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Cherie · 01-04-2016, 11:03 AM

MOTD was rubbish when it moved to ITV as well

bots · 01-04-2016, 11:02 AM

I think the BBC is great and worth every penny of the license fee

billy123 · 01-04-2016, 11:12 AM

As long as you lovely people keep paying it the boat wont be rocked too much for those that dont so please carry on and thank you

Cherie · 01-04-2016, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by bobnot

As long as you lovely people keep paying it the boat wont be rocked too much for those that dont so please carry on and thank you

I don't mind I feel I personally get value for money, I don't mind carrying you along with a few pensioners

Niamh. · 01-04-2016, 11:34 AM

You lot should be happy that the BBC don't have adverts, our national channels do and we still have to pay a licence

Also, The Voice is on BBC so

Cherie · 01-04-2016, 11:39 AM

If the Beeb raise the age that pensioners receive a free licence to raise revenue, how will that sit with your social conscience Bob

billy123 · 01-04-2016, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Cherie

I don't mind I feel I personally get value for money, I don't mind carrying you along with a few pensioners

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

You lot should be happy that the BBC don't have adverts, our national channels do and we still have to pay a licence

Also, The Voice is on BBC so

I dont really watch much live tv BB is possibly the last thing i watched on live TV other than a bit of sport. Just about anything i watch has long since had the ads removed or is streamed from abroad. I certainly wouldn't get any value from getting a License.
I dont even have a TV aerial on the house.

Niamh. · 01-04-2016, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by bobnot

I dont really watch much live tv BB is possibly the last thing i watched on live TV other than a bit of sport. Just about anything i watch has long since had the ads removed or is streamed from abroad. I certainly wouldn't get any value from getting a License.
I dont even have a TV aerial on the house.

Well, this is the way it's going now with internet and streaming channels taking over, that's why they want to change it to a "media licence" here rather than a TV licence

billy123 · 01-04-2016, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

Well, this is the way it's going now with internet and streaming channels taking over, that's why they want to change it to a "media licence" here rather than a TV licence

Yes they will change it but they still wont be able to enforce it. The BBC also now sell their shows all over the world and make an absolute fortune from them yet it has made no difference whatsoever to the price of the license which is weird.

Niamh. · 01-04-2016, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by bobnot

Yes they will change it but they still wont be able to enforce it. The BBC also now sell their shows all over the world and make an absolute fortune from them yet it has made no difference whatsoever to the price of the license which is weird.

That's not surprising though

Marsh. · 01-04-2016, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by bobnot

Yes they will change it but they still wont be able to enforce it. The BBC also now sell their shows all over the world and make an absolute fortune from them yet it has made no difference whatsoever to the price of the license which is weird.

Because the BBC channels themselves supported by the license fee are a separate entity to BBC Worldwide which is also funded by advertising.

Cherie · 01-04-2016, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bobnot

I dont really watch much live tv BB is possibly the last thing i watched on live TV other than a bit of sport. Just about anything i watch has long since had the ads removed or is streamed from abroad. I certainly wouldn't get any value from getting a License.
I dont even have a TV aerial on the house.

It's not really an issue of how often you watch it, as you could apply that to any tax ie some people have never signed on, some people have has no kids but still pay towards funding child benefit, licence payers fund the free licence for over 75's, 3.00 a week is nothing to give the elderly an advert free TV service

billy123 · 01-04-2016, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cherie

It's not really an issue of how often you watch it, as you could apply that to any tax ie some people have never signed on, some people have has no kids but still pay towards funding child benefit, licence payers fund the free licence for over 75's, 3.00 a week is nothing to give the elderly an advert free TV service

But it isnt a tax it is a fee that you pay for a service. I dont use it.
BB and any football i watch arent on the BBC or if they are they are also available on multiple other channels around the world via the internet.

I dont watch any live broadcasts that the BBC supply and i dont remember the last time i listened to any of their radio stations so dont need to pay.

Cherie · 01-04-2016, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bobnot

But it isnt a tax it is a fee that you pay for a service. I dont use it. BB and any football i watch arent on the BBC or if they are they are also available on multiple other channels around the world via the internet.

So basically you are all right Jack, its a fee or an indirect tax and it funds a free licence for poor housebound Ethel with arthritic hips who can't afford broadband and has never heard of netfix..3.00 a week Bob, how can you be so cruel

Kizzy · 01-04-2016, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Cherie

It's not really an issue of how often you watch it, as you could apply that to any tax ie some people have never signed on, some people have has no kids but still pay towards funding child benefit, licence payers fund the free licence for over 75's, 3.00 a week is nothing to give the elderly an advert free TV service

So on top of what Bob shells out already in direct and indirect taxes, utilities his own personal charities and whatever other outgoings he has he should pay for this service he doesn't use as heaven forbid it should come out of their profits?

He would be an April fool to do that, he'd be an all day everyday fool

Cherie · 01-04-2016, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kizzy

So on top of what Bob shells out already in direct and indirect taxes, utilities his own personal charities and whatever other outgoings he has he should pay for this service he doesn't use as heaven forbid it should come out of their profits?

He would be an April fool to do that, he'd be an all day everyday fool

Er yes because we all pay taxes directly or indirectly and don't use all the services they pay for, why should this be any different? I find it interesting that some of the most vocal on social justice on this forum are swerving this tax even though it pays for free licences for the over 75s, the age may be raised or the free licence scrapped altogether as more and more people stop paying "because they don't use the service".

Mystic Mock · 02-04-2016, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh.

You lot should be happy that the BBC don't have adverts, our national channels do and we still have to pay a licence

Also, The Voice is on BBC so

That sounds like a rip off to me.

People in Ireland should seriously kick up a stink about that.

DemolitionRed · 01-04-2016, 05:47 PM

Having lived in America where every TV channel is interrupted with ten minutes of adverts every ten minutes, I'm glad we still have the BBC.

Parmy · 01-04-2016, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

Having lived in America where every TV channel is interrupted with ten minutes of adverts every ten minutes, I'm glad we still have the BBC.

do you pay for it, the bbc?

joeysteele · 01-04-2016, 06:44 PM

I'd actually rather just have a pay per view for the BBC since all I watch on it is The Voice,which is now going to ITV thankfully.
Question Time which is well past its sell by date now too anyway.

Sky News is the main news channel I watch and the only BBC channel I watch most in the main is the BBC Parliament channel.

I find it obscene that someone really rich with a massive house and a TV in every room almost,pays exactly the same fee as someone in a one bedroomed flat with one TV,whether they are working or even on jobseekers allowance only.

I also think, especially as to news programming now,the BBC has gone down rapidly as to keeping debate going and on track and also in their reporting of major events too.

Wimbledon I will watch on the BBC and its coverage there used to be brilliant, however even that has gone down the drain and has become more a talking shop on the BBC now.

No I would happily see the licence got rid of completely it is far from worth it now and fine when there were only about 5 channels but a ridiculous thing to have in the multi channel age we are in now.

Marsh. · 01-04-2016, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by joeysteele

The Voice,which is now going to ITV thankfully.

They will destroy it.

Vicky. · 01-04-2016, 07:45 PM

Anyway, I will never see TV license the same as the likes of taxes. I stopped paying mine once I realised it was being used to hide the actions (and pay ridiculous amounts to) paedophiles...step too far tbh. Plus I never watch any of their stuff anyway

I didn't pay it for ages,. then decided I may aswell...then all the paedo stuff came out so went back to not paying