[arista]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

To be fair though... if you want Sky you have to pay the license fee AS WELL as Sky subscription.

I reckon Sky should make some sort of deal where BBC channels are a package that costs say £12 a month and it gets paid forward to the BBC by Sky if you take that package... and you can otherwise still watch TV but with no Beeb channels .

Comcast /NBC owned Sky
would not do that, now.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

And better quality.

Pay a fortune for a squillion channels with nothing on them but repeats of old BBC shows.

True. My Dad has every channel available and there's never anything on, so they watch ITV or BBC. iPlayer is worth the licence fee alone.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

And better quality.

Pay a fortune for a squillion channels with nothing on them but repeats of old BBC shows.

Exactly.

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Channel 4 is part funded by the licence.

No it isn't, and I have no idea why you would spread this dangerous misinformation.



Also https://faqs.channel5.com/hc/en-us/a...for-Channel-5-

I couldn't find an ITV one but it doesn't fund that either, as the name implies

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Livia

True. My Dad has every channel available and there's never anything on, so they watch ITV or BBC. iPlayer is worth the licence fee alone.

I agree that there's never anything on over-the-air TV but for me that applies to BBC and ITV as well . And thing is... I don't disagree that there's some great content available on BBC streaming. I personally WOULD choose to pay for it as a streaming service. But the important aspect here is that I would choose to... if the content is truly unmissably great then people will choose to pay for it. It should nonetheless be a choice.

And I know people say "It is a choice, you can just not have TV at all" but even that isn't true, the magic vans don't exist so they simply ASSUME you're watching television illegally if you're in an occupied house that doesn't have a TV license, and they send endless harassing, bullying and intimidating letters. Most people don't have the stomach to not just pay up and they know/rely on that.

[arista]

TS
Ch4 like ITV and Ch5
all get funding for Documentary's
from the BBC Tax.

[Alf]

I was gonna give £3 a year to the starving children, that's that gone for a burton now. It'll end up in Claudia Winkleman's purse, instead.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Exactly.

Well, they're not gonna repeat brand new shows on UK Gold are they, they couldn't afford it.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Alf

I was gonna give £3 a year to the starving children, that's that gone for a burton now. It'll end up in Claudia Winkleman's purse, instead.

Yes so long as she is still working there.

Also Over 75 year olds soon have to pay again


So BBC getting loads of Dosh

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

If the latest season of Doctor Who is anything to go by then I agree.

Not really, Doctor Who's budget has been slashed.

Chibnall being a hack has nothing to do with the licence fee.