04-24-2024, 04:18 PM | #1 |
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Mines up for renewal, and considering I hardly watch it or watch BBC then I'm seriously considering ditching it. |
04-24-2024, 04:37 PM | #2 |
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I cancelled the last one when I moved out of my old house, and haven't signed up for one here in the new house. There is an aerial but it's so out of alignment that it's non-functional, and there is a Sky dish but the standard Sky LNB is not compatible with the Freesat tuner in my LG telly, so there's no way for me to watch live TV on the actual TV (I don't think the TV apps do live TV over the Internet like the websites do).
Having said that, I don't really care about not watching live TV as catch-up is fine for me, I occasionally miss stuff off iPlayer but it's been few and far between. Probably the only thing I can think of right now is I kind of enjoy watching people f**k up royally on the Apprentice so that I can feel smug about all the different decisions I would have made without a camera pointed at me - but is it worth £150+ a year? Nah. I'm fine with Netflix (which I pay for), YouTube (which I don't), Amazon Prime (which I don't really care about but get bundled cos I have Prime Delivery) and Disney+ (which my daughter subs to and is usually signed in on her bedroom TV if there was anything I want to watch). |
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So we ditch the licence fee, and then pay SKY, Netflix, BT Sports, Amazon Prime, etc, etc? Soon adds up to much more than the licence fee is ever likely to be. AND if enough stop paying the Beeb, it will have adverts to pay for itself. The last bastion of advert-free anything is the BBC. The yearly licence fee is about the same money as two brakes discs for an average Beemer, or one for a Porker. |
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04-24-2024, 06:32 PM | #6 |
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The joke is, we all pay for the terrestrial commercial channels whether we want to or not, through advertising, the cost of which is included in the products we buy, we can't avoid it.
Biggest joke is, we pay far more in advertising costs of our goods than we have or will ever pay for the BBC through the license; but no one ever thinks of that. |
04-25-2024, 12:37 AM | #7 |
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I’m a good boy and pay it, even though I don’t want to. Just because the Mrs likes to watch Casualty. That’s the only BBC she watches too!
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04-25-2024, 03:39 AM | #9 |
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I'm a fan of the licence fee and the value it provides. Not only does it fund the 8 BBC TV channels, but around 35 national and local radio stations and iPlayer, all for about 40p a day.
But it goes beyond just the BBC, it feeds creativity within the country, builds the arts in this country, and increases the global cultural status of the UK, which has a follow on for tourism, job security etc If anyone states that they have not watched or listened to a BBC product, programme, radio station, football commentary, listened to a BBC podcast, coverage of the Queen's death etc within the last 12 months, I don't believe them. the fee goes towards the people making these products and programmes, working hard and trying to make a living and in places, a difference (news coverage and documentaries) If you do binge on BBC content and don't pay the fee, your are weakening the quality of the only media company in the UK that doesn't have shareholders and has to make a profit for them. You are also taking money from the people who make the content that you watch or listen to. I would like to know how you would react if someone did the same to any products you or your company made. Passionate ex journo who doesn't want to see UK media be a reflection of US media.
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04-25-2024, 02:12 PM | #15 |
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Interestingly polarised opinions - no surprise there !
I’m also a fan of the BBC, but I expect it depends on what you like to watch. I binge on medical programmes (Surgeons, for example), wildlife (what will we do when DA eventually goes to the big jungle in the sky ?), and science documentaries. I almost never watch ITV because it seems full of the chav shit that my wife watches (Made in Chelsea, or is that on C4 ?). Also can’t stand ad breaks. £150/yr for the quality of the Beeb’s content is excellent value for money IMO.
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04-25-2024, 03:24 PM | #16 |
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Personally I only watch the Apprentice, Masterchef and the occasional game of footy when it’s on there, I watch YouTube the rest of the time pretty much.
Mrs watches some stuff on it, I don’t think it’s dear and it’s relatively small change so I can’t see me ever ditching it. Last edited by MrManor; 04-25-2024 at 04:01 PM.. |
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I haven't had a TV for the past 15 years, I may have listened half a podcast on radio.
I do read BBC website headlines, rarely deeper, as I generally not fancy this sort of journalism (too yellow for sensitive topics), I have seen Queen's and Princess's funerals. I am getting letters from TV licensing agency about the inspections on a monthly basis, is this for the funerals that I have seen or for half a podcast that I have listened?
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If you consume ANY BBC content EVER, you are liable to pay the licence fee The licence fee is like Council Tax IMO, we all consider we pay too much for the actual benefit WE each receive, but it's the way it's done. I would much rather pay £150 a year, just for iPlayer, than the other commercial 'catch ups' where it's constant adverts which you can't skip unless you pay. So just like the BBC, then! |
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BBC is the only TV I currently pay for, sky and all the other shit is ludicrously expensive compared to the licence fee, so I'm happy with my choice...
If you offer TV commercially in a public place (a hotel room is a public place...) then you need a TV licence and to pay royalties a la PRS and PPL for music.... the downside is that there is no central body and random firms are setting up to charge, and its getting silly... |
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