BBC licence fee

[yerwot?]

free to air with adverts, subscription for no adverts.
Constant propoganda for many years by billionaire media barons, "reds under the bed" scare-mongering that the BBC is "a left-wing communist-inspired cabal is right up there with "trickle-down theory" and brexit, as examples of poison touted as a cure. And succeeding.

 

[Mike D]

Just giving people a choice is enough. A real choice with no threatening of legal action or bailiffs sent to the door if you say no. I don't want people to lose the shows or radio they enjoy but equally I should get a choice to say no I don't watch or listen to that content so I shouldn't have to pay for it. It's 2022 and its time the BBC realised the way people consume and access content has changed with the internet and streaming services.

Just browsing Twitter is making me laugh watching who is tweeting defending the license fee. You have people like Deborah Meaden and Dan Walker all tweeting about protecting it. When in reality they are BBC employees just wanting to protect their overinflated salaries.

I think you may need to give you head a wobble because I really don't think Deborah Meaden is going to be on Universal Credit if the BEEB got shut down, As for the other guy I am pretty sure he wouldn't be joining dole queue either.

 

[Mike D]

There’s going to be no British institutions left by the time this government loses power.

I wouldn't worry about it this is the actions of desperate little man because someone has took his dressing up box off him. He's a dead man walking and will do and say anything to keep his dressing up box. I doubt the BEEB is going anywhere this is purely a dog whistle for his base.

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

The BBC is far from perfect, but it's the best we've got and when it's gone...

One of the greatest assets of the BBC is its local and regional content, but there is so much great content across the board with the multiple TV channels, Radio stations and online content. Once we start f*cking around with the way it's funded it can only go one way, and that's downhill.

I believe the unique way it is funded needs to be protected. The fact is that the BBC is our public service broadcaster, and during times of crisis or national disaster the BBC is obligated to provide a service to the public. It doesn't matter if we never have to call upon those services, but they still have to be able to provide them when called upon.

I believe for this reason everyone who has in use equipment capable of receiving live broadcast TV should pay a licence fee unless they are exempt due to financial hardship (yes even pensioners). I think there should be a financial threshold at which the full licence fee should apply, and anyone blow that threshold should be given a free licence. A free licence should be limited to live broadcast TV only, so no access to BBC iPlayer/Sounds or any other streamed or online content. Having said that, people below threshold who receive a free licence should be given the option to access these services via a reduced licence fee (perhaps 50-60%)

The only other alternative is to fund it through general taxation which is the same way our roads are funded, and you only have to look at the state of some of our roads to realise what a sh*t show it will be for the BBC if we go down that route.

 

[domalino]

I'm fairly certain that Iannucci vs Dorries is not going to be a close contest.

It's about time Armando came back from Hollywood and gave us a good (BBC funded) political satire to rip these chancers to shreds on prime time TV.

 

[inbetween]

The BBC and its output is fine as it is but the funding model was introduced in 1946, it's time for something better.

This is where common sense unfortunately ends and politics takes over. The politically minded are the ones worried about the narrative, the rest of us are just sick of paying £160 a year for something that we don't use at the risk of literally being threatened with prison.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

It's about time Armando came back from Hollywood and gave us a good (BBC funded) political satire to rip these chancers to shreds on prime time TV.

I did think about what Malcolm Tucker was up to now when I saw the tweet.

He might struggle to know where to start.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I think I shouldn't have to pay for stuff from previous years for which my licence was already in the database. I also think that the BBC have a salary structure that makes people's eyes water when the figures are presented. I make an exception for Clive.

 

[BlueMoonday]

There's nothing more patronising than BBC presenters/employees (on several £100k PA even over £1m in some instances) tweeting "remember the BBC does this for 43p a day".. and posts a screenshot of uke warm list of services...

Netflix (which gazumps points being made by members of the BBC gravy train) costs lot less and has offered some superb dramas and documentaries over the years.

 

[shemnel]

There's nothing more patronising than BBC presenters/employees (on several £100k PA even over £1m in some instances) tweeting "remember the BBC does this for 43p a day".. and posts a screenshot of uke warm list of services...

Netflix (which gazumps points being made by members of the BBC gravy train) costs lot less and has offered some superb dramas and documentaries over the years.

how much does Netflix cost?