TV repeats

Ebe_Scrooge

p00hsticks said:

If the BBC (for example) had to provide all new content for the same budget and the same amount of hours then the quality would fall even further than it already is - we'd end up with even more cheap low-budget spun out quiz and reality shows.

I have to agree with this.  Why is it that you never get the David Attenborough nature documentaries on ITV?  Because they cost a huge amount to make, whereas a cheesy game-show is cheap as chips.  I've always thought the BBC does make much higher-quality programs.

As for the licence fee - I wonder how many who refuse to pay it enjoy listening to any of the BBC programs on radio, or turn to the BBC website for news and weather?

No, I don't work for the BBC, and I'm not defending them as such - just putting an alternative point of view out there :-) 

elsien

I still mainly watch live TV with a bit of catch up on the free steaming services. 

I record the ITV ones so I can fast forwards through the adverts. I don’t want or need to pay to watch Netflix and the like. Tried a free prime trial, can happily live without it. I can afford £70 a year or whatever it is but it’s money I’d far rather spend elsewhere. 

My internet isn’t great and buffers at times.
If there’s not a lot on and no catch up that I fancy seeing, I’d rather pick up a book than faff around all the dross elsewhere trying to find something decent.

Not a pensioner. Happy with live TV and a bit of catch up And do feel I get my money’s worth from the beeb because listen to the radio more often than not. 

Just to put the other side. 

Ath_Wat

elsien said:

I still mainly watch live TV with a bit of catch up on the free steaming services. 

I record the ITV ones so I can fast forwards through the adverts. I don’t want or need to pay to watch Netflix and the like. Tried a free prime trial, can happily live without it. I can afford £70 a year or whatever it is but it’s money I’d far rather spend elsewhere. 

My internet isn’t great and buffers at times.
If there’s not a lot on and no catch up that I fancy seeing, I’d rather pick up a book than faff around all the dross elsewhere trying to find something decent.

Not a pensioner. Happy with live TV and a bit of catch up And do feel I get my money’s worth from the beeb because listen to the radio more often than not. 

Just to put the other side. 

If you record ITV, you are not watching live TV.  "Live TV" doesn't mean the broadcast channels, it means watching it at the moment they show it.

MalMonroe

Murphybear said:

A lot of pensioners watch tv I think you will find. 

We live in sheltered housing and only have to pay £7.50 a year for the tv licence.

This may sound strange but I like some of the older repeats 

Really? I'm a pensioner and I don't. Nor do my pensioner friends. We're too busy being sociable. Not so much in person these days but by Zoom or googlechat, etc. While the weather's been good we've been getting together in gardens where there's no fear of spreading germs, viruses, etc. We're a bit too active and busy to sit watching telly. I do hope that this is the way pensioner-hood is going though because just sitting in and watching telly doesn't do anyone any good. I'd like to do a research project on it because I'm not sure that 'a lot of pensioners' do that either. I still feel there's a lot of life in me yet - I do hope that's true! - and I don't want to waste it. But that is just me, of course.

adindas

Ath_Wat said:

Does anyone actually watch television live any more?

I do not since a few years ago...

elsien

Ath_Wat said:

elsien said:

I still mainly watch live TV with a bit of catch up on the free steaming services. 

I record the ITV ones so I can fast forwards through the adverts. I don’t want or need to pay to watch Netflix and the like. Tried a free prime trial, can happily live without it. I can afford £70 a year or whatever it is but it’s money I’d far rather spend elsewhere. 

My internet isn’t great and buffers at times.
If there’s not a lot on and no catch up that I fancy seeing, I’d rather pick up a book than faff around all the dross elsewhere trying to find something decent.

Not a pensioner. Happy with live TV and a bit of catch up And do feel I get my money’s worth from the beeb because listen to the radio more often than not. 

Just to put the other side. 

If you record ITV, you are not watching live TV.  "Live TV" doesn't mean the broadcast channels, it means watching it at the moment they show it.

Perfectly well aware of what live TV is, thank you.  And most  of what I watch is live TV so my comment still stands.

powerful_Rogue

Ebe_Scrooge said:

p00hsticks said:

If the BBC (for example) had to provide all new content for the same budget and the same amount of hours then the quality would fall even further than it already is - we'd end up with even more cheap low-budget spun out quiz and reality shows.

I have to agree with this.  Why is it that you never get the David Attenborough nature documentaries on ITV?  Because they cost a huge amount to make, whereas a cheesy game-show is cheap as chips.  I've always thought the BBC does make much higher-quality programs.

As for the licence fee - I wonder how many who refuse to pay it enjoy listening to any of the BBC programs on radio, or turn to the BBC website for news and weather?

No, I don't work for the BBC, and I'm not defending them as such - just putting an alternative point of view out there :-) 

I don't have a TV licence, haven't for many years because I don't watch/record live TV as it's broadcast or use BBC iPlayer.

I do listen to Radio 2, however that doesn't require a TV licence so not sure what your point is. If that was the case, I would find a new station to listen to.

Ath_Wat

elsien said:

Ath_Wat said:

elsien said:

I still mainly watch live TV with a bit of catch up on the free steaming services. 

I record the ITV ones so I can fast forwards through the adverts. I don’t want or need to pay to watch Netflix and the like. Tried a free prime trial, can happily live without it. I can afford £70 a year or whatever it is but it’s money I’d far rather spend elsewhere. 

My internet isn’t great and buffers at times.
If there’s not a lot on and no catch up that I fancy seeing, I’d rather pick up a book than faff around all the dross elsewhere trying to find something decent.

Not a pensioner. Happy with live TV and a bit of catch up And do feel I get my money’s worth from the beeb because listen to the radio more often than not. 

Just to put the other side. 

If you record ITV, you are not watching live TV.  "Live TV" doesn't mean the broadcast channels, it means watching it at the moment they show it.

Perfectly well aware of what live TV is, thank you.  And most  of what I watch is live TV so my comment still stands.

Then, why?  When you have the means to watch whatever programme you want whenever you want to watch it, why do you confine yourself to whatever happens to be on the schedule?  And don't say "I'd rather pick up a book", I am talking about the times when you are watching something.  When you decide to watch television why not watch something that started 17 minutes ago from the start, rather than watch it from halfway through or watch something else that just happens to start at the time you turn it on?

There is simply no good reason to watch scheduled broadcasting any more and it won't be long before it is confined to live coverage of currently happening events.

mobileron

marcia_ said:

Ath_Wat said:

Does anyone actually watch television live any more?

 I do, can't afford steaming services

Theres lots of free streaming services,iplayer,itv hub,youtube and many more.

p00hsticks

powerful_Rogue said:

Ebe_Scrooge said:

p00hsticks said:

If the BBC (for example) had to provide all new content for the same budget and the same amount of hours then the quality would fall even further than it already is - we'd end up with even more cheap low-budget spun out quiz and reality shows.

I have to agree with this.  Why is it that you never get the David Attenborough nature documentaries on ITV?  Because they cost a huge amount to make, whereas a cheesy game-show is cheap as chips.  I've always thought the BBC does make much higher-quality programs.

As for the licence fee - I wonder how many who refuse to pay it enjoy listening to any of the BBC programs on radio, or turn to the BBC website for news and weather?

No, I don't work for the BBC, and I'm not defending them as such - just putting an alternative point of view out there :-) 

I don't have a TV licence, haven't for many years because I don't watch/record live TV as it's broadcast or use BBC iPlayer.

I do listen to Radio 2, however that doesn't require a TV licence so not sure what your point is. If that was the case, I would find a new station to listen to.

Yes, for those who are saying they can't find anything they want to watch I'd definitely recommend them having a look to see what's on the Radio. In my view it's sadly underused, undervalued and neglected by many of us (including me, although I do lsiten to more radio than I watch TV). There are a wide range of stations with programs covering all sorts of topics - it;s not just music.