O/T tv licence

[fivetide]

Why don't they just revert to advertising like all other channels and make their revenue off that? They are so outdated and time constricted it's a bloody joke. Name me a channel on normal TV or SKY channels that don't advertise. It's the way forward and about time Auntie caught up with the modern world, this way they could scrap the TV licence period. Oh wait what about the mega bucks presenters they have to pay?

Feck em! Drop their contracts and offer them realistic everyday wages the average person has to earn, see how many stay.

Like say that famous free to air service Sky? No wait. Netflix, that's free... no wait doesn't have adverts though. Apple TV that mus be free? Nope. Disney plus for the kids? Sorry. Amazon Prime! Not free.

Still at least yo have a phone line so BT Sports must be... ahhh no again.

Mind the TV license covers all the radio stations and the website as well, including stuff like Bitesize for the kids. Or you can subscribe elsewhere...

If you see the license fee as a subscription, it is comparable to any other service and in most cases much cheaper.

[CAMiller]

Yeah sure I wouldn’t pay it I don’t watch a single thing on bbc it’s all rubbish last time I saw it there was a fight on Eastenders one of em punched the air and guy fell on floor it wasn’t realistic at all you’d get better acting from a 5 year olds pantomime at school. Watch NCIS on sky one that’s drama for you

If you are averse to bad acting it's time to give up watching football.

[great_fire]

Like say that famous free to air service Sky? No wait. Netflix, that's free... no wait doesn't have adverts though. Apple TV that mus be free? Nope. Disney plus for the kids? Sorry. Amazon Prime! Not free.

Still at least yo have a phone line so BT Sports must be... ahhh no again.

Mind the TV license covers all the radio stations and the website as well, including stuff like Bitesize for the kids. Or you can subscribe elsewhere...

If you see the license fee as a subscription, it is comparable to any other service and in most cases much cheaper.

Just to clarify, you don't need a TV licence to listen to BBC radio or read the BBC News website.

[fivetide]

Just to clarify, you don't need a TV licence to listen to BBC radio or read the BBC News website.

Just to clarify, the license is the BBC's main income stream so it helps pay for all of it even if it is called a TV license.

Good luck with Netflix radio though.

[Silly-miller]

If you are averse to bad acting it's time to give up watching football.

😂 CAM

Bad acting what you mean divings a Olympic sport 😂

[KerrAvon]

The BBC provides a public service and couldn't do that if it had to chase advertising revenues.

Take Radio 4 - not to everyone's taste, I know - but the dramas, debates and factual programmes on there are amazing. I would pay my licence fee for them alone, but the audiences are such that they could not be made on advertising revenues.

Look at some of the Attenborough style natural history programmes - cutting edge stuff that is hugely expensive, but so risky that I suspect a private advertising funded body would not make them.

Funding via licence allows the BBC to make niche programmes that nobody else would.

We should cherish what we have.

[avondalemiller]

The BBC provides a public service and couldn't do that if it had to chase advertising revenues.

Take Radio 4 - not to everyone's taste, I know - but the dramas, debates and factual programmes on there are amazing. I would pay my licence fee for them alone, but the audiences are such that they could not be made on advertising revenues.

Look at some of the Attenborough style natural history programmes - cutting edge stuff that is hugely expensive, but so risky that I suspect a private advertising funded body would not make them.

Funding via licence allows the BBC to make niche programmes that nobody else would.

We should cherish what we have.

Oh, Mr Attenborough who supports climate change but has flown all over the world, with a load of engineers and cameramen, for years...

[Silly-miller]

The BBC provides a public service and couldn't do that if it had to chase advertising revenues.

Take Radio 4 - not to everyone's taste, I know - but the dramas, debates and factual programmes on there are amazing. I would pay my licence fee for them alone, but the audiences are such that they could not be made on advertising revenues.

Look at some of the Attenborough style natural history programmes - cutting edge stuff that is hugely expensive, but so risky that I suspect a private advertising funded body would not make them.

Funding via licence allows the BBC to make niche programmes that nobody else would.

We should cherish what we have.

That’s great if there’s something you like to watch but why should people have to pay for a service they don’t use? If you like something it’s goods received if you don’t your basicly being forced to to donate

And I disagree there are radio shows like heart and talk sport who make money without bbc license money.

And there’s wildlife programs on channel 5 that don’t get bbc funding

15 years ago all wildlife and antiques shows were on bbc2 comedy’s soaps game shows films and drama were on bbc1 and to be honest there’s better channels for nature gardening and antiques try history channel, animal planet, sky nature and blaze or if you want something closer to home I can send you a YouTube video if my back garden 😂

[great_fire]

Take Radio 4 - not to everyone's taste, I know - but the dramas, debates and factual programmes on there are amazing. I would pay my licence fee for them alone, but the audiences are such that they could not be made on advertising revenues.

Radio 4 dramas are amazing?

Is that The Archers or those cringeworthy, PC, afternoon plays?

The TV licence doesn't cover the radio anyway and hasn't since 1971, don't need a licence to listen to the radio.

[ragingpup]

The BBC provides a public service and couldn't do that if it had to chase advertising revenues.

Take Radio 4 - not to everyone's taste, I know - but the dramas, debates and factual programmes on there are amazing. I would pay my licence fee for them alone, but the audiences are such that they could not be made on advertising revenues.

Look at some of the Attenborough style natural history programmes - cutting edge stuff that is hugely expensive, but so risky that I suspect a private advertising funded body would not make them.

Funding via licence allows the BBC to make niche programmes that nobody else would.

We should cherish what we have.

Well said