Thread: Funding of the BBC
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Old 31-01-2019, 18:38   #126
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Re: Funding of the BBC
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Originally Posted by Mr K View Post
Still waffling on about the licence fee OB? Must be bigger things to worry about surely ?

How much did you pay VM last year (for mostly repeats), and how much did you pay the BBC (for mostly original content) ?
First of all, where do you get the idea that the Beeb broadcast mainly original content? The BBC are well renowned for their repeats, particularly during the summer.

As far as VM is concerned, you will no doubt recall that I have also railed against the amount of rubbish on the pay-tv channels. I'd much prefer to pay less for a skinny bundle of watchable channels than pay through the nose for all the rubbish channels I never watch. I'd be happy with just the HD channels plus BBC1 SD (for the regional programming) together with the Virgin Exclusives and Sky on demand.

So I'm not sure why you are comparing the two. Both need to improve, in my opinion.

The licence fee is actually quite a different issue. The current system is preventing the BBC from innovating and forcing them to gift their best shows to other broadcasters.
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