Options for watching Freeview without an aerial?

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  • kasgkasg Posts: 4,711
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    We live abroad & watch all Freeview channels for FREE here via PC
    www.filmon.com
    ... and we are absolutely delighted to be paying your licence fee for you! ;-)
  • redcarlingredcarling Posts: 28
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    barbeler wrote: »
    That website sends Adblock into overdrive :D

    AdBlock blocked 377 ads on this page for me :o

    I'd hate to see whate it looks like with Adblock turned off
  • Katharine_RangeKatharine_Range Posts: 2,490
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    kasg wrote: »
    ... and we are absolutely delighted to be paying your licence fee for you! ;-)

    But depending on which country they live in, they may be paying the licence fee of that country.
  • ally8971ally8971 Posts: 421
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    But depending on which country they live in, they may be paying the licence fee of that country.

    Aren't we the only country that has the license fee?
  • chrisjrchrisjr Posts: 33,282
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    ally8971 wrote: »
    Aren't we the only country that has the license fee?
    No. And it is by no means the most expensive in the world either.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence
  • SteveMcKSteveMcK Posts: 5,457
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    ally8971 wrote: »
    Aren't we the only country that has the license fee?
    Not by a long chalk, and most of the others have advertising as well.
  • Katharine_RangeKatharine_Range Posts: 2,490
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    ally8971 wrote: »
    Aren't we the only country that has the license fee?

    I wish that we were one of the ones which didn't and funded the BBC from general taxation instead. :(
  • SteveMcKSteveMcK Posts: 5,457
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    and funded the BBC from general taxation instead. :(
    That's dangerous. It means that "BBC funding" is just a line item in the budget, and gets voted on with the budget as a whole. There's too much opportunity for abuse by the government in power, a little word that "if you show that programme there might be less money next year" is all it takes. Even unhappy government MPs are unlikely to vote against the whole budget just because they disapprove of one line.

    By keeping it as a separate debate, and separate funding, the whole of parliament gets to vote on it, government and opposition. There's much less chance that the government can try to control it.
  • DWA9ISDWA9IS Posts: 10,557
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    SteveMcK wrote: »
    That's dangerous. It means that "BBC funding" is just a line item in the budget, and gets voted on with the budget as a whole. There's too much opportunity for abuse by the government in power, a little word that "if you show that programme there might be less money next year" is all it takes. Even unhappy government MPs are unlikely to vote against the whole budget just because they disapprove of one line.

    By keeping it as a separate debate, and separate funding, the whole of parliament gets to vote on it, government and opposition. There's much less chance that the government can try to control it.

    I agree about keeping it separate but TV licence and council tax could be collected as PAYE items off your income in the same way as tax and national insurance are but still kept separate, with people on benefits having it as a deduction.

    This would mean no court cases, which would save money.

    There is still scope for not having a TV licence too, as you could request not to have one and you won't get it taken off your income. If you are found to be viewing live TV as broadcast though you would have to pay what they think you have missed.
  • Secret-SquirrelSecret-Squirrel Posts: 1,051
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    The beeb also gets income from selling programmes through BBC World and adverts on BBC World and BBC Entertainment.

    And, don't forget their stake in Flextech UK tv which shows beed programmes.
  • BangersBangers Posts: 3,626
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    The beeb also gets income from selling programmes through BBC World and adverts on BBC World and BBC Entertainment.

    And, don't forget their stake in Flextech UK tv which shows beed programmes.

    Eh? The BBC has no stake in Flextech, which in any case doesn't exist any more since Sky bought the old Flextech/Living TV Group fro, Virgin Media.

    You're getting muddled up with UKTV, a venture between BBC and Scripps (who bought Flextech's share of UKTV a few years ago).
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