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RichardCoulter

14-06-2019 23:33

Keep It Country want a cut of the licence fee.

http://www.theirishworld.com/give-us...-country-boss/

Wonder if this means they're struggling? They've already decided to cut down the amount of country music and rebrand the channel as Spotlight TV.

Relative newcomer Total Country is on Virgin Media, but the longer established Keep It Country isn't.

The owner has previously said that his channel gets more viewers than Sky Sports during an important football match and said that they'd gone HD on Freeview, simply because they had moved to one of the temporary HD muxes!

He has even sent an invoice and payment plan to the BBC as "TVL is a wholly owned subsidiary of the BBC"!!!

nodrogd

16-06-2019 11:48

Re: Keep It Country want a cut of the licence fee.

Why should a channel that is “Europe wide” be funded by the UK licence fee payer?

That would go down well, especially with the over 75s now in the line of fire again for paying up.

pip08456

16-06-2019 13:59

Re: Keep It Country want a cut of the licence fee.

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Originally Posted by nodrogd (Post 35999285)

Why should a channel that is “Europe wide” be funded by the UK licence fee payer?

That would go down well, especially with the over 75s now in the line of fire again for paying up.

So who funds BBC America?

Hugh	16-06-2019 14:06

Re: Keep It Country want a cut of the licence fee.

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35999296)

So who funds BBC America?

http://www.bbcamerica.com/faq#33

Quote:

Why does BBC America carry advertisements when the BBC in the UK does not?

In the UK, the BBC is funded by British TV licensing fees. However, by law, the BBC is not allowed to use this money to fund channels outside the UK and therefore BBC America and other BBC channels around the world are reliant on advertising sales.

RichardCoulter

16-06-2019 16:20

Re: Keep It Country want a cut of the licence fee.

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Originally Posted by nodrogd (Post 35999285)

Why should a channel that is “Europe wide” be funded by the UK licence fee payer?

That would go down well, especially with the over 75s now in the line of fire again for paying up.

Exactly. I have a feeling that this could be a stunt to obtain publicity, given the nonsense that the owner has come out with before.

pip08456

16-06-2019 19:18

Re: Keep It Country want a cut of the licence fee.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35999303)

http://www.bbcamerica.com/faq#33

So the BBC is quite capable of being self funding.

Hugh	16-06-2019 19:56

Re: Keep It Country want a cut of the licence fee.

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Originally Posted by pip08456 (Post 35999334)

So the BBC is quite capable of being self funding.

That's quite a leap, comparing apples with orangutans... ;)

pip08456

17-06-2019 14:38

Re: Keep It Country want a cut of the licence fee.

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35999340)

That's quite a leap, comparing apples with orangutans... ;)

Why? If the BBC can be self funding in America and any other country in the world why not the UK?

What is so special about the UK that it needs to be funded by a TV License?

nashville

17-06-2019 18:57

Re: Keep It Country want a cut of the licence fee.

I loved Keep it Country, but mines is always full of lines and cannot watch it, I still have Virgin Media in other rooms so I might consider swooping over to my living room ,

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