TV Licence article Discussion

lindylou120

I applied for T.V. License discount as my daughter has M.S. and is partially sighted with a hospital certificate and I was told I couldn't have a discount as she isn't the license holder.What's that all about then?

tonyhamm

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/your_world/communications/television_licences.htm

Your daughter is not TOTALLY BLIND and therefore is able to see the smear of an outline of Johnathan Ross or Russell Brand's glowing presence as they make one of thier witty sexual innuendo's, or bully the daylights out of some lesser ordinary person for a 'laugh'. She has no right for any discount. If this seems unfair - ask yourself - Would Moses ask god 'for a discount' when partially sighted by the sight of the presence of god? (And had to settle for a burning bush)

As she is being delivered 'incredible value for money entertainment' (TM BBC Inc) you should be pleased to cough up, it needs a pyramid of 60,000 other households needed to support just the wages of the above 2 talents. And no - It's impossible they could take a pay cut.

And then there are the other 'talents' (TM) - Each stint for the presenter of 'Have I got news for you?' pays £50,000. A BBC newsreader reading the autocue pays over £500,000 per year. The very idea of not paying.....

lindylou120

To qualify for the blind concession, the customer must supply a photocopy of one of the following pieces of evidence:

1. A certificate or other document issued by or on behalf of a local authority in Great Britain showing that the applicant is blind or severely sight impaired, or
2. A certificate or other document issued by or on behalf of the DHSS in the Isle of Man showing that the applicant is blind or severely sight impaired, or
3. A certificate issued by a Health and Social Services Trust in Northern Ireland showing that the applicant is blind or severely sight impaired, or
4. A certificate issued and signed by an ophthalmologist (CVI or BD8) (1990) showing that the applicant is blind or severely sight impaired

I believe that section 4 applies to my daughter,even though I said partially sighted you must forgive me for putting it in laymans terms! She can't even see to read a large text book never mind a 42inch television 5ft from her face(and before you say it's too close - I KNOW).

Sarcasm is not welcomed by those in pain,but is given by those who have glory to gain! :mad:

pretzelgirl

can someone explain to me why they have returned my parents payment and cancelled the licence??? have tried phoning them but to no avail..mum and dad are worried sick they are both pensioners nd have never owed money or anything and were really upset about the whole fuss.

IssyP

Hello Folks,

About two months ago I decided that i was watching TV too much, so I packed it back into its box and put it under the bed - where it has remained ever since.

So....Do I need a TV licence? Is it the fact that I own one that means I need a licence or do I actually have to watch it? I was considering cutting the plug off while its under the bed and putting it back on when I decide I want to to use it again.

Any thoughts on whether you think I should be paying for a licence at the moment?

Thanks

Swan_2

IssyP wrote: »

Hello Folks,

About two months ago I decided that i was watching TV too much, so I packed it back into its box and put it under the bed - where it has remained ever since.

So....Do I need a TV licence? Is it the fact that I own one that means I need a licence or do I actually have to watch it? I was considering cutting the plug off while its under the bed and putting it back on when I decide I want to to use it again.

Any thoughts on whether you think I should be paying for a licence at the moment?

Thanks

hi Issy,
in your circumstances you definitely don't need a licence & you don't need to cut the plug off your telly or stash it under the bed

you only need a licence if you watch or record television as it's being broadcast & it's fine to use it for DVDs & gaming without a licence

& you don't need a licence to watch the likes of BBC iPlayer on your PC/lappy either

so you're ok



EDIT ... link to TVLA site the 'Do I Need A Licence' bit explains it, perhaps not very clearly though :rolleyes:

harryhound

The BBC does need budgetary control, and should axe programmes that do not get better user figures than the commercial equivalent BUT it defines us in Britain as NOT just a pale imitation of Hollywood USA.

Today I needed to check on an item in the news.
One of my searches was for "BBC World Service" on worldwide Google.
Just for fun I thought to repeat the search but substitute "Voice of America".

Before you try it for your self, write down how many hits you expect to get for each nation's global network.

Personally I want my news delivered with minimal bias. I don't want a state controlled monopoly nor do I want the spin of an unholy alliance between press barons and politicians.

If you don't mind living in a country where the State tries to tell you what to think, or in small town America, where you have forgotten how to think - carry on: "Big Brother", financed by a combination of advertising and a levy on ITV, is back this month.

Personally "Liberty, Equality & Fraternity" are the goals that make for a satisfying life. As the song goes: "you only know what you have lost when it's gone".

I hope you will agree with me, and the people world wide who rely on the "BBC World Service", because the other output on their airwaves is unbelievable, the BBC news service is well worth the subsidy it gets.

Harry.

PS Yes I know that this news service gets a subsidy independent of the TV Licence, but there must be a big cross subsidy because the same local correspondents appear on the national channels as well as the global ones.

veloo

Nice bit of PR for the BBC, but I think your should have said WAS one of our achievements. We are no more in the 19th/20th century anymore. The world has moved on since then, and BBC (and its License Raj) should be abolished. I can't say about the impact of the BBC World Service on the rest of the world, but I don't want to dump any more of my money into this black hole. If I want to research a news item, I certainly don't use the BBC, or even the VoA, as a starting point.

Those who want to pay for the BBC's finest service are welcome to. Please don't force the rest of us to watch BBC, or to pay for you to watch BBC!

harryhound

What do you use for information here in the UK?
What would you use for information if you lived in (say) Columbia?
I've done the same experiment with CNN International and got about 80% of the hits that BBC World Service gets on Google.

That said, I was a little surprised some 15 years ago when I went to Santiago in Cuba to see the hotel staff were freely able to watch CNN International.

GonzoAston

Im personally against the BBC TV license. I dont see why we should pay a company money, for watching another channel. Im sure with analogue being switched off they could encrypt the BBC, so you only actually watch it, if you subsribe to it. Maybe then they will actually open up the competition freely, instead of having an monopoly on it.

It disgusts me the way the BBC operates.