TV Licence Super Thread

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Malevolence said:
And what abut those of us who can't get fibre installed at their property?
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Try telling that to BT.

Ah, just me complaining. :cry: Ever since I went VoIP in response to the BT closure of exchanges, I've had nothing but trouble with my phones :rolleyes:.

But seriously, TV is already digital, I am sure that they could work something out. The BBC even knows how, they have subscription channels in the USA (Where they air constant repeats of American TV shows).
 
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SpellowHouse said:
But seriously, TV is already digital, I am sure that they could work something out. The BBC even knows how, they have subscription channels in the USA (Where they air constant repeats of American TV shows).
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America has an entirely different broadcast/TV ecosystem though. UK has historically never really done subscription/encrypted TV so a lot of the tech gets left out of the products here.

It's effectively not possible withojt a return channel i.e. internet connected TV with new (unreleased) technology in. So there's no getting around the fact that if BBC (it any broadcast TV) goes subscription, it will involve making all the pensioners' TVs obsolete. Back to digital switchover again.
 
GaryTheSnail said:
PEBCAK
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Ah, I've tried everything. It just doesn't work as well. Maybe I need to shift my VoIP company. The main problem seems to be that the call breaks up the further the call distance is. Speaks of internet issues, but my internet service is good, which only leaves my VoIP supplier. Anyway, I digress, this is not the point of this thread. At some stage I will create another.
 
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LuckyBenski said:
America has an entirely different broadcast/TV ecosystem though. UK has historically never really done subscription/encrypted TV so a lot of the tech gets left out of the products here.

It's effectively not possible withojt a return channel i.e. internet connected TV with new (unreleased) technology in. So there's no getting around the fact that if BBC (it any broadcast TV) goes subscription, it will involve making all the pensioners' TVs obsolete. Back to digital switchover again.
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Yes, but they did that once before, when they turned off analogue. And look at BT. Like they give a **** about pensioners!

Anyway, I suppose, if there is no answer to that problem then the good old BBC would have to adopt adverts on the digital channels. They have adverts on their US channels, so they know how it's done!!
 
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LuckyBenski said:
America has an entirely different broadcast/TV ecosystem though. UK has historically never really done subscription/encrypted TV so a lot of the tech gets left out of the products here.

It's effectively not possible withojt a return channel i.e. internet connected TV with new (unreleased) technology in. So there's no getting around the fact that if BBC (it any broadcast TV) goes subscription, it will involve making all the pensioners' TVs obsolete. Back to digital switchover again.
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Yes AFAIK our TV aerials just passively pickup whatever signal is being broadcast and there is no concept of authentication with the current technology we have/use. This is why you have to pay if you are watching any broadcast television, because there’s no way to prevent you from watching if you haven’t paid, and it’s why enforcement is in the form it currently is (as opposed to a user/pass).

A shift away from this would require significant investment in some new technology AND public action to replace equipment.
 
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413x said:
BBC would fail without the licence fee.
If you could receive all other channels and you only had to give up the BBC... So many people would not pay, bbc would just crumble.


That in itself means it's time to let it die. Gone are the days that the BBC was important enough to basically be a tax.

Huge overheads, lots of guff content, massive pension bill. It's a dinosaur, and it's surviving it's natural extinction by being nearly a tax.
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This :D
 
413x said:
BBC would fail without the licence fee.
If you could receive all other channels and you only had to give up the BBC... So many people would not pay, bbc would just crumble.


That in itself means it's time to let it die. Gone are the days that the BBC was important enough to basically be a tax.

Huge overheads, lots of guff content, massive pension bill. It's a dinosaur, and it's surviving it's natural extinction by being nearly a tax.
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It's the job cente for the middle classes, much like the NHS has became
 
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I have a prediction about who it is and it's none of the names mentioned here or on Twitter, but he's made comments on live TV in the past that made my skin crawl, and if it does turn out to be him then everyone going to smack their foreheads for not seeing sooner.
 
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