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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Do you think we should have to pay it or should we be able to opt out of the bbc x"
I don't watch BBC so get very little return from paying it.
If it was an investment or service I would have sacked it off long ago. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Soon everyone will pay a communications fee,of which some will go to the beeb. Every household will have to have one,to receive any kind of communication from any media,expect newspapers. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Do you think we should have to pay it or should we be able to opt out of the bbc x
I don't watch BBC so get very little return from paying it.
If it was an investment or service I would have sacked it off long ago. "
I agree but wouldn't be against paying a nominal fee just to help continue the world news service and nature documentaries. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
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"Soon everyone will pay a communications fee,of which some will go to the beeb. Every household will have to have one,to receive any kind of communication from any media,expect newspapers."
Are we exempt if we're wearing our tin foil hats?  |
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By *olgateMan
over a year ago
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Removing the licence fee would mean standards would drop to the level of Italian TV. If anyone has ever watched Italian TV they will understand.
People forget how much else that the licence fee provides including national and local radio |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Soon everyone will pay a communications fee,of which some will go to the beeb. Every household will have to have one,to receive any kind of communication from any media,expect newspapers.
Are we exempt if we're wearing our tin foil hats? "
I doubt it,they'll call it brain wave licence or something |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I rarely, if ever, watch the BBC. I begrudge the licence and would love to see it have to pay for itself the adverts. If it was a commercial business, it would have died a death years ago. |
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The BBC provides a broad spectrum of some of the finest programming on the planet - across the web, radio as well as television.
It's worth every penny.
And if you disagree with that, go watch US, French, German &c &c TV and tell me it's better. |
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We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in North Norfolk |
"We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband."
I watch Sky channels far more than I watch BBC. I'd rather pay for Sky. |
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"We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband.
I watch Sky channels far more than I watch BBC. I'd rather pay for Sky."
I watch Sky too  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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No doubt I will be in the minority... I'm happy to pay my TV licence! I'd happily live with that and freeview - but my teenage son couldn't live without Sky  |
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"We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband.
I watch Sky channels far more than I watch BBC. I'd rather pay for Sky."
I would never pay money to Murdoch.
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"No doubt I will be in the minority... I'm happy to pay my TV licence! I'd happily live with that and freeview - but my teenage son couldn't live without Sky "
Not at all I am happy to pay my Tv licence, we also watch sky but I wouldn't pat their prices  |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in North Norfolk |
"We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband.
I watch Sky channels far more than I watch BBC. I'd rather pay for Sky.
I would never pay money to Murdoch.
*shrugs*"
I'd rather not but there are shows I want to watch more than I don't want to pay money to him. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don't watch live TV, and nobody in my household has since i split with my ex who i lived with. Not paid it for 5 years now.
If you don't want something you don't have to pay for it. |
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"We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband.
I watch Sky channels far more than I watch BBC. I'd rather pay for Sky.
I would never pay money to Murdoch.
*shrugs*
I'd rather not but there are shows I want to watch more than I don't want to pay money to him."
I can't do it |
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"Pay 65 notes for an Amazon fire stick that's got the codie software and you can get every worldwide channel going. All latest movies, sports, tv shows etc"
£65 for a firestick???? WOW they saw you coming |
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By *olgateMan
over a year ago
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If the BBC had to be funded by advertising the revenue to other broadcasters would drop and the standard and quality of their productions also. The big picture is not as simple as not just paying the licence fee. I'm sure all the downtown abbey fans would have been happy to know there would never be a series of that type and quality ever again |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in North Norfolk |
"We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband.
I watch Sky channels far more than I watch BBC. I'd rather pay for Sky.
I would never pay money to Murdoch.
*shrugs*
I'd rather not but there are shows I want to watch more than I don't want to pay money to him.
I can't do it "
I can. Me paying or not paying £20/month isn't going to make a jot of difference to him and his empire. |
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"We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband.
I watch Sky channels far more than I watch BBC. I'd rather pay for Sky.
I would never pay money to Murdoch.
*shrugs*
I'd rather not but there are shows I want to watch more than I don't want to pay money to him.
I can't do it
I can. Me paying or not paying £20/month isn't going to make a jot of difference to him and his empire."
The point is you don't have to and can still receive the same content. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
Somewhere in North Norfolk |
"We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband.
I watch Sky channels far more than I watch BBC. I'd rather pay for Sky.
I would never pay money to Murdoch.
*shrugs*
I'd rather not but there are shows I want to watch more than I don't want to pay money to him.
I can't do it
I can. Me paying or not paying £20/month isn't going to make a jot of difference to him and his empire.
The point is you don't have to and can still receive the same content."
Not legally though or so conveniently. |
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"We don't mind paying the TV licence, but we would never pay for a service like Sky or Virgin media. They are a complete rip off. We get just about every channel in the world and all for just £17.50 per month for broadband.
I watch Sky channels far more than I watch BBC. I'd rather pay for Sky.
I would never pay money to Murdoch.
*shrugs*
I'd rather not but there are shows I want to watch more than I don't want to pay money to him.
I can't do it
I can. Me paying or not paying £20/month isn't going to make a jot of difference to him and his empire.
The point is you don't have to and can still receive the same content.
Not legally though or so conveniently."
Legality still a grey area but you are probably right, convenience?? Have to disagree. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The licence fee pays for the arials for all companies to broadcast from ect the bbc only look after this equipment for the goverment they do charge these companies to broadcast through the network as well as charging you,only some of the licence fee goes to bbc programs.
The fee should be done away with. |
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"Removing the licence fee would mean standards would drop to the level of Italian TV. If anyone has ever watched Italian TV they will understand.
People forget how much else that the licence fee provides including national and local radio"
and jimmy saville... |
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"I watch all my tv through Sky! As I pay them why do I need to pay for the BBC?"
Can you receive bbc through your sky box? That is why you have to pay. I don't have sky, freeview or even an aerial but as I watch bbc I still pay. |
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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago
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"I watch all my tv through Sky! As I pay them why do I need to pay for the BBC?"
Because that's the law.
If you watch TV, on any channel, as it is being broadcast, you need a tv licence. |
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