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From: ogden on 3 Aug 2010 04:36 Kevin Gleeson wrote: > 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? "detector van" What is this, a 1970s propaganda video? They have a list of addresses in the UK. They have another list of addresses with tv licences. Anything on the first list but not on the second gets checked. If you really think they drive around with detector vans you might want to add an extra layer to your tinfoil hat. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | ktm duke ii
From: CT on 3 Aug 2010 04:38 ogden wrote: > That's because Cricket, like Peer Gynt [1], works better on the radio. ^^^^^^^^^ He's on just after Gardeners' World, yes? -- Chris
From: ogden on 3 Aug 2010 04:38 Champ wrote: > On 3 Aug 2010 08:26:40 GMT, "CT" <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > > >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 > > 'ang on a mo - the BBC was awash with football during the world cup! Terrestrial free-to-air broadcasters in the UK are guaranteed rights for major international events by law. Four weeks out of 208 are merely the exception that proves the rule. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | ktm duke ii
From: CT on 3 Aug 2010 04:39 Champ wrote: > 'ang on a mo - the BBC was awash with football during the world cup! True - once every four years, they show about half the World Cup games. But it's hardly "every Saturday", is it? -- Chris
From: CT on 3 Aug 2010 04:40
prawn wrote: > CT <me(a)christrollen.co.uk> wrote: > > > > 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. > > Better pictures on TMS, though. The licence fee is worth it for TMS alone. When I had Sky, I always listened to TMS instead of their commentary. -- Chris |