TV Licence Super Thread

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I pay by direct debit plus I have to pay 27p towards a non working communal digital TV antenna each week. I never watch my TV. Everything is done on the PC these days.

I never bothered complaining about it but after having a letter to take down a small x30 Ham stick I may just kick up a big stink about the communal TV antenna not working. I should be allowed to have some sort of antenna up.
 
If they want to sell off channel 4 believing that their deomgraphic is similar to netflix and Amazon, then writing is on the wall for the BBC,
channel4 news content is not far short of the BBC, combined with BBC non-news strictly/peaky/killing eve/doctor who/vigil ... dire output.
They are even throwing c4 to the wolves to help resuscitate the BBC

I don't thonk bbc coverage of Ukraine is any more comprehensive than c4 either - both have rather gratuitously revelled in one up manship, having correspondants as close to the 'action' as possible.
 
Unfortunately, it's going to be another Brexit scenario where most of the population will be sold on Tory rhetoric about how it's all in the interests of the little guy, and by the time they realise it's a disaster it'll be too late.
 
Dirk Diggler said:
Unfortunately, it's going to be another Brexit scenario where most of the population will be sold on Tory rhetoric about how it's all in the interests of the little guy, and by the time they realise it's a disaster it'll be too late.
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no one watches live TV and no one cares....
 
Why are all these conversations about Channel 4 and the BBC being commercialised posed as a bad thing? Most commercialised channels make big profits. In Channel 4's situation its one of the main 5 channels. If it adapts to the market then it should be able to make a lot of money.
 
BowdonUK said:
Why are all these conversations about Channel 4 and the BBC being commercialised posed as a bad thing? Most commercialised channels make big profits. In Channel 4's situation its one of the main 5 channels. If it adapts to the market then it should be able to make a lot of money.
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Because it's not all about making money when it comes to a national broadcaster. Jesus, people really do struggle with the basics in this conversation.
 
53% inconveniently close the golden brexit number, and, Macron's voter lethargy fear.

BowdonUK said:
Why are all these conversations about Channel 4 and the BBC being commercialised posed as a bad thing?
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commercialisation seems to correspond to netflix/amazon race to the bottom with derivative usa fast food 'dramas' tuned for demographics, plus, neither of them do news, current affairs, which I don't think is skys forte either; the French have some protection for their national production and language broadcasts.
Public wanted brexit, and c4/bbc are part of that nationalist identity.
Father had just been given a free netflix membership with BT renewal - like a packet of cereal freebie - what do I do with that
 
visibleman said:
Oh right, have you got a link to these?
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Its not really rocket science. Not many people watch live TV because of current technology like android TV etc and online TV services. Its mostly elderly people who watch live TV now days. I don't watch live TV. I know a lot of people who don't watch live TV either.
 
BowdonUK said:
I don't think many people appreciated the publicity stunts in the past, like having the then Iranian leader Ahmadinejad giving an alternative Christmas message.
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Again, it's not about pleasing everyone. You can't push boundaries by appealing to what you think the majority of viewers will like. You also can't do it if you're being driven by advertising revenue.

You can't do a Dispatches exposé on a global company that buys your ad space.
 
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