BBC Licence fee is a

good idea. This seems to be the prevailing opinion that is being broadcast on all channels.

For those who earn their revenue through subscriptions like Amazon Prime and Netflix it just makes no sense to run a broadcasting organisation that spends shedloads of money on current affair programmes, news presenters, news teams and researchers who work away to create a short 2-3minute bit of information and then spend anoth 5-10 minutes talking about it, getting the general public to comment. 15 minutes tops and the product is almost valueless.

for the BBC they must know that there is a big change in how TV programmes are delivered to the marketplace. I think the BBC is a bit like The Courier. The demographics are predominantly older people who are fairly set in their ways. Breakfast News, morning paper, evening news etc. They are not interested in 24hour news.

If the future for the printed press is looking like the same future for the BBC then there will be fewer licence payers and that trend is probably very well developed.

Just interested in how this will play out because there have been quite vociferous criticism of MSM and how they deliver an agenda which may not be the whole story.

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Originally Posted by BCram

good idea. This seems to be the prevailing opinion that is being broadcast on all channels.

For those who earn their revenue through subscriptions like Amazon Prime and Netflix it just makes no sense to run a broadcasting organisation that spends shedloads of money on current affair programmes, news presenters, news teams and researchers who work away to create a short 2-3minute bit of information and then spend anoth 5-10 minutes talking about it, getting the general public to comment. 15 minutes tops and the product is almost valueless.

for the BBC they must know that there is a big change in how TV programmes are delivered to the marketplace. I think the BBC is a bit like The Courier. The demographics are predominantly older people who are fairly set in their ways. Breakfast News, morning paper, evening news etc. They are not interested in 24hour news.

If the future for the printed press is looking like the same future for the BBC then there will be fewer licence payers and that trend is probably very well developed.

Just interested in how this will play out because there have been quite vociferous criticism of MSM and how they deliver an agenda which may not be the whole story.

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BBC is biased, woke, anti white, anti Christian, anti hetro***ual, anti male.

Archaic nonsense that TV licence still in existence.

So I'm 50/50....😀

F*** the BBC and all who sail in her

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Originally Posted by davydook

F*** the BBC and all who sail in her

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Well said

A bargain!

Most people don't want to pay for the TV licence as they see t money going to the BBC, but in most European countries, you have to have a radio/tv licence, although I don't know what costs are involved.
It annoys me as a licence holder that I have to sign in to the BBC I player.
BBC have always been leaders in drama and the world service is fantastic.
I was working in the bush in South Africa in the early 70's and the first time I tuned in to the world service, I received a live report of the whole game at Dens Park ,Dundee v St mirren you got a Scottish game every week.
I do think the licence system needs to be phased out, but no doubt some other charge will takes it place