Is anyone else sick to death of having to pay your tv license and half the night all thats on is stupid quiz programs ?. If it isnt quizes its sports from a different country. Anyone think if there going to do that they should just half the tv licence fee for halfing the programs on it ?
2006-11-22 13:59:51 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Other - United Kingdom
To the guy that said i could make history, i like it, i like it alot. I want to make history, only thing i made today was my breakfast.
2006-11-22 14:41:55 · update #1
don't pay it make a big deal of it if you get caught they threaten court action for £1000 fine but they never take you because it costs them time and more than a grand to do that .if you get a ba****d and they do take it to court local sheriff one then make a big deal out of it go to national local papers urge everyone not to pay and you may make histroy.
2006-11-22 14:38:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Noel seems to carry a grudge against the BBC, so I think his motives for not paying the licence fee might have something to do with how the corporation treated him when he worked there, rather than the quality of its output. The BBC is in a difficult position, it can't please all of the people, all of the time. The overall quality of the programmes made by all production companies has decreased, it is now more about quantity that quality. You would expect, that the BBC, as a public service broadcaster, would not be subject to the to the full extent of the demands of the market that it is in, however those in charge of it are buffoons, trying to compete with ITV and Sky. The scam is, the more they compete with mainstream TV, the more money they will need, therefore the licence fee increases, and they will be able to line their own pockets. I think the BBC needs to get its act together. I still think it needs to be funded by a licence fee, albeit at a lesser amount, but it needs to justify the amount it receives with quality programming. I rarely watch BBC 2 or BBC 1. The only shows worth watching are Top Gear, The Apprentice and Have I Got News For You. Hardly worth the £139.
2016-05-22 19:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The TV Licence fee pays for the commercial free BBC TV and radio stations. The BBC has to cater for the British public and therefore has to produce a vast variety of programs. There are only a few programs I do watch on the BBC but only the ones I do enjoy (and therefore by definition most of what is broadcast on BBC TV I would not enjoy). I do however listen to the radio a lot and is pretty much switched to the BBC radio station. Given what is provided, the fee is not bad value for money. However, I do agree that night programming on the BBC and commercial TV stations does have a lot to be desired (at which point I merely switch on the radio).
2006-11-23 06:48:27 · answer #3 · answered by Penfold 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The licence fee is very good value for money. The quality of programming is excellent, just compare with US TV and it should have you begging to pay the fee.
Don't forget that they have to try and cater for everyones taste, so it is inevitable that you will find at least half the output rubbish. The BBC also provides national radio stations to cover everyones tastes plus regional stations.
It will be a sad day and another step into cultural decline if the licence is abolished.
Doug
2006-11-22 17:37:56 · answer #4 · answered by djcope11 1 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I agree - the license fee is a complete rip-off, and because the BBC are guaranteed the money by the government so they don't bother with content. Mind you, none of the other channels aren't much better either. We seem to get quantity, not quality nowadays, and it's not even as though we get certain events guaranteed to be shown by the BBC anymore. Thanks to Tony Blair, you can only listen to the Ashes series on the radio for free nowadays. They shouldn't get any license fee anymore - it's not as though they don't advertise now - they're constantly advertising themselves, and often trying to pass the adverts for their latest sensationalist documentary as news items. So I think they should have to go commercial. Maybe they'd start making decent programmes again if that happened!
2006-11-22 14:23:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Long Live the ad free BBC!
What your licence provides
The BBC is paid for directly through each household TV licence. This allows it to run a wide range of popular public services for everyone, free of adverts and independent of advertisers, shareholders or political interests. 94.3% of the UK population used the BBC every month in 2005/2006.
The BBC provides 8 interactive TV channels, 10 radio networks, over 50 local TV and radio services and bbc.co.uk (see BBC channels). In January 2006 we launched BBC jam, a free online learning service for 5 to 16 year olds, linked to key areas of the school curriculum..
BBC World Service is funded by Government grant and not your TV licence. Profits from separate BBC commercial services help to keep the licence fee low.
2006-11-22 20:30:23 · answer #6 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
to the person that thinks it will be abolished in 2010 dream on the TV licence will never be abolished the BBC will just start charging us to watch the DIGITAL CHANNELS. they will never let go of this. FEE. why is it classed as a criminal offence not to have one anyway. the only criminals are BBC. HIGH TIME THEY WERE BROKEN UP nothing more than a MONOPOLY that should have been privatised years ago. a dying institute that won't accept that it's had it day still living in a bygone age.
2006-11-22 14:16:49 · answer #7 · answered by mescalin57 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try watching American TV, then you would understand why the fee is not so bad.
For every hour of Tv over there I would guess 20 minutes or more is filled with adverts, now thats fine if you like adverts.
For the licence fee we get 4 Tv stations, and loads of radio stations, and while I agree that there are lots of BBC type self adverts creeping in that is no great bad thing.
I do object though to the fact that almost every guest on a BBC programme is there to promote their lastest venture, be it show/book/film etc
2006-11-22 16:31:27 · answer #8 · answered by Martin14th 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
It's got a little silly now. I was astounded that they voted to keep the license fee for another 10 years or whatever last year. Since terestrial tv is getting switched off soon you'll end up having to pay for tv to sky or cable or something, as well as a tv license for a service which is getting switched off. Madness!
2006-11-22 14:05:15 · answer #9 · answered by Scar_of_David 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i dont think that we should have to pay for a tv licence. i am from australia and have moved to the uk. its almost stupid how you have to pay for a licence to watch your own tv. they dont have it in australia, it was weird when i first moved to the uk and they were telling me they had a tv licence i am like ok u dont drive it or any thing. almost 80% of england has a type of sky, ntl etc etc, so why should u be made have to pay a another fee each yr just so u can use the sky..i think it should be scrapped.
2006-11-22 14:07:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd never even heard of a tv license till I moved to London. At first I thought it was a joke! I think it's ridiculous that they make you pay to watch tv, especially when most of the programs on over there are just rubbish.
You could stop paying it, but the fine is pretty big if you get caught. That being said, we only paid for one license and had 3 or 4 tv's on our house. We never got caught.
2006-11-22 14:03:29 · answer #11 · answered by the_fatmanwalksalone 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋