£10 off Disney+ annual subscription

pphillips

Get Disney+ for £49.99 for a year instead of £59.99 until 23 March.
https://preview.disneyplus.com/uk?irclickid=SIpwFl1A0xyOUbl0M-0V7wD0UknVqiV1hUbaQ00&irgwc=1&cid=DSS-Affiliate-Impact-Network-digidip GmbH-707630

ryan92

A bit frustrating at the lack of The Simpsons though  

pphillips

It's still better value than a TV Licence.

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pphillips said:

It's still better value than a TV Licence.

In what way is it "better" value?

 The BBC produces thousands of hours of live broadcast TV (as well as historical streaming content) . 

Do you truly  believe a few cartoons and Marvel superhero films equates to even a portion of that ? 

Neil_Jones

And this is where the argument falls over.

Disney+ is effectively £4.17 for twelve months.  Fine, dandy, all very nice, but to get it you have to pay for an internet connection as well at an average price of, say, £20 a month.  So that's £24.17 you have to pay to get Disney+ which AFAIK is effectively one "channel", though its going to be something that looks pretty and you play what you want, not a traditional "channel" in the true sense of the word.

The licence fee model is somewhere around £13 a month, but you don't need internet for any of it.  Okay you have to buy the equipment but that's been the case since forever.  You get the TV channels with iPlayer, the national radio stations, two more at least on DAB, copious local radio (which to be fair does a much better job than the commercial sector which is all back to back music these days), Sound, the online services/resources. and the archive.  I'm happy.

pphillips

Neil_Jones said:

And this is where the argument falls over.

Disney+ is effectively £4.17 for twelve months.  Fine, dandy, all very nice, but to get it you have to pay for an internet connection as well at an average price of, say, £20 a month.  So that's £24.17 you have to pay to get Disney+ which AFAIK is effectively one "channel", though its going to be something that looks pretty and you play what you want, not a traditional "channel" in the true sense of the word.

The licence fee model is somewhere around £13 a month, but you don't need internet for any of it.  Okay you have to buy the equipment but that's been the case since forever.  You get the TV channels with iPlayer, the national radio stations, two more at least on DAB, copious local radio (which to be fair does a much better job than the commercial sector which is all back to back music these days), Sound, the online services/resources. and the archive.  I'm happy.

You don't need a TV licence for any radio stations or the online content (except live tv & BBC iPlayer).
How do you get BBC iPlayer or online content without an internet connection?

Neil_Jones

You can go to the library and use their internet for iPlayer and online...?  Nobody said you had to pay for it.

pphillips

Neil_Jones said:

You can go to the library and use their internet for iPlayer and online...?  Nobody said you had to pay for it.

But your TV Licence is no use in the library!
You can go to the library and watch anything without needing a TV licence.

pphillips

Moneyineptitude said:

pphillips said:

It's still better value than a TV Licence.

In what way is it "better" value?

 The BBC produces thousands of hours of live broadcast TV (as well as historical streaming content) . 

Do you truly  believe a few cartoons and Marvel superhero films equates to even a portion of that ? 

In terms of cost - it's less than a third of the cost of a TV Licence.
In terms of content - you have to admit that some people will prefer Disney+ content.

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pphillips said:

Moneyineptitude said:

pphillips said:

It's still better value than a TV Licence.

In what way is it "better" value?

 The BBC produces thousands of hours of live broadcast TV (as well as historical streaming content) . 

Do you truly  believe a few cartoons and Marvel superhero films equates to even a portion of that ? 

In terms of cost - it's less than a third of the cost of a TV Licence.
In terms of content - you have to admit that some people will prefer Disney+ content.

Why would people "prefer" some cartoons and Marvel superhero movies over a wide-ranging and comprehensive bouquet of entertainment  and factual programming? 

pphillips

Moneyineptitude said:

pphillips said:

Moneyineptitude said:

pphillips said:

It's still better value than a TV Licence.

In what way is it "better" value?

 The BBC produces thousands of hours of live broadcast TV (as well as historical streaming content) . 

Do you truly  believe a few cartoons and Marvel superhero films equates to even a portion of that ? 

In terms of cost - it's less than a third of the cost of a TV Licence.
In terms of content - you have to admit that some people will prefer Disney+ content.

Why would people "prefer" some cartoons and Marvel superhero movies over a wide-ranging and comprehensive bouquet of entertainment  and factual programming? 

In this country there are some people who don't want to watch the BBC, myself included. I and others who feel the same way have decided to look for alternative content. That's our right in a free society and it should be respected, same as your right to support the BBC.