I am tiered of paying this each year knowing I don't watch or listen to bbc broadcast's. Why cant we have the option to not pay. We live in a digital world so if any digital channel provider can limit your tv package then why cant they block any bbc services? I know the answer to this but what are your thoughts.
I dont think it all goes to bbc. If you have any tv capable device you have to pay. My boyfriend bought a pc and received a letter saying he had to have tv licence (it was in my name and the twerps didnt pick up we are at same address)
It doesn't all go to the BBC. Some of it goes to Channel 4 too, who in return also have a public service broadcast obligation (although obviously the majority of their funding comes from advertising revenue and sponsorship). TV licence also pays for radio too - so, do you never listen to Radio 1/2/3/4/5/6/7? Local BBC radio? Most of the BBC online content is paid for by the licence fee too - so news websites, online infrastructure, etc. BBC overseas operations are commercial and therefore self-funding. (world service radio/TV, etc)
I don't like the wastage in the BBC, the over staffing issues and the way they send 20 reporters to the same incident, the big wages and pensions but after all that I love the BBC, the programs they make are the best in the world, I was brought up watching and listening to the BBC, to be honest I can't think of a single program I ever watch on ITV, I do like certain stuff on CH4 as well, if the BBC stopped wasting money it could be even better,
I agree with @WoodyLubber on this - suppose it depends on your viewing preferences though. I personally watch and listen to the BBC much more than all the other channels ....
Matey threw out his tv about 5 years ago , he uses the computer if anything takes his fancy - gets much more done in the garage !! They keep pestering him to buy one but can`t prosecute despite 3 visits with warrants to check he hasn`t got a working tv/radio in the house ...
Whilst I have sky I wouldn't want to live in a world without PBS so am happy to pay. Without PBS in the UK you're left with either a politically minded and biased view from sky, or a state controlled media. You want neither. Pay it and enjoy watching car crash TV like benefit street and big brother
I have no TV licence, As long as you do not watch a live broadcast it's legal, we have no tv provider and no arial connected, just an Apple TV and roku and a blue ray player I'm not aloud to watch a live stream but on demand is ok so iplayer itv player 4od demand 5, Netflix The goons come around look in your house agree your not receiving live broadcast and then give you 2 years before they come back and recheck
I can't believe that you still have a TV & radio fee. It was abolished here in 1974 & the ABC is government funded while SBS is partially using advertising & then there's the commercial channels. From Wikipedia Australia Radio licence fees were introduced in Australia in the 1920s to fund the first privately owned broadcasters which were not permitted to sell advertising. With the formation of the government-owned Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1932 the licence fees were used to fund ABC broadcasts while the privately owned stations were permitted to seek revenue from advertising and sponsorship. Television licence fees were also introduced in 1956 when the ABC began TV transmissions. All licence fees were abolished in 1974 by the Australian Labor Party government led by Gough Whitlam on the basis that the near-universality of television and radio services meant that public funding was a fairer method of providing revenue for government-owned radio and television broadcasters. The ABC has since then been funded by government grants, now totalling around A$1.13 billion a year, and its own commercial activities (merchandising, overseas sale of programmes, etc.). In 1964 the Australian Television Licence cost £6; the fine for not having a licence was £100. The licence was issued on a punch card.
You're saying the BBC aren't politically-minded ? They're mostly llama-hat-wearing Islington Guardianistas, except with TV cameras... Still love the beeb, tho', especially radio 4.
You should have the right to choose ,with sky you pay what channels you watch ... Tax on having a television how 1960`s ,I am surprised they still don`t have the window tax... BTW RANT ,I was watching the news and straight after David Cameron started speaking ,I thought it was a interview ,but no a party political broadcast,what happened to warning you so at least you could have a chance to turn it over...
It does have that image of wastage, but it really has been tightened up a lot over the last few years. I was talking to a BBC camera man on the train a few weeks ago. He said they used to send a 3 man crew to cover events/stories, but now it's just one man with a camera and a Mac - they shoot it, record the audio, ask the questions, edit the footage, and upload it via their phone. Also taking Doctor Who as an example, it was very big budget to start with when they first brought it back to our screens. But then the budgets actually started getting smaller. When it went HD suddenly everything had to look 4 times better - costumes, makeup, sets, and of course the VFX, which also now took 4 time as much work and 4 times longer to render (or 4 times more powerful machines to do it in time to meet the same deadlines). But the budget stayed exactly the same. So effectively these departments all had a budget cut of 75%. Wastage is an issue that they take very seriously these days. It's just a shame when a few c**ks at the top screw it up with comedy payouts to execs, after everyone else has worked so hard to combat it (and the image)
Love the BBC their TV is the best in the UK, Dramas are spot in and it's the first media website I ever use. Used to only listen to Radio 1 but as I've got older don't listen to it any more.
