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TV Licence Super Thread
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Soldato
It takes the pee with sky and virgin, as they have already paid the BBC to air their content and then we have to pay them again with a TV licence, so they get paid twice...
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WTF is he posting that for anyway, I know and always have known when and when not a licence is needed unlike most who keep saying its for owning a TV (not just talking about in this forum), is he campaigning to save the BBC licence?
surprising ow many people above don't realise , any iPlayer use is out -
but yes a sky like packaging, where you get news for free, but have package options for other gendres , soap, reality ... bring it on.
Anyway, how much netflix/amazon etc content is also pirated, is illegal use an issue for them too & what are they doing ?
but yes a sky like packaging, where you get news for free, but have package options for other gendres , soap, reality ... bring it on.
Anyway, how much netflix/amazon etc content is also pirated, is illegal use an issue for them too & what are they doing ?
Soldato
I was responding to a question, it's even quoted with the image & link.
Try to breathe from your nose instead of your mouth, it'll help you concentrate on the simple things.
Well to be fair even the BBC don't seem sure!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51373372
Edit: They changed it It did say anyone who installs or watches a TV earlier! Someone obviously pulled them up on it.
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They took that out years ago. It was always legal to own a TV without a "licence". But the BBC used to tell people it wasnt.
I hope they do decriminalize it ,because then we can all just watch TV without paying and not give a crap. "Its a civil matter", aka no one cares.
I hope they do decriminalize it ,because then we can all just watch TV without paying and not give a crap. "Its a civil matter", aka no one cares.
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Soldato
We can all just watch TV without paying? Really?
Are the digital signals going to be powered by magical fairy dust when the TV license gets abolished?
Soldato
Of course they would, it would leave a massive funding gap in a whole array of areas that depend on it. It's a huge public service, even areas like the broadband infrastructure would be affected. Current free to air channels out with the BBC couldn't exist if they had to fund the infrastructure that they depend on.
YouTube streams does not equal Live
Yep, The Daily Mail made the same mistake
You do NOT need a licence simply for owning a TV
Man of Honour
They can be. If you watched a YouTube stream of BBC News which was the same broadcast as on TV, then you would need a licence.
If you watched a YouTube stream that wasn't being broadcast on TV, then you don't require a licence.
Man of Honour
Moving to a civil penalty would reduce the burden of proof from "beyond reasonable doubt" to "on the balance on probabilities". That may not be preferable to many people.
Soldato
What? You mean you weren’t raped. How did you avoid that!?
Or, the governments motivation in sidelining the BBC maybe political, was the BBC too balanced with respect to Brexit;
it's easier to manipulate the proles, via social media, so, even if you don't like the big salaries (they can address that), better the devil you know, and, to have, a somewhat accountable, fact-checked media, versus USA alternative.
BBC on the r4 news, talking up Blue Planet, as an example of their raison d'être, 0.75Bn watched it ....
it's easier to manipulate the proles, via social media, so, even if you don't like the big salaries (they can address that), better the devil you know, and, to have, a somewhat accountable, fact-checked media, versus USA alternative.
BBC on the r4 news, talking up Blue Planet, as an example of their raison d'être, 0.75Bn watched it ....
I'd be interested in knowing too, i want them to know i want the licence to be scrapped