TV licence fee

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Well, I must have been watching and enjoing diddly squat for over 10 years then.
Obviously you think you are superior to anyone who doesn't watch BBC content.
AKA an entitled asshole.

Bit uncalled for old chap, we all have different tastes. Not my fault yours are downmarket.

[daveeb]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Well, I must have been watching and enjoing diddly squat for over 10 years then.
Obviously you think you are superior to anyone who doesn't watch BBC content.
AKA an entitled asshole.

Not sure what you saw in his comments to get you all in a lather, fwiw I agree with him entirely beebs 2 and 4 are the two channels i enjoy most as well. Guess I must also be a superior entitled *********



*(we're not American yet).

[Corey N Georgie]

Is there any news to if and when the TV license is to be scrapped?

What i don't understand is we pay more and more for the license fee and BBC still close down services. Where does all the money go?

If they were to switch to advertising for revenue then i do think they will make more money.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Corey N Georgie

Is there any news to if and when the TV license is to be scrapped?

What i don't understand is we pay more and more for the license fee and BBC still close down services. Where does all the money go?

If they were to switch to advertising for revenue then i do think they will make more money.

With the licence free frozen and inflation of 10% services have to be cut to balance the budget.

Originally Posted by Corey N Georgie

Is there any news to if and when the TV license is to be scrapped?

What i don't understand is we pay more and more for the license fee and BBC still close down services. Where does all the money go?

If they were to switch to advertising for revenue then i do think they will make more money.

Hell NO!

[Sephiroth]

I don’t believe we can have it both ways. The BBC is a bloated organisation with too many channels than are needed to provide a quality public broadcasting service. They need to trim their cloth according to their income via a dose of reality.

The licence fee is itself iniquitous especially since failure to pay criminalises the victim - something the Guvmin hasn’t yet rectified.

If the BBC trimmed its channels., switched to advertising, there’d be no need for a licence fee.

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by Corey N Georgie

Is there any news to if and when the TV license is to be scrapped?

What i don't understand is we pay more and more for the license fee and BBC still close down services. Where does all the money go?

If they were to switch to advertising for revenue then i do think they will make more money.

In real terms its income has gone down 25% since 2010.
https://www.vlv.org.uk/news/bbc-real...as-in-2010-11/

Not so long ago it only provided 2 tv channels, now it provides:- FJNsUqeXMAUouGd.jpeg

People never like paying, but for 43p a day it's a steal compared to Sky /Virgin or what a sub based service would cost.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Mr K

In real terms its income has gone down 25% since 2010.
https://www.vlv.org.uk/news/bbc-real...as-in-2010-11/

Not so long ago it only provided 2 tv channels, now it provides:- Attachment 29936

People never like paying, but for 43p a day it's a steal compared to Sky /Virgin or what a sub based service would cost.

Maybe so, but only because they are stealing money from people who don’t want their services.

What would you say if the government took your money to fund Netflix?

[Mr K]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Maybe so, but only because they are stealing money from people who don’t want their services.

What would you say if the government took your money to fund Netflix?

Not comparable Netflix is a purely entertainment existing purely for profit. The BBC is a public service broadcaster making programmes and providing services others don't as they don't make money.

When Netflix is a Public Service Broadcaster, seen as one of the worlds most trusted news providers, and commissions and broadcasts free educational material during health crises, that comparison may be valid, but until then, it’s false equivalence - but you knew that…

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Mr K

Not comparable Netflix is a purely entertainment existing purely for profit. The BBC is a public service broadcaster making programmes and providing services others don't as they don't make money.

Such as…? Nothing I want to see or most of us watch.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Such as…? Nothing I want to see or most of us watch.

I know this may come as a shock to you, but "OLD BOY" ≠ "the U.K. population"…

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

What would you say if the government took your money to fund Netflix?

“I can’t wait to see how Netflix’s output changes to reflect its new public service obligations.”

Or something like that.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Such as…? Nothing I want to see or most of us watch.

Over 9m people watched Eurovision and over 5m watched the FA Cup Final on BBC1 the same day. I don't think any other broadcaster matched these figures on the night.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Over 9m people watched Eurovision and over 5m watched the FA Cup Final on BBC1 the same day. I don't think any other broadcaster matched these figures on the night.

and they only watched them because they were on the BBC, stick 'em on channel 5 with no bbc and they'd get those numbers