TV Licence Super Thread

Boycey0211 · 2 Aug 2016 at 03:00

Well this is finally the middle finger from me to the BBC. I don't watch BBC live and only watch the odd documentary on iPlayer.

£145 a year for something I'm never going to miss is ridiculous. Obviously when I become a homeowner I was going to stump up the cost for live tv license, not anymore. When the time comes I will purposefully avoid paying it. The sooner this ridiculous monopoly is over the better.

banja · 2 Aug 2016 at 03:11

Wondering how they will enforce this new system.

If someone puts Beeb content on Youtube and I watch that am I supposed to buy a TV license?

Azza · 2 Aug 2016 at 06:22

So they haven't actually said how they'll inforce it?

kmetek · 2 Aug 2016 at 06:34

You guys have only 12 quid monthly fee? Same as here in Slovenija where people have 600/700€ monthly salary....

plus our national TV program is worst + plenty of comercials...at least your BBC is commercial free, right?

Brizzles · 2 Aug 2016 at 06:52

kmetek said:
at least your BBC is commercial free, right?

The licence fee means that there is no need for commercials ( and the revenue they bring ).

The money is spent on 'quality' programmes - like Eastenders, overpaid executives and dubious radio DJs' wages instead.

kmetek · 2 Aug 2016 at 06:56

Well here in Slovenija on national programes too much commercials.....and yet they get 8 mio € a month....around 100€ mio a year....because it's the law.

Democracy at it's peak. Who want's to pay, leave them....many people even don't look these programs at all.

So UK is on same boat, eh? I think politics steal money from these revenue channels.

glenimp617 · 2 Aug 2016 at 08:30

The only way to get rid of the licence fee is if everyone bands together and stops paying it. Never works in the UK.

RaohNS · 2 Aug 2016 at 08:33

Collective action has only been seen a couple of times in the last 45years and both were ignored and steamrolled over by the Government of the day.

Zatoichi.uK · 2 Aug 2016 at 09:34

413x said:
Will miss question time and spring watch.

But in not paying 150 a year for those two shows

Full episodes of QT are always on YouTube.

Burnsy2023 · 2 Aug 2016 at 09:45

glen8 said:
The only way to get rid of the licence fee is if everyone bands together and stops paying it. Never works in the UK.

That's a good way for it to be added as a general tax for everyone, say as part of a new council tax precept.

jonneymendoza · 2 Aug 2016 at 10:15

n3vrmind said:
Thats ok, they dont have anything worth watching now... I just wont bother

They have some amazing documentaries. Better then what Sky has anyway

joeyjojo · 2 Aug 2016 at 10:26

kmetek said:
Well here in Slovenija on national programes too much commercials.....and yet they get 8 mio € a month....around 100€ mio a year....because it's the law.

Worth remembering. The BBC isn't perfect but it's a damn sight better than the alternatives elsewhere in the world. I think it's great value tbh.

/OT

Billies Bangers · 2 Aug 2016 at 10:36

It's really great to see this loophole finally being closed. Suck it up all you freeloaders.

Billies Bangers · 2 Aug 2016 at 10:40

n3vrmind said:
Thats ok, they dont have anything worth watching now... I just wont bother

The vast breadth of documentaries alone and you don't think they have anything worth watching - blimey mate!!!!!!! :eek:

Narj · 2 Aug 2016 at 10:44

Billies Bangers said:
The vast breadth of documentaries alone and you don't think they have anything worth watching - blimey mate!!!!!!!

The question is can you justify the cost for the amount of programmes you watch? They do make some great documentaries (the Ian Hislop one on Beethoven's 5th was excellent, for example) but I rarely watch any TV content at all, and certainly never watch live TV.

Billies Bangers · 2 Aug 2016 at 11:43

Narj said:
The question is can you justify the cost for the amount of programmes you watch? They do make some great documentaries (the Ian Hislop one on Beethoven's 5th was excellent, for example) but I rarely watch any TV content at all, and certainly never watch live TV.

In our household about 80% of all content tends to be spread across BBC2 and BBC4 so for us it's definitely worth it. We don't watch it live we nearly always record and watch at a time that suits us but then I don't draw a distinction between live and recorded and simply don't understand that argument at all.

For me the licence fee is worth every single penny and more besides.

VincentHanna · 2 Aug 2016 at 11:56

Narj said:
The question is can you justify the cost for the amount of programmes you watch? They do make some great documentaries (the Ian Hislop one on Beethoven's 5th was excellent, for example) but I rarely watch any TV content at all, and certainly never watch live TV.

Yes I can justify 40p per day.

LeeUK · 2 Aug 2016 at 12:01

LeeUK said:
Where did I admit to that?

I watch Emmerdale and Corrie on ITV Hub when it is convenient for me. Hardly watch anything on BBC, last thing was Hugh's War On Waste last week.

pooley said:
just lol

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Tom_ed1987 · 2 Aug 2016 at 12:22

So does this change cover 'access to / watching things on iPlayer' or 'watching any BBC program after it has been broadcast, whatever the delivery medium'?

I'm still not clear. If you enjoy watching BBC shows from your favourite 0day source, will you be in breach of anything additiobal above standard copyright?

Billies Bangers · 2 Aug 2016 at 13:21

Tom_ed1987 said:
So does this change cover 'access to / watching things on iPlayer' or 'watching any BBC program after it has been broadcast, whatever the delivery medium'?

I'm still not clear. If you enjoy watching BBC shows from your favourite 0day source, will you be in breach of anything additiobal above standard copyright?

As far as I understand it if you watch BBC programmes from whatever device be it phone, tablet, TV, PVR, fence panel, or reflection in your pond you will have to pay.