The BBC has grown too big for it's own good, but it still feeds off the publics hard earned money using threats and fear. New Zealand and Austrailia have done away t.v licences years ago.
2006-09-22 23:51:57 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
They can well pay for all the documentries on the proceeds they collect from sales of thier BBC products/magazines etc. And don't need the peoples money. Contributions to BBC should be voluntary.
2006-09-23 00:03:55 · update #1
I agree that they she be done away with as the BBC is a big let down anyway. Id much prefer if they just put adverts on!
2006-09-22 23:53:33 · answer #1 · answered by Sneaky 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It would take an act of parliament to abolish the TV license in UK. It is just not going to happen. Although it is true that the BBC receives the bulk of or all of the license fee money, it, the BBC has massive support both inside and outside parliament. You are talking revolution here and near civil war. The BBC is where the British see and get their culture; the BBC Proms, etc. No money grubbing commercial TV station is going to give it a second thought.
2006-09-26 07:03:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The BBC is the mainstay of Blair and co. the news is always weighted in favour of whatever stance Labour is at.
It won't be long now before we are treated to Blair on Blue Peter and several other childrens programmes and a few ever so carefully selected others, all designed to improve his standing in the hope that we will be fooled into forgetting about the wars he has got us into and the stealth taxes that have been levied on us by his hoppo Brown.
We have been duped into thinking the Beeb is the best channel but we are fed on a diet of Soaps, Repeats and reconstituted old news items together now with ads for - the Beeb!
Bring back the potter wheel!
2006-09-23 07:27:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are too many channels and too much rubbish. I remember having arguments with my big brothers on what to watch when there were only 3 channels, what do you do now? Why not just let the tv licence cover a small number of general channels that have to pass guidelines, votes and quality levels, then they are paid for by the licence with NO extra fees or subscriptions. That way life would be simple and think of the saving on arguments and hits on the head when the remote control was stolen from it's correct armchair!!
2006-09-23 06:59:45 · answer #4 · answered by Crystal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The BBC is unique in being both a broadcaster and a major producer of arts.
It isn't just about the telly.
The BBC actually has several orchestras, numbers of paid, professional, in-house musicians and the best radio programmes of their type in the world....Radio 4 and Radio 3.
Most TV stations just buy-in what they think will be the most popular programmes, because that's what advertisers want.
Thank heavens for non-commercial broadcasting!
Long live the licence fee.
2006-09-23 15:21:04 · answer #5 · answered by musonic 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is probably about time that the BBC had to live in the real world and the License fee be dropped. Their overpaid 'stars' are just bad and unbearably egotistical. I don't have a problem of allowing advertising now - it is often better than the programming.
Why should we pay for its awful biased news coverage and 'celebities walking the dog' or something equally nauseating?
2006-09-23 07:51:05 · answer #6 · answered by LongJohns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have the same thing here in Finland with YLE. But, of course we can't abolish the TV Licence, because if YLE wasn't there how can the government ensure that there is enough variety to our programs?
Without it, I think we'd be forced to watch sit-coms, soap operas and comedies all the time! :P No more English News, Swedish Childrens' Programmes or anything like that.
Hole in the wall machines? That's sounds like something else, that's very popular (or so I hear) as a cheaper alternative to prostitution in Russia.
2006-09-23 06:58:23 · answer #7 · answered by dane 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we support the BBC, as it is not interrupted by constant adds and
rubbish programs .
However the licence fee, is getting beyond, the value, that we used to enjoy from the Beeb ,
I believe it will not be long ,before it bites the dust !!!!
Then we will be ' forced to watch', the trash that the rest of the
world enjoys .
The cost of advertising on TV is reflected ,on the prices we pay for the goods advertised .
So we will not ,in effect be any better off , when we stop paying those inflated licence fees
A jaded viewer .>^,,^<
:((
2006-09-23 07:12:48 · answer #8 · answered by sweet-cookie 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I do think it's a bit much for just a few bbc channels, but they give a good service, if they got rid of the licence then the quality would go down too. I am not opposed to the licence, but I don't like how much it costs!
2006-09-23 07:08:29 · answer #9 · answered by floppity 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The BBC has to be funded in this way to enable its managers to ignore public opinion and follow their own prejudices and priorities in order to produce programmes about which the British Public has no complaints.
The best way to achieve non complainance is to achieve minimal viewer and listener numbers and the BBCs output is optimised to this goal, Programmes such as Eastenders are in addition written to ensure that there are turnoff moments in each program designed to make even the most ardent plot follower turn off or turn over.
If the BBC went pay per view no one would subscribe.
f the BBC relied on advertising no one would advertise.
So we are stuck with the TV License Tax
2006-09-23 07:10:25 · answer #10 · answered by "Call me Dave" 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Grown too big for it's own good"? Could you clarify that?
The BBC does some good work, producing documentaries that only state sponsored could possible do (Ie; funding for years rather than months).
It produces some crap as well, but that's my opionion.
Personally - I think it's a good organisation and am happy to pay the license fee.
p.s. having lived in NZ and Oz - I've seen the TV over there, and it's really, really bad with adverts every five minutes and a load of imported TV.
2006-09-23 06:57:18 · answer #11 · answered by Felidae 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋