BBC license fee proposals...

so let me get this straight - to summarise

Some people who are don't value BBC services and aren't paying the license fee are moaning that they might have to pay the license fee now to watch iPlayer which they definitely aren't interested in.

Those that like BBC content are still fine with that because nothing has really changed except you may have to log into prove you paid your licence.

There is still the choice of paying or not paying the license fee


did I miss anything....
 
jimjamuk said:
so let me get this straight - to summarise

Some people who are don't value BBC services and aren't paying the license fee are moaning that they might have to pay the license fee now to watch iPlayer which they definitely aren't interested in.

Those that like BBC content are still fine with that because nothing has really changed except you may have to log into prove you paid your licence.

There is still the choice of paying or not paying the license fee


did I miss anything....
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Even simpler...

The people who don't pay the licence fee are moaning.

Those paying the licence fee are having a quiet laugh.
 
glen8 said:
The majority, and it's a very british trait :p
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I was quietly put out (well until now).

There is some good programming on the BBC that I'd miss, but I'd get poor value out of the licence due to having no aerial (Sky and Virgin are far too expensive, plus I can't stand adverts) therefore would never have access to live TV.

Anyone know the last day I can use iPlayer?
 
james.miller said:
Dowie:
I knew the score from his comments in the last thread re: the loop hole closure of iPlayer last month.
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Yet you made no mention of this, like I said my comments are based on what has been posted and still stand, no assumptions needed, you seem to have ignored that yet again. Perhaps it is good you're bored of it as it is tedious to debate with someone who wilfully ignores your own points and doesn't properly convey their own.
 
Rossi~ said:
But you should be paying for one under the TV licensing rules.
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Nonsense

this comes up every thread on the subject - the rules are simple enough, you require a licence to watch TV as it is brodcast

in future this will change to include iplayer it seems

you don't need a license to simply own a TV or play station or to watch Netflix etcetc
 
It would be an interesting conversation with inviting in a TV license enforcer type character in and showing him my Fire TV/Chromecast setup. "Aha but you have an iPlayer app!". Well yes, but I don't use it.

How long before this gets extended to on demand/catch up I wonder?
 
A whole £2.78 a week :eek:

BBc iplayer is something i don't use very often but when i do it is so much better designed than the other 3 OD apps, I don't have to watch crap adverts and the quality is much better.

I don't mind paying a few quid for that.
 
Here we go again, the BBC and license.

Read

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one

The BBC gets some money for Public Service Broadcasts and of course the Govt has a say in it's management.

For the modern person TV is widely used and to get it Transmitters need to be there or upgraded to carry the latest formats etc so why should you not pay for it?

Whether certain TV 'stars' should be paid large salaries is another argument.
 
Zatoichi.uK said:
It would be an interesting conversation with inviting in a TV license enforcer type character in and showing him my Fire TV/Chromecast setup. "Aha but you have an iPlayer app!". Well yes, but I don't use it.

How long before this gets extended to on demand/catch up I wonder?
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This is where things are going to get tricky, hopefully if they do switch to a login service then the lack of a user account should be enough to prove you don't use it but tbh the whole way the TV license is enforced is antiquated and needs changing.

glen8 said:
We pay extra for news, kids, entertainment, movies, sports etc etc

Why can't sky have a BBC bundle :confused:
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You kind of can, SKY will give you a basic freeview package but you lose a few free to air channels (ITV I think) and the ability to record.

I think we are in the golden age of ad funded TV at the minute as we can just skip them on recorded content. As more and more services switch to streaming then the adverts are going to get harder and harder to avoid. If that does happen then that will be the end of Sky for me as I hate the way they effectively charge the customer twice through subscriptions and ads.
 
do_ron_ron said:
Here we go again, the BBC and license.

Read

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one

The BBC gets some money for Public Service Broadcasts and of course the Govt has a say in it's management.

For the modern person TV is widely used and to get it Transmitters need to be there or upgraded to carry the latest formats etc so why should you not pay for it?

Whether certain TV 'stars' should be paid large salaries is another argument.
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And yet most of the license few money isn't spent on transmitters but content that isn't any different to commercial broadcasters.
 
The BBC is a joke, there is nothing on the BBC that interests me anymore.

Yes, they do some good documentary's occasionally but that's it.

If I was in power it would be the first thing that would go, it serves no purpose and nobody would miss it.
 
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wingman said:
Isn't that what the thread is about, that very change? There will be people enforcing is still I'm assuming?
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I mean other than iPlayer, i.e. using Netflix, Prime and the like would also require a license. Lets face it, there are going to be more and more people ditching Sky/Virgin and live TV type setups as younger generations setup home.
 
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