tv licence

[BoyBlue_1985]

Apparently that is going to be stopped in the near future. No more fast forwarding adverts

What??? How they going to do that?? You record it onto a hard drive don't you? How are they going to override that?

When I become a media expert I will explain until then that's what I heard

Im sure someone on here can explain though

 

[SWP's back]

No!

I would nowadays. At the minute if I watch something on itv I will record it and start it 10/15 minutes later and fast forward the adverts.

Apparently that is going to be stopped in the near future. No more fast forwarding adverts

Source?

 

[BlueMooney]

The media is a powerful powerful tool and if you give a monopoly of it to any one entity then you are leaving people vulnerable to manipulation. That is why I think a public TV service is an absolute necessity in a progressive society, people will complain because they are being made to pay money, but in the long term I think it's in the best interests of everybody.

Just what is 'public service' about dross like Eastenders, Casualty and most of the rubbish which comprises 90% plus of the BBC's output?

If the licence fee was about £20 and was used to fund good, high quality TV and radio which the commercial sector doesn't provide I wouldn't object to paying it.

But why have a massive taxpayer funded broadcaster which wastes nearly all of our money on making more of the trash that the commercial sector already provides in vast quantities?

Some things that the BBC's license fee has funded that I have watched, listened to or used regularly over my lifetime:

BBC News, Newsnight, Spooks, Later with Jules Holland, Horrible Histories, The Thick Of It, Question Time, QI, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You, Match Of The Day, Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Sherlock, Life On Earth, Outnumbered, Who Do You Think You Are?, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, The News Quiz, One Foot In The Grave, Mitchell and Webb, Genius, Pointless, The Now Show, Doctor Who, Watchdog, Wimbledon, BBC 6 Music, Shooting Stars, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, The Office, most of this year's Olympics coverage...

Not forgetting the website and the iPlayer.

I've probably missed a lot off there.

The thing is, I wouldn't even say I'm a regular viewer of the BBC. The good stuff is subjective and some of you won't like a thing of what I've just typed up there and some of you will. There is something that you will like, most probably, but you have to go looking for it.

The BBC's like a bus, not like a taxi. You don't pay your money and get exactly where you want to go. You pay your money for things that go near to where you want to go.

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

I would nowadays. At the minute if I watch something on itv I will record it and start it 10/15 minutes later and fast forward the adverts.

Apparently that is going to be stopped in the near future. No more fast forwarding adverts

Source?

I'll have a look tonight see if I can find it

 

[ElanJo]

Fuck the BBC and everyone who supports the ludicrous TV licence.

And when I read posts about how we wouldn't have science/nature/history documentaries without the BBC I just...*sigh* fuck me... how fecking i... sod it. SOD IT!!!

 

[Josh Blue]

Fuck the BBC and everyone who supports the ludicrous TV licence.

And when I read posts about how we wouldn't have science/nature/history documentaries without the BBC I just...*sigh* fuck me... how fecking i... sod it. SOD IT!!!

haha don't let it get to ya.

 

[SWP's back]

Fuck the BBC and everyone who supports the ludicrous TV licence.

And when I read posts about how we wouldn't have science/nature/history documentaries without the BBC I just...*sigh* fuck me... how fecking i... sod it. SOD IT!!!

Amazing how no one else produces the same quality of shows though without having to worry about ratings.

I'd gladly pay another £1,000 pa to not have adverts on sky also. I fucking hate adverts.

 

[BlueHammer85]

Downloading programmes from the BBC Iplayer on to the Ipad is fucking beautiful ! made my train journeys so much quicker.

 

[Josh Blue]

Fuck the BBC and everyone who supports the ludicrous TV licence.

And when I read posts about how we wouldn't have science/nature/history documentaries without the BBC I just...*sigh* fuck me... how fecking i... sod it. SOD IT!!!

Amazing how no one else produces the same quality of shows though without having to worry about ratings.

I'd gladly pay another £1,000 pa to not have adverts on sky also. I fucking hate adverts.

I agree adverts are fucking horrible but I rarely watch T.V these days. A few good things on it now and then and I like the sport but the Internet is far superior for me.

 

[mcmanus]

Would people accept adverts on the bbc for the dropping of the license fee?

No!

I would nowadays. At the minute if I watch something on itv I will record it and start it 10/15 minutes later and fast forward the adverts.

That was going to be my reply.