is crap "
It ISN'T all crap. Some of it isn't to everyone's taste but that's the BBC's job - to cater to as wide an audience as possible. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"what they should do is add cost of tv licence to pay per view subscriptions like sky and virgin as it is important to keep the BBC running"
They only have to cut the wages and payouts to do that  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you compare it to the cost of going to the cinema, it's decent value for money, although I agree that especially over Christmas, the television was absolutely fucking shite - and that includes Sky |
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By *ussypussWoman
over a year ago
South Birmingham waiting for the bf to come back after crimbo |
In these days of Freeview and services that we have to pay for like Sky or Virgin, I think it's scandalous that we should have to pay for the licence when the content provided by the BBC is mediocre at best.
In a similar vein to something a previous poster has said, I think I've seen one series on the BBC, recorded not watched at the time it was aired (consisting of no more than 12 episodes) in the past 12 months, does that equate to good value for money when the licence fee is in excess of £13 a month ... not in my opinion  |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
It pays for more than BBC television. It covers the cost of the radio stations too. I agree that the Corporation could do with getting its financial house in order but I think they recognise that too.
I've had BBC on nearly all evening (BBC Four now The Joy of Disco) so I am happy to pay. |
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By *mileyBWoman
over a year ago
Northwood |
Well I would never watch news on any other channel. 40p per day for amazing reporters who report from far flung places putting their lives and sanity at risk. Fabulous documentaries which come second only to National Geographic themselves. Oh and I'd pay that just for East Enders LOL  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Well I would never watch news on any other channel. 40p per day for amazing reporters who report from far flung places putting their lives and sanity at risk. Fabulous documentaries which come second only to National Geographic themselves. Oh and I'd pay that just for East Enders LOL "
Oh they would have to pay ME to watch that |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
"Well I would never watch news on any other channel. 40p per day for amazing reporters who report from far flung places putting their lives and sanity at risk. Fabulous documentaries which come second only to National Geographic themselves. Oh and I'd pay that just for East Enders LOL
Oh they would have to pay ME to watch that "
Not even for George Entwistle's hush money. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I think you should only pay for what you watch that way, tv people would have to start looking at making better programmes, especially in my house anyway. Overall tv is a waste of time; ITV or Central is no better than BBC and vice versa, sky no better than terrestrial channels |
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By *nnyMan
over a year ago
Glasgow |
If programmes are only made on the basis of what people watch, there'll be nothing but Strictly Come X Factor Celebrity Wee Cousin on Ice programmes being made.
Fine for the brain dead but useless for the rest of us. |
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"i dont have a tv or a license i watch BBC I Player and so long as i dont watch live streaming l dont need one,i have netflix for films"
You should check up on that hun as they changed the law, the BBC took it to court and got rid of that loop hole. I don't have a tv but I do have a licence as BBC I player now streams programs as they are being broadcast. So if you access to the internet and thus BBC I player you have access to broadcastable programs and you need a licence. It's pish but they get you every which way. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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They should scrap the licence, after all the BBC still put their own adds on, so why not put paying adds on.
Also, all they seem to show is repeats, news and debate programs because the only cost is for the studio, so they can pocket even more of our money and keep their old reporters in jobs.
In these multi channel days the BBC should have raised their game and given us more entertainment.....they've failed.
Basically they're just complacent and couldn't give a toss because they know they've got our money coming in whether we like it or not.
As for the radio, the independent radio channels have left the BBC eating their dust! 
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I looked at the tv license website and you only need a tv license if you watch television programmes as they are being broadcast but do not need one if you only watch "catch up" services such as bbc iplayer and 4od etc |
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"If programmes are only made on the basis of what people watch, there'll be nothing but Strictly Come X Factor Celebrity Wee Cousin on Ice programmes being made.
Fine for the brain dead but useless for the rest of us."
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"it will never be scrapped, it's to big a gravy train for those at the top"
What gravy train are we talking about? The people who work in the BBC generally get paid much less than those doing equivalent jobs in the private sector - and they generally do those jobs far better than the private sector. Yes, some at the top get paid well, but compared to the gravy train in the banking sector and other parts of the private sector, it is more like a very toy locomotive.
The BBC provides the best TV news in the world, the best documentaries, the best political programmes, the best music station by far (Radio 6), the best radio sports and news channel (5Live), some of the best comedy shows (Have I Got News For You, Q, Mock The Week), the best news website, the best sport website, the best children's television (CBBC)....
Not only that, it also helps finance the British film industry, helping many independent films see the light of day that wouldn't otherwise.
Yes, the entertainment might not be to the taste of everyone, especially if you want imported American programmes (and certain sports events) that Sky and the likes are able to outbid the BBC for. Ironically, if the value of the television licence had not fallen, more of such programmes would stil be on the BBC (and not interrupted by bloody advertisements).
Apart from Channel 4, tell me what good quality television has been produced by Sky or any other the independent television channels? Very little that I have seen.
As for independent radio, it is usually wall to wall muzak introduced by amateur-hour DJs interupted every 10 minutes by mind-numbing advertisements.
Hallelujah for the licence fee and the BBC! |
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"I looked at the tv license website and you only need a tv license if you watch television programmes as they are being broadcast but do not need one if you only watch "catch up" services such as bbc iplayer and 4od etc "
Yes but the BBC now stream programs on the I player that are being broadcast at the same time. It's a bit like having a tv and only ever watching ITV ect you still need a licence because you are able to watch BBC, whether you do or not is irrelevant. If you can get I player then you can see programs that are being broadcast thus you need a licence. |
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@ _damandeve4fun - very well said!
I don't begrudge paying the licence fee for pretty much the reasons you guys said.
The only thing I find better than the BBC's offering is in Sky's coverage of F1 and football. Overall, however, I find the BBC bloody good value for money really. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"what they should do is add cost of tv licence to pay per view subscriptions like sky and virgin as it is important to keep the BBC running"
It seems ridiculous to pay so much for one channel when you can get tons of others for not much more.
Ok and radio stations and bbc 2,3,4 etc. But still.... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We have tv receiver boxes that record and playback so we can skip the ads to I see no reason for the BBC to keep it's coveted status as taxpayer funded in return for not running ads. Also, is funding a state-financed mouthpiece democratic? Let the BBC compete with it's competitors on a level playing field. |
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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago
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BBC News on telly and the web is the one source of news that I trust, simply because it is not influenced by the commercial interests that others on this thread would wish to see introduced. BBC is about a lot more than just TV shows. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"BBC News on telly and the web is the one source of news that I trust, simply because it is not influenced by the commercial interests that others on this thread would wish to see introduced. BBC is about a lot more than just TV shows."
Whilst I agree that a good proportion of the news provided by the BBC is well sourced and trustworthy, there is a bias towards left-wing views pervading throughout the BBC. Whatever is happening in the Congo, for example, is news and they report it as such, but when it comes to home affiars there is always a left wing slant on whatever the BBC has to say. I believe it cannot survive as a taxpayer funded organisation if it has lost it's apolitical stance as it isn't reflecting the views of those taxpayers who fund it that DON'T subscribe to left wing idealogy. On that basis, public funding should be withdrawn. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"If programmes are only made on the basis of what people watch, there'll be nothing but Strictly Come X Factor Celebrity Wee Cousin on Ice programmes being made.
Fine for the brain dead but useless for the rest of us."
Given I don't watch that kind of rubbish, no difference to now |
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"BBC News on telly and the web is the one source of news that I trust, simply because it is not influenced by the commercial interests that others on this thread would wish to see introduced. BBC is about a lot more than just TV shows.
Whilst I agree that a good proportion of the news provided by the BBC is well sourced and trustworthy, there is a bias towards left-wing views pervading throughout the BBC. Whatever is happening in the Congo, for example, is news and they report it as such, but when it comes to home affiars there is always a left wing slant on whatever the BBC has to say. I believe it cannot survive as a taxpayer funded organisation if it has lost it's apolitical stance as it isn't reflecting the views of those taxpayers who fund it that DON'T subscribe to left wing idealogy. On that basis, public funding should be withdrawn."
I doubt whether anyone on the left would agree that the BBC is biased towards them. The BBC crucified Gordon Brown in a very right-wing way. The BBC's main political correspondent is a former card-carrying member of the Conservative Party.
It is all in the eye of the beholder. The BBC gets criticised from the right for being too liberal, from the left for being too establishment. Basically, while it is being criticised by all, it probably means it is doing a good job being balanced overall. |
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