Did you get value for your licence fee money

[RebelSouls]

http://www.thesun.co....view-from-studio.html

[RebelSouls]

Very true wyzard :)

[LoftyLottie]

They happen more and more JL!!

[jno]

the BBC cost me 29p yesterday. What an outrage!

[LoftyLottie]

I can't find the McDonald's thread now!! Bugger - I'm going to bed!!

[RebelSouls]

Expect a visit , i have had them at my door a few times, got my last thretogram of them on Saturday.

[dabees]

I object to having to pay for something that airs freely. If I want to view Sky sports or ESPN then I have to pay for it. Fair enough.

Why can't I buy a TV (For playing games systems etc) without giving my details?

Why does buying a product meant for one reason (tv) mean you have to buy someone elses product (BBC), when you'll never use it?

[dabees]

Oops, forgot to say THE licensing authority IS the BBC. There is no independent authority.

[sp1814]

joeluke is correct - please delete '8 out of 10 Cats' from the list and replace it with 'Wallander', or 'Mo', or 'The Armstrong & Miller Show'...or any of their other BAFTA award winning shows.

Rebelsouls - no, I didn't read the link, but I have now...doesn't bother me in the slightest because a) its a story about sports which hold no interest for me and b) it's in the Murdoch-owned Sun, which absolutely CANNOT be trusted to print a balanced story about the BBC (not in it's owner's interests).

I totally didn't get any value from the BBC's coverage of the World Cup, because I didn't watch a split second of it.

However, I don't bemoan money being spent on something I'm not interested because I'm a 'leftie', which means I'm happy to share the common wealth.

[RebelSouls]

Does Murdock own the Times, most papers have had some story about the bent parasites over the years

http://business.times...ia/article6788757.ece

[sp1814]

Rebelsoul

Yes.

The Times and The Sunday Times are part of News International.

...which is owned by Rupert Murdoch.

Mr Murdoch also owns Sky Broadcasting.

And Sky is a competitor of the BBC.

[RebelSouls]

Some people have more of the common wealth to share than others

Some paraasites at the BBC get paid a lot more than others

[RebelSouls]

The leftie guardian think the BBC is good news so there is no surprise there.

Give people a choice , simple

[RebelSouls]

sp1814 if the BBC is so good encrypt the signal , people will flock to buy a licence.

[sp1814]

Rebelsouls

No - the problem is worse than that.

No channel survives on a subscription-only model. It's simply not financially viable. The BBC would also have to supplement it's income with advertising (look at Sky and Virgin).

Now, the market for commercial advertising simply could not sustain another major channel.

What would happen if the BBC entered the commercial market?

Every single channel would have to jettison any programming which didn't generate maximum profit with minimum outlay. The first to be hit would be childrens television, the arts, music coverage and home grown dramas.

There would now be five major channels chasing after the same advertising pot. Because the balance of power would shift from the programme makers to the advertisers, real choice would be hit.

To put it simply, if you want wall to wall pap on all major channels, let the BBC into the market.

Like I said before - horror story.

[RebelSouls]

Esther Rantzen, the broadcaster, said:
"No one is going to tempt people into paying:(for the BBC) the only method is the fear of what will happen if you don't."

with no licence fee the parasites would end up on in a MUCH lower paid job

[askyourgran]

They could cut the pay of arty farty people like Alan Yentob swanning around doing bu$$ger all. That would save a packet.

[sp1814]

Rebelsouls

With no licence fee, all programming on all channels would have to work on a greatly reduced budget.

Get rid of the licence fee, turn the BBC on the open market and enjoy a future filled with 'You've Been Framed', 'Loose Women' and 'Three Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps'.

Okay, that might be overstating things...but can you imagine any other channel paying out for something like Planet Earth or The Blue Planet?

Can you imagine any other channel willing to put money up for 'niche' programmes like The Royle Family, The Thick Of It or The Office?

Can you name any halfway decent comedy that's come from ITV in the past two decades?

The BBC to my mind is a national treasure which I for one feel extremely grateful for.