MillionMilesAway
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If you don't use terrestrial TV, you don't have to pay.
If you do, there's a charge to do so.
The rest is opinion.
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- Thread starter Cotswold Knight
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If you don't use terrestrial TV, you don't have to pay.
If you do, there's a charge to do so.
The rest is opinion.
Fame Monster
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And how would it be funded?
Adverts and cancelling Eastenders
I don't know if the latter would help financially but it'd definitely help the mood of the country
grunge
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If you don't use terrestrial TV, you don't have to pay.
If you do, there's a charge to do so.
The rest is opinion.
Or any other service that allows viewing of Live TV. iPlayer, Amazon Video ( when they show sports etc ).
grunge
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if they kill the licence fee then the 2 options are
1) Subscription ala netflix, the main down side would be it would probably kill the world service, and would absolutely kill BBC Radio stations, thye maybe able to put them onto streaming services etc but for people with radio's, Looking at Netflix im not sure this would actually limit creativity thankfully. on the plus side it opens up the BBC to the rest of the world and could potentially bring in more than the licence does if they place it at the right price point and create the content people want. Not sure how the likes of Killing Eve would fair with it being a collaboration.
2) Adverts. which would kill the creativity in the most part. advertisers would be in control in effect as they wouldn't pay to put there ad's during shows that they deem risky. So the likes of Monty Pyton, Young ones etc would never get the chance to exist in a world like that.
1) Subscription ala netflix, the main down side would be it would probably kill the world service, and would absolutely kill BBC Radio stations, thye maybe able to put them onto streaming services etc but for people with radio's, Looking at Netflix im not sure this would actually limit creativity thankfully. on the plus side it opens up the BBC to the rest of the world and could potentially bring in more than the licence does if they place it at the right price point and create the content people want. Not sure how the likes of Killing Eve would fair with it being a collaboration.
2) Adverts. which would kill the creativity in the most part. advertisers would be in control in effect as they wouldn't pay to put there ad's during shows that they deem risky. So the likes of Monty Pyton, Young ones etc would never get the chance to exist in a world like that.
grunge
Well-Known Member
One simple fact. The licence fee is a poll tax.
Kinda, Poll tax is every adult, TV licence is pretty much every household.
gordondaviesmoustache
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3. State funded, no?if they kill the licence fee then the 2 options are
1) Subscription ala netflix, the main down side would be it would probably kill the world service, and would absolutely kill BBC Radio stations, thye maybe able to put them onto streaming services etc but for people with radio's, Looking at Netflix im not sure this would actually limit creativity thankfully. on the plus side it opens up the BBC to the rest of the world and could potentially bring in more than the licence does if they place it at the right price point and create the content people want. Not sure how the likes of Killing Eve would fair with it being a collaboration.
2) Adverts. which would kill the creativity in the most part. advertisers would be in control in effect as they wouldn't pay to put there ad's during shows that they deem risky. So the likes of Monty Pyton, Young ones etc would never get the chance to exist in a world like that.
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It is not compulsory. You already do not have to pay the licence fee if you don’t want to.If you guys enjoy BBC, brilliant, more power to you.
I and others who are advocating the "tax" being scrapped do not. I genuinely cannot think of any programming the BBC produces currently that I enjoy or watch regularly. 10 years ago, maybe, but now I get my kicks elsewhere.
So it's time to be funded via subscription for those who champion it, and allow those who don't the freedom to enjoy the things we enjoy without being tied to a compulsory tax for something we don't. That has to be the fairest solution.
It’s called a TV Licence but if you buy a tele and don’t plug the aerial in the thing and just have the internet access from your SmartTV for ITVhub/All4/My5 (all legal to watch without a TV Licence since September 2016) or watching online streams or using Netflix/Amazon/Curzon or dodgy boxes with everything built in; you can watch tele 24/7 without having to pay the licence fee.
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grunge
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Maybe if the BBC stopped being so left/liberal and stopped with the constant drip of propaganda then it wouldn't gave come to this. It's not quaint it's insidious IMO.
Ahh this good ole argument.
centralists think its pretty much spot on.
Lefties see it as being right biased.
Righties see it as being left biased.
while its not perfect ( lots of things are not covered that should be ), its reasonably well balanced,
gordondaviesmoustache
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It really isn’t.It’s called a TV License.
roypaulknewmyfather
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The license fee works out at just over £12 per month. Almost half goes to fund radio, including local and international stations and the web site. Orchestras, bands and choral groups are funded from this as well. Personally I think its far better value than almost the same amount as Netflix which doesn't and will never fund radio, websites etc