I don't target anyone mate, but the people who don't pay it makes a easy target for the BBC if it goes any further.
Yes I agree its unfair but they want too much info for me to submit.
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I don't target anyone mate, but the people who don't pay it makes a easy target for the BBC if it goes any further.
Yes I agree its unfair but they want too much info for me to submit.
Why were the BBC allowed to block access to Iplayer for not having a TV licence? The two are independent of each other, unless you are watching live footage on Iplayer.
Just another ploy by the BBC to bolster their huge pot of money they can lavish on their overpaid undertalented presenters and staff.
Just another ploy by the BBC to bolster their huge pot of money they can lavish on their overpaid undertalented presenters and staff.
A valid TV Licence is required to watch or download any BBC programmes on BBC iPlayer. Not just live streams.
But a TV licence is for watching/recording broadcasts live. Watching a previously broadcast programme on Iplayer shouldn't fall under this definition. It doesn't apply to other netcasters like Netflix/Amazon, so why are BBC an exception?
Because they decided to change the rules when they realized they were loosing money from the younger generation of TV viewers.
Yep, shows the BBC has lost all values and integrity. Before they would have wanted everybody to have access to the content, like somebody who might not watch any TV, but wanted to keep abreast of the news they could go on iplayer and watch it.
They're essentially just a private corporation acting out their own leftist agenda now.
They're essentially just a private corporation acting out their own leftist agenda now.
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Their pushed agenda often flows with that of the party in power at the time.
You can look at it as them towing in company line... or you can look at it as them flowing with the will of the people, as dictated by the general election...
It's not perfect, but there is a more positive spin you can put on it.
But I still heavily object to the way the license fee is pushed on people, it's abhorrent... and people pay for it even when they don't need one just because of the bullying tactics in place.
A much more appropriate system would be to shift to paid-for streaming services, with freeview etc removed from availability, and the services which include watching live TV, like Sky or whatever else, include the license fee in their monthly/yearly subscriptions.
They can cover the iplayer thing by just adding a login account with paid-for options for the stuff they want to be paid for offering...
Depending on whatever licensing agreements they needed to negotiate, they could potentially offer this sub service to foreign countries at a fee or maybe slightly higher fee and possibly increase their revenue that way.
That would completely remove the need for collection services.
The only reasons I can think of they don't already do this kind of thing is that they:
1. Simply are a bit backwards and haven't even thought of that idea.
2. They think or know they get more revenue from the bullying attempt at a form of extended taxation
3. I'm missing something dumb logistically or obvious that's not coming to mind... haha
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@Diddums ... my drunken rants are erring on the side of positive and borderline contemplative while missing the side of agression that made them so enjoyably silly... I think something strange happened... dang it!
Age old boy, age. I'm suffering it myself too, my edge only shows itself occasionally now
the letters just go in a loop then reset again.
been getting them for years now.
it goes from you have no tv license, to someone will visit around XX date, back to no tv license registered at this address.
no one ever came out so far or they can't get access to the building
some have it as part of the regular electric bill which is even worse since you have it even if you don't watch live tv schedules
Because they need to fund the making of the programmes?
Peoples watching habits changed (more on-demand, less live) so it seems entirely reasonable that iPlayer should be covered under the license.
IPlayer also does live streams
Because the law was changed recently to cover iplayer in general, it was previously the case that you could watch repeats on iplayer without a TV licence.
I'm all for paying some level of tv license as long as we're getting something good in return.
After looking through last weeks TV guide I noticed how many repeats are on the main 5 channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, and Channel 5). So I did a very rough calculation over 5 days from the 28th of July to 1st of August. They broadcast 120 hours. If I exclude news bulletins and films, only ITV manages to get to 2 days worth of new content. The worst is Channel 5, especially at weekends they only managed to put out just over 5 hours of new content over the 2 days.
After looking through last weeks TV guide I noticed how many repeats are on the main 5 channels (BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, and Channel 5). So I did a very rough calculation over 5 days from the 28th of July to 1st of August. They broadcast 120 hours. If I exclude news bulletins and films, only ITV manages to get to 2 days worth of new content. The worst is Channel 5, especially at weekends they only managed to put out just over 5 hours of new content over the 2 days.
True, but you still need a TV License to watch on-demand through IPlayer.