TV licence fee cash guarantees house prices of relocated BBC staff

Generali

mymatebob wrote: »

Or better still let people build their own packages from available content.

Wonder how many of the niche channels would survive

I've seen analysis of a small TV company (don't remember which one) that listed the EPG slot amongst it's assets. I think it was worth GBP2,000,000!

It's an interesting concept. I guess you'd get a lot of cheap, often low quality stuff and then some blockbusters. A bit like the internet.

Sir_Humphrey

I like Live at the Apollo. I don't like Songs of Praise. You cannot expect to like every last programme on TV, no matter what package you get.

chris_spackman

Sir_Humphrey wrote: »

I like Live at the Apollo. I don't like Songs of Praise. You cannot expect to like every last programme on TV, no matter what package you get.

But you make the choice to subscribe to get Virgin or Sky.

Sir_Humphrey

chris_spackman wrote: »

But you make the choice to subscribe to get Virgin or Sky.

You also make a choice to watch TV at all. If you say you never, ever watch the BBC, or see any BBC media then I just do not believe you.

chewmylegoff

you do have a choice not to pay the tv licence whilst still watching tv programs: buy everything you want to watch on dvd and watch it on a player which is not capable of receiving a tv signal.

chewmylegoff

Generali wrote: »

the BBC was self-congratulatory and dull in a lot of its coverage, eg the Test match.

what on earth does this have to do with sky? it was channel 4 that improved test match viewing. sky haven't done anything new to test cricket, apart from offer to pay more money for the rights so that i now have to pay £40 a month or whatever it is in order to watch the ashes.

and we dont get richie benaud anymore as he refuses to go on sky.

storminbalder

themanbearpig wrote: »

I don't pay the tv tax, so I don't care. Everyone should stop paying it, in a mass protest. Its about time it was abolished.

It is people like yourself who hate paying £11 a month to the BBC (who actually make programmes - and some good ones as well) who are then more than willing to pay Rupert Murdoch £40+ a months to watch programmes that the BBC made 30 years ago.

storminbalder

chris_spackman wrote: »

But if i want to watch the TV why should i pay a tax to do so?

Er.... Because it's the law!

If you don't want to pay. Then don't and risk the fine.

storminbalder

chris_spackman wrote: »

What comedy shows do they put on BBC? Yes they had some very good ones such as Only Fools, Fawlty Towers etc but now it's utter crap. Art programming is fine IF you want to watch them. How the hell the BBC provides competition to Sky or Virgin is beyond me. Sky or Virgin give you the choice to watch Discovery, History, National Geographic, films, music, drama...everything you could ever want to watch and lots of it are UK ones. . I to think Joey is pap and like me i bet you choose not to watch it or you make the CHOICE to subscribe and watch Sky or Virgin.With Virgin or Sky you make a CHOICE to watch or subscribe. The BBC can not put on a whole day of wildlife shows. It has to throw in the mix utter !!!! like Eastenders, Bargin Hunt, To Buy or not to buy and the BBC does not produce most of it's listings they are produced and sold to the BBC.

You can not say that your above post is a genuine reason for me or other people to be forced to fund the BBC and it sure as hell does not justify why Ross should be paid £16k a day and radio presenters nearly £200k per year.

You make it quite clear here that you do watch the BBC.

Cleaver

I'll just echo other posters by saying that I'd happily pay £11 a month for Radio 4 alone. In addition to that I check the sport, news and weather websites on a very regular basis, think their TV news is of good quality, love settling down to Match of the Day every Saturday evening, listen to quite a few of their music shows on various stations (anyone listen to the Masterpieces programmes on Radio 1 recently? This was on at the same time that Sky was probably showing 'When Animals Attack Babies 3' or something. Really good radio) and whenever I'm bored I can usually find something on the iPlayer to watch.

Gone are the days where you just sit down to watch TV or simply put one radio station on, and I think the BBC have realised that and kept up with the times. I would say that I only enjoy about 5% of the programmes on BBC TV, but that's more than enough to keep me entertained. I don't like the whole 'Cash in My House' type shows they do, but then I just don't watch them. Other people like them, so that's fair enough.

I'm also probably the only person in the world that doesn't care what they pay Ross, Wogan and Moyles and the rest of them. I pay the fee, it offers me a great product and they can spend it on whatever the hell they like as far as I'm concerned.

Lastly, when I look at the list of direct debits coming out of my account each month the license fee and my broadband are by far the cheapest two at around a tenner each and provide me with the most satisfaction.