No it isn't. A basic Sky subscription requires you to pay for a load of channels you may not watch. I quite like Sky Arts but I would have to pay £20 a month for a load of channels I don't want just to be able to watch it.
But you have a choice whether to pay for it or not. If I only want to watch itv I still have to pay for channels that I do not want.
But you have a choice whether to pay for it or not. If I only want to watch itv I still have to pay for channels that I do not want.
So do you with the BBC as you don't have to have a TV. I bet as well that without the TV licence very few channels would be FTA. For starters Freesat would not exist without the licence fee and Freeview may not either.
So you agree that the licence fee isn't going away? Good.
Oh no, the Licence Fee is going to come a thing of the past and soon. But don't worry, you will be able to fund it individually if you want to watch it through subscription. ;-)
oh well if MPs say the license fee should be ended, then end it now, and shut down the entire BBC whilst we are at it, im sure they all get Sky on expenses
51% supported scrapping the licence fee * Actual text from poll.
It also says about how split the population is on the issue. Again read more on what is being said. I would also like to ask why these people are watching the BBC instead of commercial television if they think being funded wholly on advertising doesn't affect the quality of programming? This poll also says the majority are against subscription.
Nearly half of those questioned – 49 per cent – said the charge should be scrapped entirely,
From the article you have posted from by the way. 49% is not the majority of people wanting the fee scrapped. That is before you look into the integrity of the poll and check to see how impartial and balanced it is.
You have to laugh when people think that 49% is the majority when 51% (a higher figure) don't want it scrapped.
Oh no, the Licence Fee is going to come a thing of the past and soon. But don't worry, you will be able to fund it individually if you want to watch it through subscription. ;-)
So you are going to fund everybody who has to change their equipment? How can I subscribe through Freesat or through FM or DAB?
51% supported scrapping the licence fee * Actual text from poll.
And you also linked to a poll which had actual text where 51% supported keeping the licence fee. Or are you one of these who only look at polls which suit your point of view.
It also says about how split the population is on the issue. Again read more on what is being said. I would also like to ask why these people are watching the BBC instead of commercial television if they think being funded wholly on advertising doesn't affect the quality of programming? This poll also says the majority are against subscription.
If you look at how ITV has fallen having to compete on a commercial level then the idea that the BBC become a subscription channel is worrying for the quality of British television as a whole. At the same time I do think the BBC act far too commercially at times considering they're a subsidised service - such as purchasing The Voice and moving Strictly later into the evening unnecessarily.
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Pretty silly point of view, of course they receive licence fee money - where do you think the millions the BBC pays them comes from?
It's just not paid directly to them.
Sigh, Yet another licence fee thread.
So you have spoken to EVERYONE in the UK then? Or was that based on a conversation with a bloke in the pub?
But you have a choice whether to pay for it or not. If I only want to watch itv I still have to pay for channels that I do not want.
Yes the majority. Here is the poll. Hurt much? ;-)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/10423117/BBC-licence-fee-should-be-cut-or-scrapped-poll-finds.html
Like UKIP, it is not going to go away!
Let me search for a Poll in the Labour Gazette for you..
Oh no, the Licence Fee is going to come a thing of the past and soon. But don't worry, you will be able to fund it individually if you want to watch it through subscription. ;-)
Here is a Comres poll from this year that states the majority of the UK want the Licence Fee scrapped:
http://www.digitaltveurope.net/204212/uk-divided-on-scrapping-licence-fee/
Why does democracy hurt BBC aficionados?
LOL, you wish.
Some 44% of respondents opposed abolishing the licence fee
Plus 20% unsure.
It is almost like you don't understand English.
Nearly half of those questioned – 49 per cent – said the charge should be scrapped entirely,
From the article you have posted from by the way. 49% is not the majority of people wanting the fee scrapped. That is before you look into the integrity of the poll and check to see how impartial and balanced it is.
You have to laugh when people think that 49% is the majority when 51% (a higher figure) don't want it scrapped.
And you also linked to a poll which had actual text where 51% supported keeping the licence fee. Or are you one of these who only look at polls which suit your point of view.
So far it is 1-1.
Can you find a tie-breaker?
If you look at how ITV has fallen having to compete on a commercial level then the idea that the BBC become a subscription channel is worrying for the quality of British television as a whole. At the same time I do think the BBC act far too commercially at times considering they're a subsidised service - such as purchasing The Voice and moving Strictly later into the evening unnecessarily.
Armando Iannucci thinks the BBC should become a subscription service abroad to start with, believing that people will pay for the service there and, in turn, the license fee could then be scrapped in favour of a license fee here:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/03/bbc-replace-licence-fee-subscription-armando-ianucci