Television Licence

[DAV007]

Most people I work with don't have a tv license

You don't need one to watch Netflix on demand

Stop paying the tv tax

[hilleluk]

I don't mind paying this licence fee. Do not forget the fee covers listening to the Radio, some good talk and sports commentary on there. I just wish the BBC were less biased in Political and Foreign reporting.

[accyman]

iv started getting letters again asking if i need a jimmy saville and various other 70's child abusers TV tax thingy and the more recent ones are now saying they are sending an inspector to my home

the next one will be escorted off my property as well

i hope i get the same one as lasttime he will know the way out

[Less]

Originally Posted by hilleluk

I don't mind paying this licence fee. Do not forget the fee covers listening to the Radio, some good talk and sports commentary on there. I just wish the BBC were less biased in Political and Foreign reporting.

I do mind paying it, T.V. and radio worldwide are paid for by advertising leaving others with freedom to choose what they want to watch or listen to.

We on the other-hand must fork out for a service we might not want before we are allowed to watch/listen to the free worlds broadcasting!

[hilleluk]

The TV fee is good value for money. It still shows football and other sporting events. how much would it cost to attend some of these games.

[accyman]

Originally Posted by hilleluk

The TV fee is good value for money. It still shows football and other sporting events. how much would it cost to attend some of these games.

but ITV , C4 , C5 and many freeview channels show sporting events with no cost to the public

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Less

I do mind paying it, T.V. and radio worldwide are paid for by advertising leaving others with freedom to choose what they want to watch or listen to.

We on the other-hand must fork out for a service we might not want before we are allowed to watch/listen to the free worlds broadcasting!

so far i have yet to talk to any american that pays a TV license fee to the BBC to watch BBC america

i talk to a lot of yanks from all over america and they cant believe we are forced to pay for that crap

although a few of them do have a thing for dr who

[Exile on Spencer St]

The Yanks have Public Broadcasting, but the difference is that they CHOOSE to subscribe to it.
The Brussels Broadcasting Corporation make £millions selling product across the world but that is never enough, it still demands everyone in the UK pays a compulsory tax to keep its staff on bloated salaries (sorry, I mean salaries that must be high to compete with those in the private media - figure that one out).

But no political party will ever do anything about it because they know the BBC will give any half-wit politician air time.

[accyman]

only in the UK can a company be as anti British as the BBC , cover up mass sexual assaults and rapes of women and small children and be allowed to not only continue trading but have the general public pay them for the pleasure under threat of imprisonment or a hefty fine

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Exile on Spencer St

The Yanks have Public Broadcasting, but the difference is that they CHOOSE to subscribe to it.
The Brussels Broadcasting Corporation make £millions selling product across the world but that is never enough, it still demands everyone in the UK pays a compulsory tax to keep its staff on bloated salaries (sorry, I mean salaries that must be high to compete with those in the private media - figure that one out).

But no political party will ever do anything about it because they know the BBC will give any half-wit politician air time.

yeah i know how it works in yank land and how great it must feel to live in a country of choice where you can choose what goods you buy and which ones you consider garbage and dont

[Neil]

Originally Posted by accyman

only in the UK can a company be as anti British as the BBC , cover up mass sexual assaults and rapes of women and small children and be allowed to not only continue trading but have the general public pay them for the pleasure under threat of imprisonment or a hefty fine

At least Murdoch shut down the News of the World

[accyman]

Originally Posted by Neil

At least Murdoch shut down the News of the World

aye but the BBC make him look like a saint in comparison unless theres some things he has done i aint aware of

wasn the the one that hacked or approved the hacking of dead children's phones or something

maxwell hasnt returned from his yachting trip yet... He will be in trouble when he gets back i tell ya

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Neil

At least Murdoch shut down the News of the World

For his own benefit no doubt.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by accyman

aye but the BBC make him look like a saint in comparison unless theres some things he has done i aint aware of

wasn the the one that hacked or approved the hacking of dead children's phones or something

maxwell hasnt returned from his yachting trip yet... He will be in trouble when he gets back i tell ya

There was no phone hacking, it was all the fault of the mobile phone companies making everyones PIN number the same and not forcing customers to change it. Anyone who knew your mobile number could listen to your answer machine messages using the pin number 1234 or whatever it was. I never changed mine back then either. That was the majority of what went on and other newspapers were doing it as well. I think the Mirror group had as many arrested as Murdochs lot. Out of all the arrests only one or two was it did jail time and that was for something else anyway. Big news story arresting people in dawn raids and then nothing reported as they were released without change.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by cashman

For his own benefit no doubt.

News of the World was the biggest Sunday paper in the country and when it closed many of it's readers must have stopped buying a Sunday paper as other papers circulations didn't go up by the numbers buying the NotW at the time. When he started the Sun on Sunday the circulation was massively smaller than the NoTW so he lost a lot of readers. Something like a million less I think it is