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From: Champ on 2 Aug 2010 08:27 On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:39:29 GMT, Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: >>>Is it something to do with your insane TV licensing laws? >> >>Care to explain what's insane about it? > >I can't imagine why you would be charged to own a receiver. A >transmitter, yes. If the service provider is happy to transmit it >uncoded then having a receiver and having to have a licence for it >seems stupid. If I head back to the UK with a USB stick, why should I >have to pay? If it is cable pay to air, fine. If you want that >service, then pay for it. Look, it's quite simple - it costs money to make and broadcast television programmes. There are two ways to raise that money: - advertising - subscription (BBC, many satelite & cable channels e.g. HBO) The BBC has been around since the dawn of broadcasting, where, in the UK, owning a set capable of recieving broadcasts was a reasonable 'token' for whether you should pay for them or not. Nowadays all the cable/satellite guys use encryption, but that wasn't possible back in the analogue broadcast days. Given that the BBC has, and still does, produce some of the best TV in the world, it's a charging model I'm happy to support. >Most of the time I think they should be paying _us_ to watch >television. I can't think of any other reason for doing it. That's easy then - if you don't own a reciever, you don't have to pay. -- 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: ogden on 2 Aug 2010 08:34 Kevin Gleeson wrote: > I've worked in television since I left school. .... > Most of the time I think they should be paying _us_ to watch > television. I can't think of any other reason for doing it. Physician, heal thyself! -- ogden | gsxr1000 | ktm duke ii
From: Adrian on 2 Aug 2010 08:46 Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Given that the BBC has, and still does, produce some of the best TV in > the world, it's a charging model I'm happy to support. The TV licence is also a metric shitload cheaper than the cost of TV advertising to the average household.
From: CT on 2 Aug 2010 08:51 Champ wrote: > Look, it's quite simple - it costs money to make and broadcast > television programmes. There are two ways to raise that money: > - advertising > - subscription (BBC, many satelite & cable channels e.g. HBO) > > The BBC has been around since the dawn of broadcasting, where, in the > UK, owning a set capable of recieving broadcasts was a reasonable > 'token' for whether you should pay for them or not. Nowadays all the > cable/satellite guys use encryption, but that wasn't possible back in > the analogue broadcast days. > > Given that the BBC has, and still does, produce some of the best TV in > the world, it's a charging model I'm happy to support. But it could all change: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10815162 -- Chris
From: ogden on 2 Aug 2010 08:59
CT wrote: > Champ wrote: > > > Look, it's quite simple - it costs money to make and broadcast > > television programmes. There are two ways to raise that money: > > - advertising > > - subscription (BBC, many satelite & cable channels e.g. HBO) > > > > The BBC has been around since the dawn of broadcasting, where, in the > > UK, owning a set capable of recieving broadcasts was a reasonable > > 'token' for whether you should pay for them or not. Nowadays all the > > cable/satellite guys use encryption, but that wasn't possible back in > > the analogue broadcast days. > > > > Given that the BBC has, and still does, produce some of the best TV in > > the world, it's a charging model I'm happy to support. > > But it could all change: > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10815162 "Right-wing think tank proposes end of licence fee" isn't so much a headline as a macro any sane journalist binds to F8 to save typing. -- ogden | gsxr1000 | ktm duke ii |