TV Licence Super Thread

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Werewolf said:
Ah that old chestnut.

It's been repeatedly said that they don't have enough representation of certain groups compared to the general population, thus every now and then they do trainee positions specifically for people from those groups.
IIRC there is an issue with people from minorities not feeling they can go into the business in certain areas, so they make the effort to try and encourage people to start directly.
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it is one thing to encourage applications from minorities it is quite another to formulate a recruitment policy that racially discriminates/bars applicants based upon a protected status

frankly this idea of arbitrarily increasing diversity for the sake of it is a poor one, they're literally just going for tokenism there
 
Genuine question, why aren't we allowed to watch ANY live tv without a tv license? I can understand it for the BBC channels, but why shouldn't I be allowed to watch ITV for example and not have to pay the license?
 
sb89 said:
Genuine question, why aren't we allowed to watch ANY live tv without a tv license? I can understand it for the BBC channels, but why shouldn't I be allowed to watch ITV for example and not have to pay the license?
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Becuase ether goverment dictates what the BBC has to create and do. As they deem it good for the UK, and as such it's a tax.
Why you would want to pay it and watch it with adverts etc, is a different matter. On demand, Netflix etc and even buying the odd show online works out far cheaper.
 
sb89 said:
Genuine question, why aren't we allowed to watch ANY live tv without a tv license? I can understand it for the BBC channels, but why shouldn't I be allowed to watch ITV for example and not have to pay the license?
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Because the government have mandated the public should pay for their own brainwashing...
 
There's tons of adverts on the BBC channels these days. The only difference is they don't break up the programs themselves for an ad break.

But the BBC is running more adverts on its channels than ever before. Their ad breaks are almost as long as the commercial channels at ~3 mins.

Am I supposed to care that the ad breaks are for advertising BBC-only content? Well I don't. It's still advertisement. It's still 3 minutes or so between programs, and every 12 mins or so on the BBC News Channel.
 
Mine expired in November. The money is now going in to paying the council tax hike instead :p

But I accidentally saw some of the One Show earlier and that instantly re-justified not paying.
 
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magick said:
I haven't paid mine since the late 90s. did you send them a letter removing assumed rights of access Nasher?
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Nope I just told them I don't use the TV any more. I think removing their access rights is probably just painting a target on yourself.

I'm not too worried, especially with Capita on the verge of collapse :P
 
I find a lot of BBC programs lately just crap tbh. Most of the good stuff isn't on live TV any more. The BBC don't want to pay for them any more or it doesn't fit their new, almost cringe worthy ultra-PC requirements.
 
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Nasher said:
I find a lot of BBC programs lately just crap tbh. Most of the good stuff isn't on live TV any more. The BBC don't want to pay for them any more or it doesn't fit their new, almost cringe worthy ultra-PC requirements.
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Everyone's mileage will vary, personally I think the tv license should be ditched and the BBC funded out of general taxation much easier for everyone.
 
a1ex2001 said:
Everyone's mileage will vary, personally I think the tv license should be ditched and the BBC funded out of general taxation much easier for everyone.
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No they should become a subscription or ad funded service like every other broadcaster.

We shouldn't have to pay for a service we don't use, especially when it's broadcasting rubbish.
 
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