Current Affairs Defund the BBC

[twoblue]

i dont hate it,
i just dont use it so why should i have to pay £150?
ask the victims of jimmy saville and rolf harris,if its a fine institution!

Bit far fetched linking those to paying a licence fee. The bbc news is balanced compared to most news channels. Especially globally. Most people that want get rid of it are brexit crowd.

 

[MikeH72]

The organisation that covered up for a man that was molesting and eating dead children. Happy to let Big Red have this one.

 

[nikom court]

Bit far fetched linking those to paying a licence fee. The bbc news is balanced compared to most news channels. Especially globally. Most people that want get rid of it are brexit crowd.

theres been many campaigns to get rid of the license fee long before brexit was even a thing

 

[d34noj]

The organisation that covered up for a man that was molesting and eating dead children. Happy to let Big Red have this one.

Sorry what?!

 

[Pat Butcher]

You can't, you need a TV license in the UK to watch or record any live TV programme regardless of what platform it's on.

So you can, just stop watching live TV

You can use all the catch up apps/websites other than bbc iplayer

 

[Simon Buttle]

So you can, just stop watching live TV

You can use all the catch up apps/websites other than bbc iplayer

Read the small print, it covers all the apps and websites as well, it's all very crafty, tbh there is not much you can do about it sadly.

 

[Pat Butcher]

Read the small print, it covers all the apps and websites as well, it's all very crafty, tbh there is not much you can do about it sadly.

Live TV and how you watch it - TV Licensing ™

A TV Licence is not just for TV sets, it allows watching TV no matter the device. Learn more about when you need one.

www.tvlicensing.co.uk

Do I need a TV Licence if I only ever watch on demand services (like catch up TV), DVDs or downloaded programmes?
You don’t need a licence if you only ever watch on demand or catch up programmes on services other than BBC iPlayer (and you also never watch live TV programmes on any channel, including on iPlayer).

You also don’t need a licence to watch DVDs, Blu-rays or videos.

You need a TV Licence to download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer – live, catch up or on demand. This applies to any device and provider you use.

I have this confirmed in a letter and asked on the phone when I cancelled my licence

 

[twoblue]

theres been many campaigns to get rid of the license fee long before brexit was even a thing

Just saying same people.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Just interested to know where "Defunders" would get their news from in future.
The S*n? Daily Mail? Fox New UK (if it gets going)? Breitbart London? Straight from Rupert Murdoch's buttcheeks? whatever expert analysis their mates post on Facebook?

 

[H.H.]

Just interested to know where "Defunders" would get their news from in future.

The S*n? Daily Mail? Fox New UK (if it gets going)? Breitbart London? Straight from Rupert Murdoch's buttcheeks? whatever expert analysis their mates post on Facebook?

If they wanted to they would still watch their news on the BBC but like every other channel, the BBC should be made to have adverts to pay their way.
It's a disgusting tax trying to be forced onto every British household and every year that goes by, thousands more are realising this fact and are refusing to pay a penny.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

If they wanted to they would still watch their news on the BBC but like every other channel, the BBC should be made to have adverts to pay their way.
It's a disgusting tax trying to be forced onto every British household and every year that goes by, thousands more are realising this fact and are refusing to pay a penny.

So news which is funded by huge companies with vested interests is ok, but news funded by the people via tax is wrong?

 

[H.H.]

So news which is funded by huge companies with vested interests is ok, but news funded by the people via tax is wrong?

Yes. A fee of £170??? a year just be be able to watch tv is a disgrace, especially if you don't even watch the BBC.

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Yes. A fee of £170??? a year just be be able to watch tv is a disgrace, especially if you don't even watch the BBC.

So it's not the BBC you are complaining about, it's having to pay for a government licence to own a TV set?
The fact the Government used that money to fund the BBC (and later put them in charge of collection) is irrelevent.

Do you also feel that you should not need a government licence to own a car? or go fishing?

 

[Lord Buckethead]

Live TV and how you watch it - TV Licensing ™

A TV Licence is not just for TV sets, it allows watching TV no matter the device. Learn more about when you need one.

www.tvlicensing.co.uk

Do I need a TV Licence if I only ever watch on demand services (like catch up TV), DVDs or downloaded programmes?
You don’t need a licence if you only ever watch on demand or catch up programmes on services other than BBC iPlayer (and you also never watch live TV programmes on any channel, including on iPlayer).

You also don’t need a licence to watch DVDs, Blu-rays or videos.

You need a TV Licence to download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer – live, catch up or on demand. This applies to any device and provider you use.

I have this confirmed in a letter and asked on the phone when I cancelled my licence

So you'd be perfectly happy for the Government to have access to your Internet history, to show you never use iPlayer?

Interesting.

 

[davids]

The organisation that covered up for a man that was molesting and eating dead children. Happy to let Big Red have this one.

That was a broad statement,there will be fellow travelers in every organisation that will cover for their friends,but that doesn't damn the BBC in total.