BBC licence fee

[Mr Kobayashi]

The BBC does so much unnoticed yet it's embarrassing rolling news coverage ruins it.

Lots of programming would never have aired if it wasn't for the licensing system.

Their free education websites are probably the best in the world.

Would make sense to spin them off.

BBC News (or whatever it calls itself) can broadcast in designated slots on the main Beeb under licence and have it's own channels but they have different management and company structures.

 

[mat]

Was leader, whatcha mean?

The blonde candyfloss headed **** grunt pig ignorant fucker is still in charge mat!

It was more Gideon Cokehead than the pigfucker. He wiped out the arts budget in the name of austerity.

 

[bluethrunthru]

People can scream British institution and value for money all they want but there is no way to convince me that forcing people to pay yet another fucking bill every year or the BBC send the bully men to your door is a good idea.

You do realise that an unfunded BBC will be a smaller BBC - if you want to replace anything you have lost it will not be free. The net result it will be pay more get less. Old people won't face a theoretical fine or imprisonment but will face their dotage with very little audio or visual entertainment unless they can afford to pay through the nose for it - everyone will get less access to news coverage too - wonder why that would suit a government?

And tell you what if the BBC becomes subscription only then they will apply that to radio too. When that happens other entities like Global will think " well hey we aren't putting out for free " and introduce a subscription too.

iPlayer, All4 any currently free to access catchup TV service will be too.......all will be fine it will be just what few services do you want for £20 per month

 

[Brooklands Blue]

And this is the shit for brains far right knuckle dragging idiot is in the cabinet???

Good job comrade Corbyn didn't win the last election as we would now have the likes of Diane Abbott, David Lammy and Angela Rayner in cabinet. I'm no Tory but the standard of the current parliamentary Labour party at present is shameful. The BBC needs to reform as its current funding model is way out of date in the current digital age.

 

[Brooklands Blue]

You do realise that an unfunded BBC will be a smaller BBC - if you want to replace anything you have lost it will not be free. The net result it will be pay more get less. Old people won't face a theoretical fine or imprisonment but will face their dotage with very little audio or visual entertainment unless they can afford to pay through the nose for it - everyone will get less access to news coverage too - wonder why that would suit a government?

And tell you what if the BBC becomes subscription only then they will apply that to radio too. When that happens other entities like Global will think " well hey we aren't putting out for free " and introduce a subscription too.

iPlayer, All4 any currently free to access catchup TV service will be too.......all will be fine it will be just what few services do you want for £20 per month

I thought you needed a tv licence to legally watch BBC iplayer. Happy to be corrected.

 

[bluethrunthru]

I thought you needed a tv licence to legally watch BBC iplayer. Happy to be corrected.

True you are asked the question - but it just says do you have one - tick yes and you are on. Tick no and you are a fucking dick.

 

[Mike D]

Good job comrade Corbyn didn't win the last election as we would now have the likes of Diane Abbott, David Lammy and Angela Rayner in cabinet. I'm no Tory but the standard of the current parliamentary Labour party at present is shameful. The BBC needs to reform as its current funding model is way out of date in the current digital age.

Image having that people who like Lammy and Reynolds MP's who wear there heart on sleeves. Who have been brought up on council estates leaving school at 16 to have a child. What possibly could they have in common with the rest of us born out of wealth privately educated at the finest education institutions.

The BBC has reformed its not the institution that needs its the ideologically driven government instructed by their paymaster Murdoch to destroy the BBC needs kicking out.

 

[Mike D]

IN my younger days I never really got the BBC mainly through ignorance and naivety I never appreciated how importance. I love BBC R4 and an avid listener to the Today program and PM. I also enjoy podcasts from BBC and watch some of the BBC programs.

As someone has already said it will only be when its gone when we are gas lighted by what ever propoganda Murdoch chooses for us.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Most of Europe has some form of TV licence.

Television licence - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

A notable "democracy" that doesn't is the USA, quality subscription free news isn't there to push back against Fox and One America.

Is it any surprise that people are so detached from reality that they believe they have to save America from a cult of paedophiles when they live in a world of “alternative facts and fake news“?

 

[Corky]

Most of Europe has some form of TV licence.

Television licence - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

A notable "democracy" that doesn't is the USA, quality subscription free news isn't there to push back against Fox and One America.

Is it any surprise that people are so detached from reality that they believe they have to save America from a cult of paedophiles when they live in a world of “alternative facts and fake news“?

The link shows most of Europe doesn't, around 2/3rds doesn't.