TV Licence

[gwendes]

Seconded! I hate the thought of all the media in this country run by Murdoch and his like - its worth a few quid to stop that happening.

 

You've touched on a good point. What happens to TV when it is produced just for profit? I'll tell you what happens.

 

Pop Idol and Big Brother.

 

BBC retains a certain, quality. If only they'd make something interesting happen with Dancing On Ice (Dancing On Fire springs to ming) I don't want the BBC to compete with commercial channels - I want it to continue doing what it has been allowed to do for years...

 

The Young Ones

Red Dwarf

Men Behaving Badly...

 

They've done it recently enough with The Office - I can't wait for the next...

[mrforgetful]

The people arguing for the license are missing the point and I've said it many times if you just read my previous posts!

 

CHOICE.

 

If you think it's worth it then fine! I'm not saying it should be free, that's no the only option. What I'm saying is it shouldn't be law that everyone have to pay and so far noone has given a valid reason for that.

 

You keep reusing the same opinions of enjoying the programs etc, and I keep saying that's good but why does everyone HAVE to pay? If YOU like it YOU pay, why do I have to?

[Pottsey]

“Sold for free???

If you don't like it then don't buy it?

You obviously enjoy watching these programmes - why do you resent paying towards funding future programmes and technology.”

I resent the fact I am being forced to pay twice and paying for funding for future programmes and technology they chance’s are I wont use or watch. It’s the fact there’s no choice over the matter that I resent.

 

Very little has come out of the BBC in the past decade that I want to watch or tech I want to use. Still if I buy a DVD and profit go towards new future programmes and technology that fine. It’s the licence on top of paying full price I don’t like.

 

If your paying a licence it makes more sense that DVD’s should be at cost not full price. There is no good reason to force us to pay a license.

 

I would be happy if I had an option to buy DVD’s watch the BBC stuff I want and not have a licence or BBC channels I don’t use.

 

 

 

 

 

“Fifty years ago it wasn't possible for you to watch the programme you wanted to watch when you wanted to watch it..”

Being able to watch what I went when I want wasn’t something BBC introduced.

[SpuffMonkey]

The people arguing for the license are missing the point and I've said it many times if you just read my previous posts!

 

CHOICE.

 

If you think it's worth it then fine! I'm not saying it should be free, that's no the only option. What I'm saying is it shouldn't be law that everyone have to pay and so far noone has given a valid reason for that.

 

You keep reusing the same opinions of enjoying the programs etc, and I keep saying that's good but why does everyone HAVE to pay? If YOU like it YOU pay, why do I have to?

 

Well - its a choice between collectivism and individualism innit...

 

Whether you think that everyone should club together to buy something that benefits the whole community or not. NHS is the prime example - nobody wants to pay for this before they are going to use it - but most of us are glad its there when we need it.

 

I don't "like" paying the license fee - but I do like getting Radio 4 or watching BBC4 - neither of which would exist in a commercial only media world, and are the kicking off board for lots of the most popular shows on TV that would never have been made by a commercial company.

 

I've no doubt that the Beeb will be destroyed in the not too distant future as we seem in this country to have an overwhelming desire to destroy anything that works well and replace it with a load of cr@p. :?

[enjay]

The only BBC stuff I watch are the old shows I bought on DVD. But as far as I am concerned I paid for those when I bought the DVD. Why should I have to pay twice?

 

To fund the production of the programme. Then to pay for the DVD?

 

Do you expect DVDs to be given away for free?

 

Was this a real question?

It seemed like a reasonable question to me. With a Hollywood film, for example, some of the ticket price of the DVD goes to fund the production of the film. But with a BBC box set, you seem to pay twice - once with the licence fee and then again with the DVD.