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rhyds · 26-03-2014, 11:09

The BBC have already threatened to close services if this goes through and they lose revenue as a result.

The thing is however they managed to **** £100 million up the wall on a failed IT project with no real comebacks and have handed out hundreds of thousands of pounds in overly generous severance packages.

It's definitely time for the BBC to feel a bit of a squeeze on its finances. Yes, it does make and transmit a lot of great stuff, and as someone who can only receive the 5 main BBC radio statons (R1-4 and Radio Cymru) I do have some support for them, but in broadcasting terms its a behemoth, and unlike Sky/VM/BT or any other broadcast platform I can't avoid paying them.

Using the licence fee to pay for the world service/S4C/BBC Alba is a good start, as these are public/not commercially viable services that the licence fee was envisioned to pay for once ITV got going. Should the other broadcasters get a share? I'm not so sure.

One thing is for certain though, if the licence fee must remain then it should be made a requirement that all TV masts carry all multiplexes, otherwise your in a situation where someone paying £145.50 in Cardiff is getting much better value for money than someone on a 3 multiplex relay paying the same £145.50

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rhyds Inactive Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: North Wales Services: Plusnet Phone/BB, Freesat, VM Business BB (Cable) Posts: 821	Re: TV licence non payment could be made a civil offence The BBC have already threatened to close services if this goes through and they lose revenue as a result. The thing is however they managed to **** £100 million up the wall on a failed IT project with no real comebacks and have handed out hundreds of thousands of pounds in overly generous severance packages. It's definitely time for the BBC to feel a bit of a squeeze on its finances. Yes, it does make and transmit a lot of great stuff, and as someone who can only receive the 5 main BBC radio statons (R1-4 and Radio Cymru) I do have some support for them, but in broadcasting terms its a behemoth, and unlike Sky/VM/BT or any other broadcast platform I can't avoid paying them. Using the licence fee to pay for the world service/S4C/BBC Alba is a good start, as these are public/not commercially viable services that the licence fee was envisioned to pay for once ITV got going. Should the other broadcasters get a share? I'm not so sure. One thing is for certain though, if the licence fee must remain then it should be made a requirement that all TV masts carry all multiplexes, otherwise your in a situation where someone paying £145.50 in Cardiff is getting much better value for money than someone on a 3 multiplex relay paying the same £145.50