BBC licence fee poll.

[turbobloke]

jjlynn27 said:

Mark Benson said:

jjlynn27 said:

Oh and for telegraph article whining about BBC salaries; to the author; get better at your job and get hired by the company that offer higher salaries.

Or.....Publicly funded gravy train organisation's regressive tax licence fee 40% too high.

I'm sure that distinction is what's stopping them applying there.



For me, the license fee is very much worth paying just to see the frothing from weirdos on both sides.

If there's any froth around here it's from you; all the charm school name calling in the world can't hide the lack of any basis for such childish prattle.

Back on-topic, what you say above about perceived value need not be a problem.

Everyone who disagrees is allowed not to have a licence but can still watch other channels, then you and others who agree with you can pay the real cost with no subsidy from others, and it will of course be very much worth paying.

That doesn't address the obvious and beeb-self-confessed left-liberal (=left-authoritarian) bias, which needs to stop asap.

[caelite]

Dont pay. Rather use internet sources for media nowadays.

[jjlynn27]

turbobloke said:

If there's any froth around here it's from you;

turbobloke said:

That doesn't address the obvious and beeb-self-confessed left-liberal (=left-authoritarian) bias, which needs to stop asap.

You should write them a strongly worded letter and tell them about your outrage and what does and doesn't need to 'stop asap'.

[BlackLabel]

"UK's annual television licence fee to rise to £147 from £145.50 on April 1, the first increase since 2010"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39130...

[Pesty]

Got to pay those bonuses to capita employees and 2.7m to the boss of it somehow.

[Murph7355]

Come ooooooooon. It's only £1.50. Less than half a pence a day. Peanuts. And the BBC's such great value.

[BlackLabel]

The BBC has launched a pre-emptive defence of how much it pays its leading talent, claiming fewer than a quarter of 1% of its TV and radio stars are on more than £150,000 a year. Anticipating the potential furore that will come when it publishes the figures on Wednesday, the corporation is striving to minimise the impactof their disclosure.

[bazza white]

Our license is due next month and I'm now really at a point where I'm thinking of pulling the aerial. I have Netflix, prime and YouTube which I actualy use. I'm paying £150/year to watch top gear which I could do without.

[Regiment]

I do not watch or record television as it's being broadcast neither do I access any of the BBC Iplayer services.

[amgmcqueen]

BlackLabel said:

The BBC has launched a pre-emptive defence of how much it pays its leading talent, claiming fewer than a quarter of 1% of its TV and radio stars are on more than £150,000 a year. Anticipating the potential furore that will come when it publishes the figures on Wednesday, the corporation is striving to minimise the impactof their disclosure.

It's not their money so they don't give a toss!

[BlackLabel]

The BBC will offer protection to stars who receive online abuse and threats when their salaries are published this week. The corporation’s bosses are braced for attacks on presenters and other high paid ‘talent’ when the list of stars earning £150,000 or more is made public. A BBC source said: “People are extremely worried about safety, not only for themselves but also their families. There is a worry they will receive a torrent of abuse online.”

[Lucas CAV]

BlackLabel said:

The BBC will offer protection to stars who receive online abuse and threats when their salaries are published this week. The corporation’s bosses are braced for attacks on presenters and other high paid ‘talent’ when the list of stars earning £150,000 or more is made public. A BBC source said: “People are extremely worried about safety, not only for themselves but also their families. There is a worry they will receive a torrent of abuse online.”

I imagine they'll be a fair bit on here...

[jmorgan]

Lucas CAV said:

I imagine they'll be a fair bit on here...

No there won't, everyone here has manned up and dumped the TV up the tip and does not watch anything the BBC produces anywhere online so they can say they have stuck it to the man and no longer pay the extortion.....

So they would not care that the BBC is paying anyone anything as it is not their money.

Meanwhile, on another thread, someone working for a university gets a whopping wage but deserves it.

[Guybrush]

I think it's perfectly reasonable to make BBC voluntary pay to view, rather than a 'licence fee' even if you never intend viewing their output.

[Funk]

jmorgan said:

No there won't, everyone here has manned up and dumped the TV up the tip and does not watch anything the BBC produces anywhere online so they can say they have stuck it to the man and no longer pay the extortion.....

So they would not care that the BBC is paying anyone anything as it is not their money.

Meanwhile, on another thread, someone working for a university gets a whopping wage but deserves it.

Owning a TV does not require a TV licence so no need to 'take it to the tip' - another myth perpetuated by the TVL 'enforcement' 'officers' (who are actually nothing more than door-to-door salesmen and women).

I have a TV, I don't pay the licence fee. I don't watch live TV. There's shedloads of content out there which doesn't require paying the BBC. I've saved just over a grand now since ditching it, as well as around £4k on Sky.

I don't give a monkey's what the BBC pay their 'talent', it's irrelevant to me.

[anonymous-user]

Murph7355 said:

Come ooooooooon. It's only £1.50. Less than half a pence a day. Peanuts. And the BBC's such great value.

It maybe great value to you but not for me, I resent paying for a service I don't use.

The BBC need to change their model, if their stuff is so good people will be happy to pay for it.

[KrissKross]

Vandenberg said:

Murph7355 said:

Come ooooooooon. It's only £1.50. Less than half a pence a day. Peanuts. And the BBC's such great value.

It maybe great value to you but not for me, I resent paying for a service I don't use.

The BBC need to change their model, if their stuff is so good people will be happy to pay for it.

You don't have to pay it.

[chris watton]

KrissKross said:

You don't have to pay it.

I recorded game of Thrones at two this morning. I do not watch any BBC content, but because I recorded this programme, on another service I pay for, I have to pay the BBC licence fee, don't I?

[KrissKross]

chris watton said:

KrissKross said:

You don't have to pay it.

I recorded game of Thrones at two this morning. I do not watch any BBC content, but because I recorded this programme, on another service I pay for, I have to pay the BBC licence fee, don't I?

Unless you are watching live broadcasts no. I filled in a form to state such and sent back to the BBC they have not hassled me since, 2+ years.

[arfursleep]

If you don't use any of the service then don't pay. It's not hard as a few people on here have already pointed out.

I'm happy to pay for the service it provides my family for 40p a day.

In comparison;

I've just made a coffee that cost me more than that (2 x 25p Nespresso capsules if anyone cares).

Took family to the flicks last night to watch a film - £45 for 4 of us for 1 3/4 hour "entertainment" (15mins ads, 10mins trailers) or 112 days of BBC. The latter is definitely better value in my opinion.

ETC - film time

Edited by arfursleep on Monday 17th July 11:03