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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
You are jumping way ahead of the facts, Chris. I have already acknowledged that VOD subscriptions will increase, so what's your point?
Your point about the British power grid - there are two issues. Firstly, each Government of the day in recent years has failed to keep up with demand, and that's nothing to do with VOD - this would have happened anyway due to the failure to update our energy generation systems.
Secondly, the energy requirement you speak of has already been reduced by 50%, so we are well on the way to addressing this problem.
I notice that you have still not answered my questions to you. I will let our fellow forum viewers draw their own conclusions.
As for your suggestion ( or assertion) that the BBC will never go to subscription only, what do you say about current Government thinking? Just because you disagree doesn't make your opinion right. Where are the facts to support your views?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/...-audience.html |
OB, will reply to your other post when I have time. But your article does not help you. The government are saying the BBc should become subscription, it is the journalist. Secondly, this chap wants his cake and to eat it. He does not want the license fee, but he wants free BBC Radio - that all subscribers pay for. Stuff that. I can't imagine that going down well with people who will potentially pay for the service. Thirdly, he states the government will subsidise some programming (pretty sure that will come from a tax on TV if the licence fee disappears) Fourthly, I stopped reading this drivel after the free radio statement but I have not seen him say linear tv will die out either, apologies if he does. Ultimately, the government just need to halve the licence fee and make everyone who watches TV (or streaming services) pay.
On a different note, you seem to be wanting answers for certain questions, from some posters, yet recently you seem to be taking large amounts of umbridge when I ask you to answer questions about your premise.
So tell me, how many services do you think we will see, much do you think they will all the subscripritions cost? Will the companies allow people to drift in and out when they want or tie them into contacts, what do the poor do if the subscription for the BBC is more than the license fee? Do the elderly still get free TV? If you were in charge of it all, how would it all work if your premise came true?