No TV Licence

[albion]

much better to buy British products and use British retailers than pay for a TV licence. The BBC spends a lot of money abroad on international journalists and other operations. I actually see the BBC as a negative as its so grossly inefficient and we need to develop cost effective efficient companies rather than organisations like the BBC that waste huge amounts of money. I mean how many orchestras were they paying for at one point? It was ridiculous a complete waste of money.

Competitors are Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Disney and Warner. They all seem to link across the pond to agent orange.

 

[Alex321]

That's how it should work, you use the service so you should pay for it. However it is incredibly unfair to ITV that you need a licence to view their channels which are funded by advertising. That condition should never have been included that any live tv needed a TV Licence because it damages commercial channels.

In that case, how did they come into existence?

A TV licence was required to use a TV before commercial channels existed in the UK. TV licences were introduced in 1946, with the first commercial stations not broadcasting until 1955.

Those first TV licences were required to use a TV set, without any reference to the BBC or other broadcasters. And it basically stayed that way until new rules were required to cover cable and satellitre TV, and later internet coverage.

I really don't accept that requiring a licence damages commercial TV in any real sense.

 

[Alex321]

much better to buy British products and use British retailers than pay for a TV licence.

A complteley pointless suggestion, since it isn't remotely close to being an either-or situation.

he BBC spends a lot of money abroad on international journalists and other operations. I actually see the BBC as a negative as its so grossly inefficient and we need to develop cost effective efficient companies rather than organisations like the BBC that waste huge amounts of money. I mean how many orchestras were they paying for at one point? It was ridiculous a complete waste of money.

This is a completely different point, which does have some merit, though I'm not sure many of the current alternatives are much better.

 

[stephec]

Accrington Stanley on MOTD!🧐 😉👍

Being a bit optimistic there, unless they make it to the third round of the cup. 😂

 

[mjr]

I never get letters or visits. Is this because you don’t have a licence I take it?

We used to get letters because the TV licence database is an inaccurate mess and they can't tell which properties are licensed, let alone which people.

 

[CentralCommuter]

Oh no! I could be sent to prison(!)🙄 😏

There would definitely be a change in the thread titles then!!!!!!

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Oh no! I could be sent to prison(!)🙄 😏

Only if you failed to pay your fine. You would never be imprisoned simply for using a tv without a licence.

 

[fossyant]

Ok, I might be in the minority, but I have to come clean. I watch telly and have a licence to do so. Cause I’m a mad man!!!!

You and me both - bloody loonies.