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Just a little warning really, that when you buy one, the swines date it from the 1st of the month you bought it in, so if you buy it on 30th September it will expire on 31st August the following year, result being you only really get 11 months for your money rather than 12. So if you are buying one for the first time/are a student, it may be worth thinking about when you buy it.
Had a nice 'discussion' on the phone with them earlier, and they have finally agreed to start mine from 1st October rather than September (I did it online on 30th Sep).
Had a nice 'discussion' on the phone with them earlier, and they have finally agreed to start mine from 1st October rather than September (I did it online on 30th Sep).
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The BBC are thieving cunts, but lets not start with that, because I'll only get angry. Except to say that I hope someone blows the place up, with everyone inside it (especially Graham Norton).
It's times like this you see the benefit of having a new channel not supported by TV adverts that may offend sponsors.
But at all other times there's very little worth watching on the BBC
If you have a tv at the moment then you should have a tv license so I am a little confused.
If you receive a television signal- either through an aerial, cable or satellite- you need a TV License by law. Owning a TV doesn't necessarily mean you need a license, providing you don't watch TV programmes on it.
The BBC will take you to court, fine you and put you in prison if you do not pay them their money.
The BBC have a large stake in Freeview, so by watching Freeview you are taking advantage of the BBC's services.
You can pay monthly but you can't buy a license for a month. You can only claim back full unused quarters, so if you have the license for one day you have to pay for three months.
Direct debit wise, they make you pay the first six months upfront and then they collect monthly payments every month, so for the first 6 months you are paying for your current one, then for the next 6 months you are paying towards the next one. It's an ok system if you are going to have a tv license for ever more, but it's a little dubious if not.
You've been lied to- TV Licensing are good at that.
If you do not use your TV to receive a TV signal, then you do not need a license. We had a TV for two years which we used simply to watch videos and DVDs on, and we did not need or buy a license for that.
It is also up to TV Licensing to prove that you received a TV signal. Bear in mind that they have no rights of access to your property, so it's normally a good idea to be as arsey as possible with them.
Oh i am, even though we have a license. I thoroughly disagree with the license and the fact a B&W one is only £44. That's your choice to watch B&W the signal is still transmitted in colour and it's not any cheaper for them to transmit to a B&W TV.
Would having a Sky dish on the side of your house be proof that you're recieving a TV signal? Or could Sky at least tell them that you are?
When i bought my freeview box from Argos last year they wanted my name and address.
Sky have to tell them. If you have a subscription then that's good proof, just having a dish on the wall isn't.
We have a dish on the wall but don't get Sky, it was left over from the previous owners.
I normally tell them that they're not having my address when I buy TV equipment, unless they need it for delivery or warranty.
I'm always out when the licensing people come round to ours, its a shame, I've got several choice words for those thieving little cunts. Every single employee of the BBC should be put in prison, corrupt extortioners that they are.
To everyone concerned: every day I become a bigger fan of the TV Licence. And I suspect many of you will eventually, even if you are against it now.
Just as few people in their right minds would want to see our national treasures, paintings, sculptures etc sold for cash because they themselves don't go to museums, nobody in their right mind should want the BBC to lose its licence and become another ITV.
The BBC is a crown jewel and an indescribable cultural asset to this country. All the quality programming, all the radio stations, everything would be lost or dumbed down to worthless commercial rubbish if the licence was taken away. I'm sorry for those who don't like paying or who don't watch the BBC channels, but to put it bluntly, the greater good of the nation is as stake here, so tough luck.
And where did both the makers of Peep Show and Brass Eye get their start? Oh, that would be the BBC then.
Virtually all the big comedy shows and comediens in the UK at the moment got their start through the BBC.
There are?
Name some that wouldn't be made by a commercial channel.
And for all the attacks on ITV, I can only presume that you don't watch it very often. It's the BBC with the "celebrity" fixation (How do you solve a problem like Strictly Come Celebrity Dance Fever?, anyone?)
1) has a unique financing system that allows it to go where others won't go
2) is a lot more free from viewing figures than any commercial channel can ever be, and as such can experiment more and create quality programming when it has to
One way or another, I think of Coast, Blue Planet, Planet Earth, the excellent comedy talentthat has emerged from the BBC over the years, Radio 4, etc etc etc and ask myself: where is the commercial TV equivalent? Nowhere to be seen, that's where.
I guess you will never be able to look at the BBC with impartial eyes due to the visceral and irrational hatred you appear to have for the corporation, but there is a great deal more to the BBC than the 2 terrestrial channels, and the contributions, both direct and indirect, that it makes to this country's cultural wealth are invaluable.
I try to avoid it, yes. I'm not the only one, judging by the plummeting ratings the channel is getting.
It's more or less universally agreed in the industry that ITV is at its most pisspoor ever at the moment.
Yeah, for 2 hours a week during the Saturday evening family entertainment spot.
If the BBC wasn't doing that you'd be the first one here complaining about the BBC only doing high brow programmes that most people in the country don't care for.
However, having said that Radio 4 is pretty much the best cultural achievement of the last 100 years and that wouldnt have happened if the licence fee didnt exist.
Commercial channels have to please their advertisers, so can't take risks with new stuff, unlike the BBC which can. Have you ever used the BBC website? BBC News is the homepage of many because of the relatively unbiased reporting it provides.