BBC license change to cover catchup
06-08-2016, 18:34
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
Because they have no desire to place restrictions in place to deny people without a licence access to the BBC. I could imagine such a system would be massively complex and costly. Much like Road tax doesn't stop you driving without it.
By complex and costly, you'd be enforcing something similar to Sky/Virgin in providing users with viewing cards which in turn would require a receiver to insert it into. Naturally you could coax Freeview manufacturers to do that for you but they're never going to do it for free. Then you'd need to revamp iPlayer into something like Skyplayer.
The end result? Massive loss in Licence revenue because plenty of people wouldn't be caught dead paying £100+ a year for something that was now mandatory.
So yeah, costs, complexity and loss of revenue.
Just relax and watch Netflix crap all over BBC whilst costing less per year and having better, bigger budget quality originals and Netflix produced shows. It's only a matter of time before they start acquiring live sports rights despite claiming otherwise.
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06-08-2016, 18:37
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
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More bullexcreta from the failing BBC
And btw BBC good look trying to detect via my wifi as i dont have wifi on the modem i use to stream from. I have two modems in the house and only one has wifi
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06-08-2016, 19:20
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
It not really changed, just joined the 21st century
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06-08-2016, 20:20
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
And it's still not a BBC tax, but a tax on equipment that receives audio/visual mulitmedia.
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06-08-2016, 21:28
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
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Its not an opinion it's an answer to your question.
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06-08-2016, 22:48
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So if I use Ethernet connections and hide my Wi-Fi then their new cans are useless.
Then again am sure like the vans of old they don't actually exist.
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07-08-2016, 09:46
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
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Then again am sure like the vans of old they don't actually exist.
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They only "exist" in the form of a white transit van (Fleet of 26 at last count) with a fake antenna on the roof, blacked out windows and TV detector van written on the side. Usually parked in the local supermarket car park. All designed to frighten the proles.
What they forget is that people are a lot more tech savvy these days. With the net it's easy to find out what is or is not possible.
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07-08-2016, 17:25
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
Sounds unlikely to me. How would they detect folk who watch TV via ethernet? If they really did deploy wifi detector vans wouldn't folk just buy a bit of extra cat 5e?
I'll also warn my friend in Keffalania. He uses my VPN server to watch BBC iplayer.
Generally I agree with the license system because it frees our main public service broadcaster from making solely commercial decisions when choosing what programmes to develop. Subscription-based channels would be the death knell of quality broadcasting and imaginative decision-making.
It would make sense for BBC iplayer to be a subscription service, after all it is essentially a catch-up service. That way expats etc could buy in, without affecting the over all quality of TV and Radio service.
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08-08-2016, 02:58
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
If the BBC was sensible they would join forces with SKY and Cable companies and the only way you can join sky or cable is if you provide a valid tv licence number, no number means no tv as the companies can scramble the signal unless they provide a licence number. With all tv now digital its such an easy thing to do scramble the signal of tv channels not allowed. Having this method then people have a choice of paying to watch tv or not get it at all.
The TV licence only gives money to the BBc but the licence is for all tv you watch not just the bbc, so you cannot watch QVC without a tv licence despite it being nothing to do with the BBc or get money from the BBC, same as watching CNN on satellite, its nothing to do with BBC yet it still needs tv licence to legally watch it
round my area they been sending really attractive men and women to peoples doors to catch them out, people answering the door when they think its a good looking person then they caught out by who they are.
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08-08-2016, 06:20
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Doesn't matter if you answer the door to TVL. If you then don't tell them your name just close the door.
They legally can't do anything if you tell them to leave.
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08-08-2016, 08:52
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One wheeze they've tried round here is wearing hi-viz jackets. We don't open the front door to anybody we don't know so never have to send them packing.
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08-08-2016, 12:05
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
Surely snooping on your wifi isn't legal? Google got sued for doing the same thing when mapping streetview didn't they?
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08-08-2016, 18:27
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
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Surely snooping on your wifi isn't legal? Google got sued for doing the same thing when mapping streetview didn't they?
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It'll be made legal for the BBC. A magnetron, tuned wave guide and horn antenna will fry their kit though.
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13-09-2016, 07:02
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BBC loses bake of, doesn't bother me tbh but it does make me wonder what the point of the organisation is anymore, you pay to have it, anything decent moves to another channel and in some cases you have to pay again to subscribe to that to
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13-09-2016, 08:37
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Re: BBC license change to cover catchup
I was going to say the same thing and you beat me to it. I have never watched it but I think it is a bit of a joke. If they are going to say that all the "premium" series are on other channels because they can afford to pay more then what is the point. They make a bit thing about being "ad free" like it is all anyone cares about but when it comes down to it nobody is going to watch and ad free channel if it is has average/sub par programming. Hopefully this will be an important lesson for them. Channel 4 can afford to pay more because they know they are going to get the money back from advertising revenue.
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