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... And you're right - a couple of years ago her in RoI they seriously considered to force customers to show proof of address when purchasing tv-sets/video-recorders! Friends of ours who genuinely haven't had a telly for 15 yrs are systematically harrassed! visits from licens inspectors, invoices etc etc... And I'm not even going to debate the quality of irish tv nor the fact that they absudly believe a state broadcaster relying on potentially 1-2 million license payer can pay their "stars" as much or more than say uk or britain with 20 times the population... Or that the ratings scam has become ridiculous - on more and more days at certain times the numbers add up to 50 to 70 percent of the entire population
What's up with "free-market" and all that rubbish they so heavily promote in their schedule? How about a newspaper license you have to flash before you can buy your paper?
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Posted: 2007-06-12 15:47:34
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I'm torn here, as an avid listener of Radio 1/2 mostly due to the fact that there are no annoying adverts ie "Buy one window get another window free, I SAID BUY ONE WINDOW GET ANOTHER WINDOW FREE" and "Hi I'm John Leach at the Widnes car centre" Those adverts really piss me off so much so I would rather not listen to the radio at all if ad free, wasn't available. That said you don't have to have a license to listen to BBC radio!

And I don't watch enough TV to warrant paying the extortionate fee, but I do watch TV, so I agree that we should all be given the choice i.e. it is legal to have a television set without the fee but without BBC, and if you want BBC you pay for it, It really isn't fair the way it is set up.

Especially now that when you buy a TV in a store they harass you into giving your details, even if you already have a license.

Nanu
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Posted: 2007-06-12 15:51:30
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Yep, and here they forced cable and satellite providers to include state broadcasters in all packages, so that on top of cable subscription you gotta pay a license...
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Posted: 2007-06-12 15:58:16
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Evening Bump!
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Posted: 2007-06-12 19:29:24
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Certainly gets my vote. Can't say I watch BBC all that often, nothing to watch.
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Posted: 2007-06-12 19:30:42
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You get my damn vote! However is anything gonna change?
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Posted: 2007-06-12 20:03:47
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Probably not. But there will be a petition on the site and I'm not the only one who is attempting to put pressure on the government to change this situation. The more the merrier!
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Posted: 2007-06-12 20:45:28
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woudn't the BBC make more money by selling crap to UK gold etc etc?
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Posted: 2007-06-12 20:48:08
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As far as I know, they already do!

Which is another one of my gripes, they make more money per year than any other UK television station (I'm talking per individual stations here, not including the revenue from parent companies that own independent stations).

Also, did you know that they DO allow advertising already? Any Esato members from India who have watched the BBC World News channel will, I'm sure, confirm that they regularly advertise everything from cars and scooters to air conditioners and life insurance!
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Posted: 2007-06-12 21:18:42
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Oh!

I've seen ads on BBC...

My auntie in Dubai gets Sky from KSA and that is full of ads!!

shameless..

but we don't need ads here thank you very much mr director general.
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Posted: 2007-06-12 21:45:36
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