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John Prigent
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 Posted - 17 September 2006 : 8:05:12 PM
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Poll Question:
OK folks, the Government has announced that a survey showed most people thinking that the TV Licence would be acceptable at £31 or £32 a year more - the figure varies according to which report you read. So what do you all think?
Cheers
John
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John Prigent
Homosapien
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Posted - 17 September 2006 : 8:07:27 PM
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My own view is that the fee should be _reduced_ to £32, not increased by £32. There's an enormous waste of money in BBC operations, the enormous and unjustifiable fees paid to the presenters of dud quiz shows and interviewers of Z-list "celebrities", for instance. And the justification for an increase is that it's needed to pay for digital TV - when the BBC can't be bothered to transmit it to most of the population for years yet!
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Stomachus Grossus
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 September 2006 : 8:16:55 PM
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I would pay the increase just for the website and the radio stations.
Again news / documenteries etc i would pay for as well.
I think the BBC is well worth the money
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AndyCanty
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 September 2006 : 8:28:12 PM
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the licence fee is not proportional to who watches what, for every 1 good show there is several shows that are utter drivel, I know it's all taste, but we are paying for so many channels we dotn watch, if it was banded (particualry for digital where you can block channels) to be selective then it would be better spent.
my problem is the licence fee is payable wether you watch the BBC or not! even if you choose to block those channels you have to pay the fee as you own a TV. if you paid for the channels rather than the TV itself.
If your not careful they'll start charging you for the TV set you put in Cars as some ofthese will one day be able to receive digital TV signals.
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Stomachus Grossus
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 September 2006 : 8:31:27 PM
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Afgree with some of the above but i still think it is good to have an independent broadcaster who is not paid for by the government or business but by the people.
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AndyCanty
Homosapien
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 September 2006 : 9:15:33 PM
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do we really pay for the BBC??? i'm sure i read somewhere that they still get goverment funding.. I might be wrong in that, could be an old article.
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Stomachus Grossus
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Posted - 17 September 2006 : 9:18:08 PM
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Not sure but i thought that it all came from the fee
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AndyCanty
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Posted - 17 September 2006 : 9:20:55 PM
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could be that way now, but i know the BBC was goverment funded, igf it still is we're paying for it twice! taxes and licence. little unfair if it is.
someone on here will know or sure.
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Alex Scarrow
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Posted - 17 September 2006 : 10:13:31 PM
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| I voted Yes. But...provided BBC mend it's ways and stop trying to compete with C5, ITV and SKY's various trailer-trash channels...for ratings. I rely on pretty much on BBC2 and Radio4 for the majority of my evening entertainment, and occasionally BBC1. At it's best, the BBC totally trumps SKY and the independents....and if it means a little more dosh has to be coughed up, then....okay. |
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Peter Croft
Dinosaur
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 12:18:30 AM
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I recently read an interesting snippet on this topic. The cost of television advertising comes in at about 750 pounds a household. that does not include any sky fees or pay per view. By comparison the BBC is pretty astounding value for money. If you got rid of the license fee there would be no BBC and ALL you would have is ITV. I know which I prefer to watch. Andy, the BBC is NOT government funded. All the money comes from the license fee, so you are only paying once.
In any case commerical TV is dying on its feet. Too many stations chasing too few advertisers means that programme costs have to go down hence all the rubbish on ITV. The license fee is the only way of preserving quality on TV and I dare say that in a few more years the BBC will be just about the only thing on TV that people think worht watching. |
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John Prigent
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 09:31:59 AM
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I always wonder about that "per household" figure, Peter. How are my wife and I paying £750 a year towards TV advertising when we buy hardly any of the products advertised? Does the figure include all the adverts for stair lifts, walk-in baths, flashy new cars, Marks & Sparks dresses, etc, I wonder? None of which do we buy, along with most of the other stuff advertised like villas on the Costa Plonka and holidays to Dubai. This is the problem with statistics, only the compilers know where they get the figures from so there's no reason for any of us to trust them.
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AndyCanty
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 10:02:24 AM
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cheers Peter, i want sure last night.
I dont actually watch too much TV, the only show i watched and wanted to see was Spooks Last night, and that was on the BBC. i guess at the moment the only other channle i check out is ITV for the motorsport and History channel for all that stuff, other than that not much.
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Stomachus Grossus
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 10:19:41 AM
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Spooks was cracking last night ... did you see the concluding part on BBC3?
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AndyCanty
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 11:13:08 AM
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yeah i did, really good. just shows how easy some of it is even if it is drama on TV. cant wait till the next one on sunday
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Stomachus Grossus
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 12:01:09 PM
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Yep me tooo.......
Looking forward to the rome thing this week..... its about nero... wonder if cato and macro will be seen as extras......
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Ankhsy
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 4:46:38 PM
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I think it should be reduced. The BBC has dumbed down its shows to appeal to the masses, and in the process reduced its value to me. I watch far less TV now than I did 5 years ago simply because of the idiocy of its programmes.
"It's hard to work in a group when you're omniscient."
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Stomachus Grossus
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 5:43:25 PM
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True but there is excellent stuff still on the 4 BBC channels, the Radio (with the exception of radio 1 gee showing my age here) is excellent as is the news and web based material.
Its very very cheep
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Peter Croft
Dinosaur
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 9:10:26 PM
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Stomachus Grossus
Homosapien
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Posted - 18 September 2006 : 10:29:39 PM
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Right!... of course im right
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Is the BBC worth more?
