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Don't see a claim , but perhaps my grasp of English is equal to that of bbc reporters. Today one said that a street was submerged. Pictures showed a road that a toddler could splash in :p:

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Here, for the visually impaired:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...1&d=1746022088

I get that you don’t want to back up your bog-standard opinions with anything so trivial as facts, and that’s your right. Just don’t expect to be taken seriously on a discussion forum :shrug:

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Sorry don't see it :erm: it was a question not a statement , but you read as you choose , just please don't tell what I was saying.


For the record here is my opinion ( for the record it's an opinion not anything else) left leaning - BBC , CNN , right leaning GB news . FOX . down the middle Sky news itv news.

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The shocked face clearly show you find it mad that Chris does not which clearly means you do so not a question at all

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A billion :confused: how do they enforce the license fee other than voluntary payment(s) :nutter:

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TV licence evasion is still a criminal offence in the UK. However all laws rely on voluntary agreement on the part of the population to be bound by them because the courts couldn’t hear all the cases if everyone decided to simply ignore the law. Generally, a healthy society agrees that it is better for everyone if everyone obeys.

That tends to fall apart when laws are seen as unjust. The extremely high rate of non-payment suggests we’re getting to a point where people think the fee is unfair in sufficient numbers that it is beyond impossible to prosecute them.

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Evasion is easy, really. You just say you only watch recorded stuff on the streamers. How would they know if you watched live TV?

The TV licence should be abolished in favour of a subscription service, but with a free channel funded by advertising devoted to PSB programming. Why should those who don’t watch it pay for it? The BBC is not an essential service.

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No, I expect balance, not bias.

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They've already ruled out advertising and we need a public service broadcaster - it is an essential service ( tv and radio). Its more likely to be an extra tax on streaming/broadband services. We' ll pay one way or another.

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As I quoted in that seven month old post

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I agree we’re likely to see a ‘data services’ tax being consulted on in the near future. I think it’s too close to charter renewal for it to be brought in for 2027 but it could well be established in the charter for a switch before it expires.

Only a few years ago, broadband wasn’t ubiquitous enough for that to work and it was hard to see how a tax could be crafted to replace the TVL, but I think we are at that point now.

I would expect there to be a sting in the tail though. I know other PSBs would like public service funding to meet their own licence obligations in areas where they’re not commercially viable. At least some of the revenue of any such tax, I suspect, will go into a general public service projects pot which other service providers can bid for. I predict the BBC is going to be told it will have to get by on a lot less.

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I know a lot of people who would disagree.

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What are ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 if they are not public service broadcasters?

Only those who want to watch it should be paying. If they are so popular, why are they so afraid of voluntary subscriptions?

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Make access incentive. Cancelling the broadcast of open ceremonies such as the Qatar world cup is hardly making obtaining lawful licencing worthwhile.

Is this proposal essentially Spotify like subscription?

Also live Glastonbury coverage sucked last year. What's the point having all the rights then broadcasting selected live sets on iPlayer. I remember some years ago iPlayer was awash with live sets. Spoilt for choice which was great :tu:

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Non paywall link: https://archive.ph/W7G8Q

The idea presented in that report is nuts. You have to provide an email, DOB and postcode to get a BBC account but they don’t verify the DOB and postcode is actually yours and unless your email address is all over the internet and associated with your full postal address how are they going to use that?

I *never* give my true date of birth to any web-based service unless it’s absolutely essential and legally necessary. I assume any service is going to be hacked sooner or later and the less they really know about me the better.