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The laws on TV licensing are pretty flawed... You can legally own a TV/Computer have internet and you don't have to have a TV license if you don't watch any BBC services.

However it is assumed if you have any of the above you are forced to pay for a TV license regardless if you watch BBC services or not and you can be slapped with a fine of 1000 pounds that has to be paid or you can go to prison for not paying the fine. You can't go to prison for not paying for a TV license but you can go to prison for not paying the fine.

The fact the BBC can slap fines on people willy nilly is ridiculous and shouldn't be allowed.

They really need to get a better system in place.
 
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Tavis75 said:
That's how societies work, I pay a shed load of tax for things I don't need or want, or sometimes that I'm even actively opposed to.
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Whilst you might not currently be using them directly we should all be contributing to education, healthcare, policing. These are all essential for a functioning society. Is one of many broadcasting companies essential? I struggle to see it myself.
 
Nigel Kingdon said:
So just use the subs model like everyone else. There are far to many 'organisations' out there that abuse the bottomless pit of taxpayers money as it is. If you make good telly, people will pay the subs for it.
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I guess if the bbc is struggling even with the number of people who pay the licence without engaging in bbc services either because they're just using other services (itv, channel 4 etc) or they've been bullied into it by tvl, stands to reason they're scared they cant entice enough customers just by putting a paywall on iplayer.

Kinda funny how people wax lyrical about using tax dollars to put a roof over peoples heads and food in their bellies but you get crickets when they're used to produce boringly vanilla tv shows.

I'm sure someone will take that last comment and come back with "what about x, its pretty good" as if one or two hours of programming a week thats worth watching offsets the other 22 hours of the day being filled with, well, filler.
 
Btone said:
need to be fought in the courts, take for example my business, we can't watch tv at all never mins BBC, yet we have a internet connection, why should we be paying for tv
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It will most likely be domestic broadband connections only.
I certainly wouldn't give up decent broadband for a mobile connection just to fight this. It actually works out cheaper than the current TV license anyway.

Personally I think BBC should just go subscription and go global. There's loads of people around the world that would happily pay for BBC content.
 
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Retro6 said:
The laws on TV licensing are pretty flawed... You can legally own a TV/Computer have internet and you don't have to have a TV license if you don't watch any BBC services.

However it is assumed if you have any of the above you are forced to pay for a TV license regardless if you watch BBC services or not and you can be slapped with a fine of 1000 pounds that has to be paid or you can go to prison for not paying the fine. You can't go to prison for not paying for a TV license but you can go to prison for not paying the fine.

The fact the BBC can slap fines on people willy nilly is ridiculous and shouldn't be allowed.

They really need to get a better system in place.
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They can't, they have to drag it through court and they need some kind of evidence get that far. Just don't let them in your house as they are known to lie/fake evidence to get convictions.

Most of the wins in court are because the accused didn't even turn up. So they win by default.
 
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Nigel Kingdon said:
So just use the subs model like everyone else. There are far to many 'organisations' out there that abuse the bottomless pit of taxpayers money as it is. If you make good telly, people will pay the subs for it.
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Unfortunately, having a sub doesn't mean they have to make good telly, it means they have to make popular telly.
 
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I'm still of the view that if the BBC is to be subsidised, the fairest way is still through a percentage point/s on council tax as opposed to a flat-fee via broadband. This ensures it captures all residential properties and it should mean an overall lower cost than the current license fee, especially for the lower band properties.

I'd prefer a streamlined BBC offering, which focuses on soft-power elements (radio and world service), news, education, and culture.
 
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darkgen said:
I'm still of the view that if the BBC is to be subsidised, the fairest way is still through a percentage point/s on council tax as opposed to a flat-fee via broadband. This ensures it captures all residential properties and it should mean an overall lower cost than the current license fee, especially for the lower band properties.

I'd prefer a streamlined BBC offering, which focuses on soft-power elements (radio and world service), news, education, and culture.
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This is how I expected it to come in.

I thought most likely was CT and second broadband.

Because if they load it all on land-line people (inc me) would opt for mobile broadband.

Or like someone else said they could put 2 pounds on land-line, 2 pounds on mobile etc etc.

But you'd think CT would be the easiest to admin


Can't really put it in mobile I guess as people with large families would be boned
 
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They can do things like putting the iPlayer on pay to view service, they could also do the same with live TV put it on a subscription, pay monthly service but they wont because they know deep down not many people are going to be watching it and the British Biased Corporation pushes woke left wing political agendas so they need to get that out to as many people as possible.

I did read somewhere that the TV licensing system maybe getting scrapped sometime in 2028 so they may just well have to move to pay per view services and up there game with delivering decent TV so that people actually watch it.
 
Let's be honest, the BBC are standing in a field full of solutions to their problem but are unable to grab one of them.

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that their goon subcontractors have somehow got them by the balls which is forcing the BBC to use them.
 
Diddums said:
Let's be honest, the BBC are standing in a field full of solutions to their problem but are unable to grab one of them.

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that their goon subcontractors have somehow got them by the balls which is forcing the BBC to use them.
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I don't think they do have many solutions. They are too big, too expensive and can only exist via tax.
 
chaparral said:
I been seeing that the BBC has been looking into adding £11 per month to everyones internet service bill for the licence fee



www.gbnews.com

TV licence fee could be abolished in BBC reforms - but replaced with £11 a month 'internet levy' under Labour

The Labour Government are exploring major reforms to the TV licence fee which could impact the future of the BBC
www.gbnews.com www.gbnews.com
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I think this is a BS story. Current fee is £180 and they are going to replace it with a fee of £132?
 
do_ron_ron said:
I think this is a BS story. Current fee is £180 and they are going to replace it with a fee of £132?
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It's GB News. Without clicking on that link I can already tell you it'll be "according to sources" or "an insider can reveal" or some other unsubstantiated tosh which will be revealed to be Dave Smith, Unemployed, at Wetherspoons".
 
Pottsey said:
There is a road outside and a driveway at my house that allows me to drive and park a car. Should I be forced to pay vehicle tax even if I dont have a car?
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However you already pay for the maintenance of that road through your Council Tax and other taxes.

Anyway, I think it's a ragebait post and it won't happen but I do have an idea which I can't believe nobody has ever done before.

How about the BBC have 4x 4min adverts every hour where companies etc advertise their products, the companies pay money to do this and we as the consumer don't pay a penny.
I'm taking this idea to Dragons Den.
 
RetiredGreyFox said:
However you already pay for the maintenance of that road through your Council Tax and other taxes.

Anyway, I think it's a ragebait post and it won't happen but I do have an idea which I can't believe nobody has ever done before.

How about the BBC have 4x 4min adverts every hour where companies etc advertise their products, the companies pay money to do this and we as the consumer don't pay a penny.
I'm taking this idea to Dragons Den.
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The best thing about the BBC is there are no adverts every 12 mins as there is on other channels.
 
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