BBC license fee proposals...
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Since BBC content is funded through the licence fee, freeloading it as you do does nothing to support the BBC. So yes, great, lets all download everything we watch and not pay the BBC and watch it crash and burn. oh wait - there's quite a few of us out there who do watch and/or listen to BBC content...
The licence fee is outdated, sure. But tea leafing content helps nobody and it is not the answer.
yet he's not said he downloads or streams pirated content - plenty of people watch amazon prime, netflix or buy digital content and his point still applies there
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Let's not pretend.
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So how do I catch up with the latest episode of, i don't know..Sherlock for example, if i'm not watching it on TV and im not using iPlayer?
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lets not assume...
he's not stated anything about pirated content so your comment was baseless - netflix and amazon prime are fairly popular theses days so it isn't unrealistic for someone to subscribe to those and simply watch legal on demand content
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We're talking about BBC content here, keep up. Streaming services aren't the answer unless you want to wait for content to be made available and that of course pretty much only covers tv - cant listen to radio 1 on netflix.
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I suggest you go back and read the posts you're referring to before telling others to 'keep up'
currently you do watch it on iplayer, in future you can't watch BBC content and will have to buy episodes via dvd/blue ray or digital download
then again there is plenty of other on demand content on netflix, amazon prime, nowTV
just checked - Sherlock Season 3 is available to watch on amazon prime
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double post ..
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Move along gentlemen and mind the gap. TV died in the late 1990s.
A blu-ray collection and Spotify £10/month is all you need
A blu-ray collection and Spotify £10/month is all you need
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Dowie, please, keep up or let him answer the question himself.
I pay the fee, i'll continue to use iPlayer. Doesnt mean i approve of the licence fee but we consume enough BBC content in this household to make the fee viable.
That's irrelevant.
Yes, you are completely missing the point. If it was a new season it wouldnt be. Is night manager available for example? no.
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keep up with what exactly?
you've assumed he is talking about BBC content and piracy when he could easily be making a point about TV in general
you've then cited an example of a BBC show which amusingly enough I can watch the most recent series of for free on amazon prime
So what? Is some sky program available to people who don't subscribe to sky... no..
What point are you even trying to argue here?
edit- actually yes, just checked - amusingly enough if I really really wanted to see it I could watch that, for a fee, on demand via amazon video
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Because some people are just paying the £150 a year for watching non BBC channels. My parents pay the license fee just because my dad watches the discovery motoring programmes everyday. I knew of someone who paid his license fee at his Uni house because he had a tv in his front room for his ps3, and he got scared of capita.
Its basically a tax on any live television, just to fund one network with a history of squandering the money, and protecting criminals.
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dowie said:
If you dont use iplayer there is no other way of streaming new BBC content (TV) unless you are willing to wait for when/if it appears on another paid streaming service.
There no way, other than iPlayer, to legally watch BBC channels live online
There there is no other legal way i know of to listen to BBC radio channels bar other BBC websites.
So this:
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Doesnt work. I know he said 'watch' but thew fee pays for radio, too, so..Do you get it yet?
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Again you're assuming he wants to watch BBC content and isn't talking about TV in general. You require a TV license to watch all broadcast TV yet you don't need one for on demand and he's pointed that out without making any reference to the BBC or to piracy - your arguments so far are based on assumptions rather than anything that has actually been stated.
So far your two example objections are available on other streaming/on demand services.
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Well, 10% of it does. The other 90% is tv, radio and online services.
I'm not assuming he wants to watch BBC content, I'm the one who wants to watch BBC content.
Are they? (did you just assume that?)dowie said:
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That's quite the statement. cough.
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Download them? Buy later when complete set comes out if i want it.