The TV Licence
Discussion
Sheets Tabuer said:
About time, it stopped being representative of people outside London years ago.
I'm not sure what you mean by "representative". IMO it should be provide a wide range of content and an unbiased trustworthy source for news.https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/bb...
Good.
About time the BBC stood on its own, problem is they know that not enough people will want to pay for the majority of the s
te they produce.
If it went to a subscription service with their current output they're fked.
A freeze is a real time cut of a couple of billion apparently but I bet they won't stop their goons turning up unannounced and their threatening letters.
About time the BBC stood on its own, problem is they know that not enough people will want to pay for the majority of the s
te they produce.If it went to a subscription service with their current output they're f
ked.A freeze is a real time cut of a couple of billion apparently but I bet they won't stop their goons turning up unannounced and their threatening letters.
I wake up to the BBC (2, 4 and 6 radio), have 6 music on all day, have much more respect for BBC news than ITV which comes across much more tabloid to me, look mostly to the BBC website as my first stop for news and appreciate that 'Brand BBC' carries much respect, authority and balance across the world so it's power in soft diplomacy is understandable. All for £160 odd quid a year.
I also pay just a little more than that for Netflix, which we pretty much only flick on for the odd series or film in the evening. Amazon Prime the same - only got that as it was bundled with a phone purchase and will go as soon as that free period is over. And Apple TV is basically pish aside from the odd well made series so thats going as soon as the free period is over (again, only got as bundled with something else).
BBC gets criticised from the left for being too right wing, and from the right for being too left wing. That says to me it's getting the balance just about ok. The programmes it makes are generally high quality and although its slipped a bit in recent years they thankfully don't churn out the lowest denominator cheaply made dross that often fills ITV and C5 in the case for ratings and advertising. I rate C4 fairly highly as well, probably for much the same reason as the BBC, it is in part not wholly dependent on being commercial and has a wider remit/purpose.
So, for the licence fee I think it represents really good value and far far better value than Sky, which I know people paying £90 / month (£1,080/yr) for.
Nadine Dorris can sod off if she thinks I buy her argument that neutering it a good thing. It's pretty clear what would happen if the Government let it go to become commercial, not much of it good in my view.
I also pay just a little more than that for Netflix, which we pretty much only flick on for the odd series or film in the evening. Amazon Prime the same - only got that as it was bundled with a phone purchase and will go as soon as that free period is over. And Apple TV is basically pish aside from the odd well made series so thats going as soon as the free period is over (again, only got as bundled with something else).
BBC gets criticised from the left for being too right wing, and from the right for being too left wing. That says to me it's getting the balance just about ok. The programmes it makes are generally high quality and although its slipped a bit in recent years they thankfully don't churn out the lowest denominator cheaply made dross that often fills ITV and C5 in the case for ratings and advertising. I rate C4 fairly highly as well, probably for much the same reason as the BBC, it is in part not wholly dependent on being commercial and has a wider remit/purpose.
So, for the licence fee I think it represents really good value and far far better value than Sky, which I know people paying £90 / month (£1,080/yr) for.
Nadine Dorris can sod off if she thinks I buy her argument that neutering it a good thing. It's pretty clear what would happen if the Government let it go to become commercial, not much of it good in my view.
biggles330d said:
I wake up to the BBC (2, 4 and 6 radio), have 6 music on all day, have much more respect for BBC news than ITV which comes across much more tabloid to me, look mostly to the BBC website as my first stop for news and appreciate that 'Brand BBC' carries much respect, authority and balance across the world so it's power in soft diplomacy is understandable. All for £160 odd quid a year.
I also pay just a little more than that for Netflix, which we pretty much only flick on for the odd series or film in the evening. Amazon Prime the same - only got that as it was bundled with a phone purchase and will go as soon as that free period is over. And Apple TV is basically pish aside from the odd well made series so thats going as soon as the free period is over (again, only got as bundled with something else).
BBC gets criticised from the left for being too right wing, and from the right for being too left wing. That says to me it's getting the balance just about ok. The programmes it makes are generally high quality and although its slipped a bit in recent years they thankfully don't churn out the lowest denominator cheaply made dross that often fills ITV and C5 in the case for ratings and advertising. I rate C4 fairly highly as well, probably for much the same reason as the BBC, it is in part not wholly dependent on being commercial and has a wider remit/purpose.
So, for the licence fee I think it represents really good value and far far better value than Sky, which I know people paying £90 / month (£1,080/yr) for.
Nadine Dorris can sod off if she thinks I buy her argument that neutering it a good thing. It's pretty clear what would happen if the Government let it go to become commercial, not much of it good in my view.
What is the difference between the BBC, Netflix, AppleTV and Sky........?I also pay just a little more than that for Netflix, which we pretty much only flick on for the odd series or film in the evening. Amazon Prime the same - only got that as it was bundled with a phone purchase and will go as soon as that free period is over. And Apple TV is basically pish aside from the odd well made series so thats going as soon as the free period is over (again, only got as bundled with something else).
BBC gets criticised from the left for being too right wing, and from the right for being too left wing. That says to me it's getting the balance just about ok. The programmes it makes are generally high quality and although its slipped a bit in recent years they thankfully don't churn out the lowest denominator cheaply made dross that often fills ITV and C5 in the case for ratings and advertising. I rate C4 fairly highly as well, probably for much the same reason as the BBC, it is in part not wholly dependent on being commercial and has a wider remit/purpose.
So, for the licence fee I think it represents really good value and far far better value than Sky, which I know people paying £90 / month (£1,080/yr) for.
Nadine Dorris can sod off if she thinks I buy her argument that neutering it a good thing. It's pretty clear what would happen if the Government let it go to become commercial, not much of it good in my view.
It will be a nightmare.
The BBC will have adverts, so the other channels will have more adverts. Suddenly we are like the USA, where TV is knocking on the door of unwatchable.
Does anybody watch Sky Indycar coverage? The Americans get less than 1/2 of the uninterrupted coverage that we get.
I'd happily pay my £3 a week or whatever it is.
It won't go subscription like Netflix.
The BBC will have adverts, so the other channels will have more adverts. Suddenly we are like the USA, where TV is knocking on the door of unwatchable.
Does anybody watch Sky Indycar coverage? The Americans get less than 1/2 of the uninterrupted coverage that we get.
I'd happily pay my £3 a week or whatever it is.
It won't go subscription like Netflix.
Murph7355 said:
biggles330d said:
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What is the difference between the BBC, Netflix, AppleTV and Sky........?biggles330d said:
I wake up to the BBC (2, 4 and 6 radio), have 6 music on all day, have much more respect for BBC news than ITV which comes across much more tabloid to me, look mostly to the BBC website as my first stop for news and appreciate that 'Brand BBC' carries much respect, authority and balance across the world so it's power in soft diplomacy is understandable. All for £160 odd quid a year.
I also pay just a little more than that for Netflix, which we pretty much only flick on for the odd series or film in the evening. Amazon Prime the same - only got that as it was bundled with a phone purchase and will go as soon as that free period is over. And Apple TV is basically pish aside from the odd well made series so thats going as soon as the free period is over (again, only got as bundled with something else).
BBC gets criticised from the left for being too right wing, and from the right for being too left wing. That says to me it's getting the balance just about ok. The programmes it makes are generally high quality and although its slipped a bit in recent years they thankfully don't churn out the lowest denominator cheaply made dross that often fills ITV and C5 in the case for ratings and advertising. I rate C4 fairly highly as well, probably for much the same reason as the BBC, it is in part not wholly dependent on being commercial and has a wider remit/purpose.
So, for the licence fee I think it represents really good value and far far better value than Sky, which I know people paying £90 / month (£1,080/yr) for.
Nadine Dorris can sod off if she thinks I buy her argument that neutering it a good thing. It's pretty clear what would happen if the Government let it go to become commercial, not much of it good in my view.
If what you say is true, she wouldn't be neutering it, because you and everyone else would continue to pay. No problem.I also pay just a little more than that for Netflix, which we pretty much only flick on for the odd series or film in the evening. Amazon Prime the same - only got that as it was bundled with a phone purchase and will go as soon as that free period is over. And Apple TV is basically pish aside from the odd well made series so thats going as soon as the free period is over (again, only got as bundled with something else).
BBC gets criticised from the left for being too right wing, and from the right for being too left wing. That says to me it's getting the balance just about ok. The programmes it makes are generally high quality and although its slipped a bit in recent years they thankfully don't churn out the lowest denominator cheaply made dross that often fills ITV and C5 in the case for ratings and advertising. I rate C4 fairly highly as well, probably for much the same reason as the BBC, it is in part not wholly dependent on being commercial and has a wider remit/purpose.
So, for the licence fee I think it represents really good value and far far better value than Sky, which I know people paying £90 / month (£1,080/yr) for.
Nadine Dorris can sod off if she thinks I buy her argument that neutering it a good thing. It's pretty clear what would happen if the Government let it go to become commercial, not much of it good in my view.
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