Licence fee to be cut - Page 2

Benipete · 19-07-2010, 18:43

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss

This will probably be an unpopular thing to say but Great Britain really really needs the BBC and the licence fee. If you think that TV is crap now, just pray that the day never comes when we turn into Little America and it truly is wall-to-wall adverts and no quality programming.

Programmes such as CSI and Lost which are well-made and proved to be a worldwide success are very much in a minority. People may think that they never watch BBC stuff but it has far wider-reaching implications on the output of other channels. At the moment they need to compete with quality TV whereas they would simply spew out populist tripe 24/7 if all they had to do was garner viewers.

I know this isn't the point of the thread but it's a little hobby-horse of mine. The BBC needs to trim the dead wood and fat salaries but it's starting to cut into areas it should be leaving alone instead, such as selling off its book and audio departments to third parties.

Bad move.

There you go,Once more we agree.

I really needed 24 repeats in one night.Still,You pay your money and take
your chance.

worth every groat.

If we are going to get rid of Quangos at least start at the top.

Oh sorry my lord.

DaveinGermany · 20-07-2010, 17:57

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Alas I doubt if we'll ever see "One Night In Paris" on BBC3 Ken

Think that's what's known as specialist Adult viewing & you have to pay for that

jaysay · 20-07-2010, 18:10

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Think that's what's known as specialist Adult viewing & you have to pay for that

Its just that Ms Hilton ain't really an adult

DaveinGermany · 20-07-2010, 18:27

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Originally Posted by jaysay

Its just that Ms Hilton ain't really an adult

Only in the intelligence dept Jay, only in intelligence !

Ken Moss · 22-07-2010, 08:44

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Originally Posted by Benipete

There you go,Once more we agree.

I really needed 24 repeats in one night.Still,You pay your money and take
your chance.

worth every groat.

If we are going to get rid of Quangos at least start at the top.

Oh sorry my lord.

There are repeats on every channel every night but the BBC is funding eight television channels, nine radio channels plus its interactive output, so they can't all be broadcasting fresh material all the time.

We're obviously on different sides of the fence again but the day is likely to come when the licence fee is abolished and TV in Great Britain will change dramatically for the worse.

02hudsond · 22-07-2010, 16:20

i hope they do cut the licence fee itsstupid i watch emmerdale and corrie and have to pay 5.30 to watch them ridiculas

lancsdave · 22-07-2010, 17:22

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Originally Posted by 02hudsond

i hope they do cut the licence fee itsstupid i watch emmerdale and corrie and have to pay 5.30 to watch them ridiculas

I can't wait to see how you have worked that out

02hudsond · 22-07-2010, 17:49

worked out what ???

jaysay · 22-07-2010, 17:52

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

I can't wait to see how you have worked that out

Puzzled me too dave

lancsdave · 22-07-2010, 18:33

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Originally Posted by 02hudsond

worked out what ???

How you pay 5.30

DaveinGermany · 22-07-2010, 19:01

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

How you pay 5.30

I think it's

Minutes divide by Quids times by episodes (over a given period) = average % of Licence fee per Weekly viewing = 5.30

Er, am I close ????

MargaretR · 22-07-2010, 21:16

I would expect them to pay me to watch that junk TV.

OK - that was a bit drastic - I would accept pay but keep my eyes closed and use the mute button

jaysay · 23-07-2010, 09:30

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Originally Posted by MargaretR

I would expect them to pay me to watch that junk TV.

OK - that was a bit drastic - I would accept pay but keep my eyes closed and use the mute button

You keep on with your knitting Margaret

Benipete · 23-07-2010, 10:33

There is no doubt in my mind that the BBC is a big jobs for the boys outfit.They may do everything within the rules (where have I heard that before?) Oh yes,but never mind I digress.But they still look after each other at the tax payers expense.

They fund all the pro grammes with license payers money not their own,they have none.

Ken Moss · 27-07-2010, 06:34

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Originally Posted by Benipete

There is no doubt in my mind that the BBC is a big jobs for the boys outfit.They may do everything within the rules (where have I heard that before?) Oh yes,but never mind I digress.But they still look after each other at the tax payers expense.

They fund all the pro grammes with license payers money not their own,they have none.

Actually, that's quite wide of the mark.

The BBC have plenty of money coming in from overseas sales of their programmes and it has been exactly the same for around 50 years but although many programmes earn far more than they cost to make (Doctor Who being a prime example), they still don't generate the return needed to be self-funding.

The 'jobs for the boys' days are long gone, whatever you might think. The 1980s saw a boom in that sort of thing under John Birt and that regime was finally ended by Greg Dyke, the best Director General there ever was.

The BBC of today is a comparatively slim machine in terms of fat cat salaries but what they need to get away from is multi-million pound deals for people like Jonathan Ross. There's plenty of talent out there that doesn't need to cost anywhere near that much.