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tweetiepooh · 06-06-2014, 13:05

Don't the BBC and ITV, C4, C5 have to pay for the transmitters too? So the fee will also cover the cost of transmitters that some use to receive other channels (they also likely need to contribute).

I think the fee is a good, easy and clear way to fund the BBC and keep it free of ads and the like. Subscriptions would be hard to manage. How do you stop people viewing your channels. Our receiver for freeview is fixed inside the TV, no card reader or like (it's an CRT TV). Many others will be in a similar position. No way we'd pay for a new set or box with a reader to switch off BBC if we didn't want it.
Could be controlled via our VM service I suppose which we use most of the time.

But the cost of collecting a subscription would be high and so the subscription would need to be high to cover all those not paying and to collect it.

(Maybe one reason for switching to a civil offence is the change in burden of proof required in a criminal case.)

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tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM 1Gb TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,344	Re: TV licence non payment could be made a civil offence Don't the BBC and ITV, C4, C5 have to pay for the transmitters too? So the fee will also cover the cost of transmitters that some use to receive other channels (they also likely need to contribute). I think the fee is a good, easy and clear way to fund the BBC and keep it free of ads and the like. Subscriptions would be hard to manage. How do you stop people viewing your channels. Our receiver for freeview is fixed inside the TV, no card reader or like (it's an CRT TV). Many others will be in a similar position. No way we'd pay for a new set or box with a reader to switch off BBC if we didn't want it. Could be controlled via our VM service I suppose which we use most of the time. But the cost of collecting a subscription would be high and so the subscription would need to be high to cover all those not paying and to collect it. (Maybe one reason for switching to a civil offence is the change in burden of proof required in a criminal case.) __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.