Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35981613)

TV licence fee HIKED: BBC confirms ANOTHER rise in price to watch favourite TV shows
BRITONS will face a hike in the price they pay to watch the BBC, with the cost of a TV licence rising from April 1.


The BBC has confirmed the cost of the licence will rise from £150.50 to £154.50. The increase is see the cost of watching favourite TV programmes rise for a third year in a row. In 2016 a TV licence cost £145.50.



https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/10...-tv-april-2019

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35981638)

Maybe if you sell the boat you might just cope ? ;)

The fee was frozen between for 6 years from 2010, so we've been getting very good vfm. If only VM did the same....

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35981643)

It's difficult in these economic times to find someone with enough wonga to invest in a boat with 5 births in 3 separate cabins with tv,a fitted kitchen and shower/toilet compartment,separate wheel house ,and out side seating area,but then again it's not for sale ;)

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35981643)

It's difficult in these economic times to find someone with enough wonga to invest in a boat with 5 births in 3 separate cabins with tv,a fitted kitchen and shower/toilet compartment,separate wheel house ,and out side seating area,but then again it's not for sale ;)

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35981646)

I hope you hosed the cabins out afterwards... ;)

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35981644)

TV in the boat ? You might need another licence for that :)

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35981647)

Do they have TV detector boats? ;)

Originally Posted by jonbxx (Post 35981605)

Is BBC Parliament really one of the most watched channels? BARB data seems to show a 0.5% reach while the other BBC channels have;

BBC1 68.9%
BBC2 44.6%
BBC4 12.7%
BBC News 9.5%
CBeebies 7.3%
CBBC 3.9%

(Source, page 63 of annual report http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/abouttheb...ort_201718.pdf)

Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35981647)

Berths -oops ;)

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Do they have TV detector boats? ;)

Originally Posted by Mr K (Post 35981553)

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It's a public service broadcaster, which you can't seem to get your head around. It's output is different from other broadcasters, as it isn't a slave to ratings and advertiser's. It makes programmes others don't as they aren't profitable. All that glitters isn't subscription TV.
Yes I'd wish there weren't repeats but unless you really want to pay a lot more £12 a month that's the way it is.

Tbh I'd wish it went off air in the daytime (like the good old days !), rather than all the property/antique programmes, and didn't do stuff like Strictly. But some people like them and it has to cater for all tastes as the licence fee is universal.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35981671)

Er, I do know what a public service broadcaster is, Mr K. However, it is a very old fashioned innovation and it's about time the concept was thoroughly reviewed.

Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35981677)

Why? as it ain't broke you don't need to fix it.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35981683)

Because some people are paying for a broadcasting service they don't use, because there is too much waste in the public service BBC, because the Beeb could be free to innovate and make more services available to viewers (such as a Netflix-type service and make more money to boot, because....

Wait a minute, haven't we been through all this before? So how can you say with a straight face that it ain't broke?
At least, I assume you have a straight face! :D.