im just about to buy a licence, not because i think the bbc are worth my hard earned cash, but because i can no longer avoid the man who comes to the door because i havent got one!
i know everyone needs to have one, but £131 - what the heck for
can someone please tell me i am wrong and that the bbc are worth every penny, please, even if u are lying i dont care - £131 - s.hit!!!!
2007-01-10 02:01:06 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
You are right i think its outrageous that we have to pay the BBC before we can watch all the other channels . The argument about it being commercial just doesn't wash anymore they standard of programming in my opinion has fallen we already getting more cheap celeb/reality programmes and you can make a cup of tea during the commercials. And recently the BBC was forced to admit they have a left wing bias in there current affairs etc which goes against the charter and we are paying for it. Progfest the license fee is for the BBC and has nothing to do we other Commercial channels.
2007-01-10 03:09:42 · answer #1 · answered by jack lewis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it hurts to pay your TV licence. I paid mine like a good citizen in the first year of uni when no-one else in my building did because I actually believed that they could tell the difference in an apartment building between who had paid it and who hadn't, by the third year in uni I decided not to, to see what happened, and nothing did. I do think the BBC does some good quality programmes and I also agree that having adverts coming on every few minutes is a bit annoying so I would rather have it the way it is but I think the TV licence is a bit too expensive. Apparently if you are blind you get £1 reduction on the amount. Nice!!!
2007-01-10 02:31:45 · answer #2 · answered by missk 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
basically it means to have a TV in your household you must have a TV licence, even if you are only watching Videos or DVDs even computers or mobile phones if you watch or record programmes. If you live in halls of residence and use a TV in your own room, you need your own separate TV licence. You also need your own licence if you are sharing a house with other students and use a TV in your room, and your room is a separately occupied place (a separate tenancy agreement would normally indicate that this is the case). If you have a separate tenancy agreement but a television is only being used in a communal area, then only one licence is required. If you are sharing a house with other students and you use a TV in your own room, but the house can be treated as one place shared by all, then only one TV licence is required (a joint tenancy agreement would usually be evidence that the house is a single licensable place for this purpose). A colour licence costs 135.50 and a black and white costs 45.50
2016-05-23 03:53:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your £131 is being spent on hard-working media studies graduates who work at the BBC and spend all day on Yahoo Answers instead. And remember the Director General of the BBC - you cannot imagine that poor man without a huge office, an array of assistants, a vast expense account and an enormous car with chauffeur! Also, the BBC conducts loads of touchy-feely workshops for their staff and lots of politically-correct forums. Now imagine if they had to do without all that ..
2007-01-10 02:22:40 · answer #4 · answered by gorgeousfluffpot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I don't know how to cure the sickness that you get from it. It's an absolute rip-off, especially for those who never watch BBC. I only have the TV so I can watch Smallville, stargate, the simpsons, futurama and a few others on Sky One, and Desperate Housewives on E4. I pay £5.50 a month to Telewest for that privilege and £11 a month to TV Lisencing for a few channels I have no interest in. Just suck it up and add it to all the other useless bills we pay. Approximately 40% of our wages go to Taxes in the end.
2007-01-10 02:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Camy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DVD rental £3.50 per film per night.
1 pint of beer £2.50.
1 gallon of petrol £4.00.
1 TV licence £2.60 per week.168 hrs of entertainment per week,not bad value for money.Don't forget you need a TV licence for all channels,not just the BBC,you are paying for a licence to use a television receiver.Go onto TV licencing web-site and check out the exact wording regarding TV licence.
Check out www.tvlicensingco.uk.
Under section Do i need a licence?
You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set,set-top boxes,video or DVD recorders,computers or mobile phone to watch or record TV programmes as they are being shown on TV.
Has anybody checked?Am i right or wrong?
2007-01-10 02:26:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I know!!! Why can't they just have adverts and forget the license rubbishy bit!! Grrr. We pay ours monthly so it doesn't feel as painful as we can forget abaout it, it's on direct debit.
And another things is.what if we don't WATCH BBC!!!!! Aghhhh!
Oh well.
2007-01-10 02:09:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course its worth it!
Can you imagine what TV would be like if it was all commercial? 1.The corporations would control programming.
2. Everything would be full of commercial endorsments
3. TV made for pure enjoyment or education would no longer exist and we'd all be stuck watching Big Brother and similar mindless s**t.
It would be like living in america, devoid of any sense, and culture and any true worth.
If you ask me its a bragain. and bare in mind the BBC are heading up the move to digital tv all within that licence fee. where would you be if it was left to ITV? All their divisions keep going bust because they're tosh!
2007-01-10 02:10:53 · answer #8 · answered by Crazy fool 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
I agree with you, it is a total rip off but much cheaper than a fine of a few thousand pound too.
2007-01-10 02:06:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm in the U.S. and I have never heard of a TV license.
What exactly is that?
2007-01-10 02:05:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋