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From: Ace on 3 Aug 2010 03:35 On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:54:04 GMT, Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: >On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:09:43 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >>So, in your system, even people who don't own a television pay for >>ABC. And you think our system is crazy! > >Yep. For gods sake I could own 12 TVs. I can only watch one at a time. >I do not want to pay for 12 licences. Well duh. The licence is per household, not per receiver. Just like in France, Switzerland, Germany etc. In Switzerland, in fact, you need a licence just to own a radio. Included in the TV one, but can be seperated out if you don't have a TV too.
From: Champ on 3 Aug 2010 03:58 On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:54:04 GMT, Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: >>>I get free TV here called the ABC. Yes, we pay for it in taxes, no >>>advertising. But having to licence the receiver is crazy I reckon. >>So, in your system, even people who don't own a television pay for >>ABC. And you think our system is crazy! >Yep. For gods sake I could own 12 TVs. I can only watch one at a time. >I do not want to pay for 12 licences. I'm not sure if you're being willfully stupid or not. Anyway, just in case - you can own as many TVs as you like - you only pay once. >Most people (unlike me) watch TV, so a system that spreads it broadly >across the population makes more sense to me. So, let me get this right - you don't watch television, but you're happy to pay taxes that support the ABC. And you still think our system is crazy. -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Kevin Gleeson on 3 Aug 2010 04:15 On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:15:38 +0100, ginge <the.gingeREMOVE(a)THISgmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:54:04 GMT, Kevin Gleeson ><kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > >>Yep. For gods sake I could own 12 TVs. I can only watch one at a time. >>I do not want to pay for 12 licences. > >Say you had 4 vehicles, how many driving licences would you need? I'd need 4 vehicle licences. -- Kev
From: Kevin Gleeson on 3 Aug 2010 04:18 On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:35:57 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: >On Tue, 03 Aug 2010 02:54:04 GMT, Kevin Gleeson ><kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > >>On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:09:43 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: > >>>So, in your system, even people who don't own a television pay for >>>ABC. And you think our system is crazy! >> >>Yep. For gods sake I could own 12 TVs. I can only watch one at a time. >>I do not want to pay for 12 licences. > >Well duh. The licence is per household, not per receiver. Just like in >France, Switzerland, Germany etc. > >In Switzerland, in fact, you need a licence just to own a radio. >Included in the TV one, but can be seperated out if you don't have a >TV too. Well duh, I didn't know you had only to licence one receiver. But I still find it weird. And how do they tell you actually have one. Would a USB DVT stick be picked up by the cat detector van? -- Kev
From: CT on 3 Aug 2010 04:26
Krusty wrote: > The day BBC1 start showing a few hours of a different type of sport > every Saturday rather than just football, rugby & cricket is the day > I'll be convinced they're not driven by ratings. I'd love the BBC to show football, rugby and cricket, but they don't as they don't have the money to prise it out of Sky's hands. They show very little football (the odd FA cup game and MotD later in the evening) and rugby is pretty much only shown during the Six Nations (I think they show the odd RL game). I don't think they show any cricket now, at all. -- Chris |