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Originally Posted by Livia
TS... you know that the licence isn't just to watch the BBC... and I'd hardly call the BBC oldy-fashionedy... and not because you've just made those words up, you sod.
If all you want to watch on the BBC is Eastenders, you should probably have your telly taken away tbh... a punishment for, well... for watching Eastenders.
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The BBC isn't but over the air broadcasting definitely is! I mean, who has an actual "aerial" these days? Pfft! Anyway, that's why I think each channel / set of channels should be on a "pay for the ones you want" basis and any hardware upkeep is then covered by the broadcasters themselves based on viewership numbers, who could then factor that into their fees.
So sky pays for their satellite upkeep via sky subs, BBC and the other council telly channels pay for the upkeep of over the air broadcasting via their sub fees, Virgin for cable, etc.
Sky and Virgin would presumably introduce an optional "BBC package" and pass part of the package fee on to the beeb.
It just seems the fairest way. Watch no telly, pay nothing. Watch a little telly, pay a little. Watch all of the telly going, pay a fair bit more...
Also no punishment is needed for watching Eastenders. It is a punishment in itself. Can you name any other show that has storylines that run for several years only to end in ways that make absolutely no sense? No! It is refined telly masochism.