2006-07-12 21:41:34 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
BBC own the rights to all broadcasting and if you have a tv no matter what programme you watch you`ve got to have a licence or get fined
2006-07-13 00:26:02 · answer #1 · answered by butterfly55freedom 4 · 3⤊ 5⤋
It theoretically ensures the "independence" of the BBC.
As a public service broadcaster, if it was supported by a direct government grant it could be subject to political interference.
If it was supported by private commercial enterprise it would also be obliged to protect the interests of those funding it.
In some respects, by obliging all British television owners to pay a licence fee, the BBC is technically "owned" by all of us.
It has an "independent" board to run it, and should be able to resist political or factional interference. This is not always the case as some high profile stuff in the recent past has demonstrated. It is difficult to think of a better way to fund what should be an independent public information service.
2006-07-12 21:53:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The TV license is mandatory because without it everybody in the UK would end up having to watch crap like Sky. I live in the Rep of Ireland where we have to pay €200+ for a tv license which goes to our national broadcaster, RTE. On top of that I pay €25 a month for cable just so I can get the BBC channels plus 99 others that are by and large, rubbish. You've got the best radio & television broadcater on the planet, by a wide margin, and you complain that you have to pay for it. Have you ever seen American news, current affairs, or public braodcasting in general? The BBC is brill. You'd be mad to want to remove it's public service remit by stopping the license.
2006-07-12 21:55:01 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Blue Sky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically your licence money is going to the authorities, not the BBC. The BBC then receives given a number of it to run their agency because they don't look allowed to settle for money by skill of promoting advertising time as commercial station do ; I doubt they get all of it. If a detector van turns up outdoors your position not purely may they recognize no matter if you're gazing television or not, yet even what channel you're gazing.
2016-12-10 08:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
But you may watch BBC through sky, and the programmes have to be paid for. You have to pay a TV licence because, even though you say you dan't watch ANY of the BBC programmes, you are capable of waching them, and receiving the broadcasts.
2006-07-12 22:35:00 · answer #5 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have an aerial plugged in, whether it be from a cable TV company or a satellite broadcaster, you have to pay for a TV licence I'm afraid.
2006-07-12 21:47:00 · answer #6 · answered by Bapboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is due to an act of parliment. If you have the ability to receive a television signal, wether it is UHF, Satellite, Cable, Mobile Phone, internet, you must have a TV licence.
2006-07-12 21:49:06 · answer #7 · answered by Boris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the law,you still watch tv so have to pay the licence fee.
2006-07-12 21:46:20 · answer #8 · answered by grandad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What they should do is pay per view.
But they won't because people will not pay it.
By passing a law we are forced to pay £3.5 BILLION a year revenue to the government.
People should be asking what's the money being used for?
2006-07-12 21:45:34 · answer #9 · answered by downunder 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think so, cos even though you dont watch it, your TV is capable of receiving it. So how do they know that you dont watch it when no-one is around!!
Maybe you could hook your sky up to a pc monitor or something that is not capable of receiving stations?
2006-07-12 21:46:05 · answer #10 · answered by OriginalBubble 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋