Eat News 4745 Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 This is a very interesting story about a day in the U.K.'s TV Licence court. For those poor folks that can't dole out about 13 pounds per month...or about $9 Dollars. How would you like to go to prison for watching the BBC? The comments are pretty funny too... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/24/in-court-non-payment-tv-licence-television-desperate-cases Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesea 292 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Thank goodness we don't have to pay TV licences. We're so lucky! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/#findComment-218708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4UL4U 127 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 13 GBP is actually equivalent to 16-17 USD currently. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/#findComment-218713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Yeah, I never understood BBC still being backed by taxpayers nowadays. Their revenue must be huge without... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/#findComment-218792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 188 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, Yankees4life said: Yeah, I never understood BBC still being backed by taxpayers nowadays. Their revenue must be huge without... Not really: according to the 2017-18 Annual Report, license fee revenue makes up 76% of the BBC's total income. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/#findComment-218799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, skbl17 said: Not really: according to the 2017-18 Annual Report, license fee revenue makes up 76% of the BBC's total income. Ahh...interesting. Getting back to the topic, being locked up for watching BBC is a bit messed up Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/#findComment-218802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Viewer 337 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Does the BBC air any commercials, or are they strictly non-commercial like PBS? Doesn't the CBC air commercials? I swear I saw commercials on a visit. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/#findComment-218814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journalist 894 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 31 minutes ago, 8Viewer said: Does the BBC air any commercials, or are they strictly non-commercial like PBS? No commercials. They have the license fee for a reason. Besides, their clout can literally choke the private sector to death if commericals were allowed, even on a exclusive platform like BBC One. 31 minutes ago, 8Viewer said: Doesn't the CBC air commercials? I swear I saw commercials on a visit. They have commericals on the television and online platforms, a few on Radio 2, none on Radio 1 and Premiere. Taxpayers pay less than a dollar for the service, however, they do not have the same "TV tax" system as the United Kingdom. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/#findComment-218816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner 32 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 On 12/17/2018 at 9:49 PM, Journalist said: No commercials. They have the license fee for a reason. Besides, their clout can literally choke the private sector to death if commericals were allowed, even on a exclusive platform like BBC One. They have commericals on the television and online platforms, a few on Radio 2, none on Radio 1 and Premiere. Taxpayers pay less than a dollar for the service, however, they do not have the same "TV tax" system as the United Kingdom. The CBC News Network is technically funded entirely by subscription revenues per each cable subscriber and advertising revenue. Since its considered an extension of CBC News, I'm sure the accountants have figured out a way to make it work out so those funds go into the CBC News piggy bank. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/#findComment-219519 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanErrorist 151 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 On 12/17/2018 at 8:49 PM, Journalist said: No commercials. They have the license fee for a reason. Besides, their clout can literally choke the private sector to death if commericals were allowed, even on a exclusive platform like BBC One. They have commericals on the television and online platforms, a few on Radio 2, none on Radio 1 and Premiere. Taxpayers pay less than a dollar for the service, however, they do not have the same "TV tax" system as the United Kingdom. The trial period in which Radio 2 (now CBC Music) aired commercials ended back in 2016. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16831-a-day-in-tv-license-court/#findComment-219521 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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