- Oct 29, 2003
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PC Licence instead of TV Licence?
- Thread starter DeathWish
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DeathWish said:
god that is supid. We should get a choice to get the BBC channels instead of paying for them all the time any way, i could live without the BBC its gone down hill now not worth the money.
Hmm sounds fishy to me, I can't see it being real. And if the reasons behind this alleged licence are true then surely it would only apply to PCs with TV recievers.
Also, its too much hassell, they could just increase the TV lisence costs instead. And you pay for a TV lisence whether you watch it or not, and everyone with a PC probably has a TV anyway.
Also, its too much hassell, they could just increase the TV lisence costs instead. And you pay for a TV lisence whether you watch it or not, and everyone with a PC probably has a TV anyway.
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No, we pay to receive publically funded programming via radiowaves (regardless of the device used to receive it), which our five terrestrial channels all receive a share of (unequally). It also goes towards some radio/internet services and the freeview consortium (the group who organises digital terrestrial).
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Not entirely... there is some choice in the entire matter. You are not obligated to pay the licence if you actively refuse the reception of the material. Accepted refusals include not having the terrestrial channels stored on your TV set at the same time as not having an antenna - effectivly a DVD VDU.
However if you use any device to receive the service, you MUST pay the licence fee. Unfortunately no digital carriers in the UK come without the terrestrial channels, so there is no way to avoid the licence fee while being in receipt of subscription channels. In that way, we are forced to fund state broadcasting (it is however... totally independant of Government intervention).
Currently, the colour licence is approx $222 (£126.50) per annum which covers the BBC (and most its other non-profit activities), ITV, C4 and I think maybe Five - aswell as certain radio services.
Our most popular digital carrier (Sky from R.Murdoch) charges $36.98 (£21) per month for its 'family pack' - its most subscribed to package. Cable services are much more competively priced, but available to less than half of the nation.
/Leo
However if you use any device to receive the service, you MUST pay the licence fee. Unfortunately no digital carriers in the UK come without the terrestrial channels, so there is no way to avoid the licence fee while being in receipt of subscription channels. In that way, we are forced to fund state broadcasting (it is however... totally independant of Government intervention).
Currently, the colour licence is approx $222 (£126.50) per annum which covers the BBC (and most its other non-profit activities), ITV, C4 and I think maybe Five - aswell as certain radio services.
Our most popular digital carrier (Sky from R.Murdoch) charges $36.98 (£21) per month for its 'family pack' - its most subscribed to package. Cable services are much more competively priced, but available to less than half of the nation.
/Leo
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Why would anyone have an interest in electing people for a media service? It just goes to whoever is qualified best when they need to replace them.
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LeoCrasher said:
I'm just saying, "they" are politcal.
Warez said:
Well, basically, a new way to tax and they get more money, so ye.
Government's do not suck, trust me, we'd all be seriously ****ed without them.
No one said they weren't political Urban - but they are supposedly impartial... Im not entirely sure why you mentioned it when I merely said they were free from govt intervention, ie seperate from their control.
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And I can't see any government taxing computer usage, either now or 20 years down the line... not even China. All theregister was doing was exagertating a load of theoritical babel some ministers were going on about. In all seriousness, how likely is such a scheme to pass? A tax on pc usage would be a NEW TAX and hotly debated, not a deviation of the somewhat reasonable tv licence (altho I do think we should have some choice in the matter).
/Leo
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And I can't see any government taxing computer usage, either now or 20 years down the line... not even China. All theregister was doing was exagertating a load of theoritical babel some ministers were going on about. In all seriousness, how likely is such a scheme to pass? A tax on pc usage would be a NEW TAX and hotly debated, not a deviation of the somewhat reasonable tv licence (altho I do think we should have some choice in the matter).
/Leo
LeoCrasher said:
Free from micromanagment, but I'm just reminding people who put them there in the first place.
urbanfox said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/1920s.shtml
A group of wireless manufacturers?
/Leo
urbanfox said:
urbanfox said:
Yeah, your going to need to clarify... a hell of a lot. As nobody 'recently' put the BBC there, being as its older than both of us put together.
/Leo