MSE News: TV licence costs to increase from April

Nick_C

£130 a month? Blimey. You need to earn more than £2K a year before tax to pay for that. Makes the BBC look like a bargain.

House_Martin

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

Off the top of my head, I recall the following:-

"Enforcement officer" David Clark, who assaulted Disabled Ron Sinclair, on his own property.

Oluwagbenga Olaniyan, who forged interviews, leading to four innocent people being summonsed for LF Evasion.

To balance out this bias, one in seven Capita tv licence officers are likely to be assaulted or savaged by dogs, deliberately, every year doing their jobs.
Thieving scrotes do not like to be confronted and are likely to be aggressive.
The UK is the world capital for thieving chavs who would laugh at the thought of actually paying for a TV licence. They just get advice from the TV licence advice websites in how to deal with TVL . One lady ( in my job delivering TV licence reminders ) told me that the best thing to do with some nosey Capita employee is to say nothing and point your camera phone at them ! they toddle off fast .Easy . So why would anyone be stupid enough to pay £150 when its a voluntary licence.
Honest people who do not need a licence are not likely to turn aggressive when asked politely about their tv viewing habits.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10524889/TV-licence-inspectors-three-times-more-likely-to-be-attacked-by-a-householder-than-an-animal.html
To all the rugby union fans who do not possess a tv licence, enjoy the match today, I know you will ! BBC today at 4.45 pm kick off. Scotland v England..likely to be a great match

Doc_N

MusS10 wrote: »

We have the full Sky package including Broadband and a useless phone line for a crazy £130+ a month.......(

You've been had, and properly done over then, by Sky. I'm always amazed how much people are prepared to pay for television, when there's so much excellent quality programming within the Freeview channels.

I suppose it depends how you define quality, though.

Doc_N

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

If you doubt them, it is up to you to produce evidence to the contrary.

That's not the way it works. The BBC (unlike newspapers) is obliged by law to be unbiased, and if it weren't it would have been closed down.

If there were any credible evidence that would have happened long ago, because the right-wing press, media and organisations such as the one referred to here would have seen to it.

There is no credible evidence, but if you can provide some the BBC will be closed down. It's for the person making the allegations to provide the evidence, and you haven't managed to do that - for a good reason. There isn't any.

[Deleted User]

Daily_Telegraph wrote:

We will always involve the police in the rare cases where members of the public engage in threats or assault against them.

So they admit the cases are rare.

[Deleted User]

Doc_N wrote: »

It's for the person making the allegations to provide the evidence

I just did.

It's now up to you to provide contrary evidence, if you can?

MothballsWallet

Deleted_User wrote: »

Worth every penny. The iPlayer is superb. No adverts and quality programming you just don!!!8217;t get with commercial tv.

Btw, the BBC didn't make A Touch of Frost. They do make Eastenders.

MusS10

Nick_C wrote: »

£130 a month? Blimey. You need to earn more than £2K a year before tax to pay for that. Makes the BBC look like a bargain.

Doc_N wrote: »

You've been had, and properly done over then, by Sky. I'm always amazed how much people are prepared to pay for television, when there's so much excellent quality programming within the Freeview channels.

I suppose it depends how you define quality, though.

It used to be £138/month and we just had it dropped to £130.85 after threatening to go with BT.
Unfortunately, Virgin doesn't cover our house (Not on the main road) so yes it is a high price but we get the full wack plus unlimited broadband, multi room and sky go and pretty much everything.
We are a big house hold though There is us and 5 kids (most teenagers)
And fortunately I do earn more than 2K a year and so does everyone I know lol.. I know you probably meant 2k/month which I don't earn that but I do have a steady job and so does the wife so we are just about okay. We are spenders but we earn our living.
Freeview has probably "quality" programs to suit different taste to ours we are into live sports etc.. Not bid-up TV and Babestation LOL..

Marktheshark

They are to spend millions of pounds bailing out and propping up crap and failing local newspapers that are losing money.
They see this as a good use of your cash.

House_Martin

MusS10 wrote: »

It used to be £138/month and we just had it dropped to £130.85 after threatening to go with BT.
Unfortunately, Virgin doesn't cover our house (Not on the main road) so yes it is a high price but we get the full wack plus unlimited broadband, multi room and sky go and pretty much everything.
We are a big house hold though There is us and 5 kids (most teenagers)
And fortunately I do earn more than 2K a year and so does everyone I know lol.. I know you probably meant 2k/month which I don't earn that but I do have a steady job and so does the wife so we are just about okay. We are spenders but we earn our living.
Freeview has probably "quality" programs to suit different taste to ours we are into live sports etc.. Not bid-up TV and Babestation LOL..

"probably " has quality programs ? .No probably about it ! .Have a look at BBC2 and BBC4s content. Sky is nt anywhere near as good as BBC as the UKs viewing figures show. The BBC always tops the UK viewing figures compared to anything Sky can come up with. IMO Sky is awful cheap downmarket tat ! I m watching live sport this very moment hoping England can tag back the "Scotch "