Tv license price hike

[borderbilly]

Just heard the licence is going up, time to pull the plug on it. They can't put us all in jail.

 

[Andy Norfolk]

I stopped paying and watching a couple of months ago. It was the volume of adverts for the BBC that did for me in the end. Of course ITV etc do it, but I'm not paying them.

 

[Van Fisher]

I wouldn't resent paying so much if the quality was better, but there's such a lot of trash on BBC TV in recent years. For entertainment, we mainly watch Netflix these days, which is far cheaper anyway.

 

[otherclive]

Most of our viewing is terrestrial via Virgin Media, only have a minimal subscription to Netflix, and Prime video comes with my Amazon membership. We record most commercial channels for later viewing. Got quite miffed though last night watching Six Nations on ITV as ads appeared on the screen whist some scrums were being set up. Overall we think BBC is good value and our viewing encompasses a great deal of BBC output.
My VM contract runs out later this year and thinking of going for broadband, buying a new 4K recordable Freesat box and going independent on VoIP house phone.

 

[Oscarmax]

Paid our 1st January £174.50 for a pile of rubbish

 

[Dustydog]

If I don’t pay can I still listen to the Beeb radio?

The only BBC program we watch is Match of the Day. Everything else is Sky , Apple, Amazon Prime TV and all the others bar Netflix

 

[otherclive]

Yes radio is free, that’s why it’s called a TV licence. 😱

 

[Van Fisher]

Is it not true that you can be prosecuted just for having the means to watch BBC without a licence, even if its only iPlayer on t'intaweb?

I've always seen that as grossly unfair, i.e. guilty with no option to prove you are innocent.

 

[Sam Vimes]

Is it not true that you can be prosecuted just for having the means to watch BBC without a licence, even if its only iPlayer on t'intaweb?

I've always seen that as grossly unfair, i.e. guilty with no option to prove you are innocent.

No its not true.

I haven't had a TV licence for years but have a TV that's capable of watching live TV. Don't forget its not just BBC but any live TV or iPlayer.

Every couple of years I have to declare that I'm not watching live TV but just watch DVDs and the occassional streaming.

About16 years ago somebody come around to check. The lady asked to come in, saw the TV and then said thankyou and left. It wasn't on.

 

[otherclive]

Is it not true that you can be prosecuted just for having the means to watch BBC without a licence, even if its only iPlayer on t'intaweb?

I've always seen that as grossly unfair, i.e. guilty with no option to prove you are innocent.

To watch iplayer you need a licence even if watched on a tablet. Since you need an account to watch Iplayer I’d think there are ways and means of checking your viewing habits.

If people are so against paying the tv licence just notify the Licence Authority that you don’t watch, and do the honest thing. Don’t watch. Simples.

 

[RogerL]

We'll keep on paying it - seems much better value than the continuous drain of subscription channels which have little or no interest to either of us.

We've discovered that some of the Free-To-Air channels omit the adverts when you stream them!

 

[Lutz]

You're a lucky lot. Over here where I live you're liable to pay for a TV licence simply by virtue of the fact that you possess equipment that could receive TV and radio, whether terrestrial, by satellite, by cable or streaming. That means even if you have access to the internet, but no TV. If you own a car that's used for business purposes, you even have to pay a radio licence fee for that.

 

[otherclive]

You're a lucky lot. Over here where I live you're liable to pay for a TV licence simply by virtue of the fact that you possess equipment that could receive TV and radio, whether terrestrial, by satellite, by cable or streaming. That means even if you have access to the internet, but no TV. If you own a car that's used for business purposes, you even have to pay a radio licence fee for that.

How can you say what you have. You have at one stroke removed something the British moan about. Now all we have left to bemoan is the weather. 🙈

 

[Beachball]

We will continued to pay for our TV licence but we spead our payments via direct debit .

 

[Dustydog]

We will continued to pay for our TV licence but we spead our payments via direct debit .

Plus 1👍.

 

[JTQ]

We pay for it and will continue to do so, but I do resent what I perceive the BBC's lack of trying to be cost effective, as exampled the unbelievable payments, either directly or indirectly they make to a range of "in" presenters.

Has always seemed strange that so many young people opt for media study degrees, though few of the over paid in crowd are consequently getting priced off the top table. It rubs even more that "we" pick up some of that educating bill, without getting results.

 

[toad a caravan]

I'm not to bothered about the BBC,I much prefer something more down to Earth,Star Trek for example

 

[Jcloughie]

We will continued to pay for our TV licence but we spead our payments via direct debit .

Plus another 1.

I love the top class documentaries and some very good fiction, eg. The night Manager. Also the world service and representation. Agreed there is also rubbish which I try to avoid. Also the corporation have made some embarrassing mistakes of late.

I find streaming services can produce some excellent stuff. But it is limited on range.

John

 

[Sam Vimes]

The Night Manager - ummmm! Did you ever read the book - Yawn!

But then I've found that with all Le Carre's novels.

 

[Jcloughie]

The Night Manager - ummmm! Did you ever read the book - Yawn!

But then I've found that with all Le Carre's novels.

Reading has never been my thing. But Hugh Laurie is worth watching.

John

 

[PTA]

Happy to pay to support the BBC. We underestimate how valued it is internationally and how it is seen to reflect our values and culture. Plus, I dislike some of the highly politically biased alternatives. BBC makes mistakes but it genuinely tries to be impartial and I value that.

 

[Sam Vimes]

I'm not specifically interested in its international value but more of 'what its worth to me'. And that's not a lot.

The problem as I see it with the BBC and indeed any other service of this type is that they have a very wide audience with many, many different interests. So the content tries to address the highest common denominator. Unfortunately that doesn't include what I'd like to watch.

Its much the same with streaming services - only a very small percentage of whats available is of any interest to me. Always assuming I could find it amongst the dross that's pushed out.