General / Off-Topic Cookie Monster on Newsnight.

OneViGOR

OneViGOR
Don't know how she kept a straight face for that. You don't often get to talk to the cookie monster on live TV.
 

Majere

Majere
synchromesh said:
Really .....Have you seen the licence fee :D
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You are kidding right? £12.25 / month (40p/day) is a complete bargain. Go see where else you can get the breadth and quality of output from anywhere else.
Without being bombarded with adverts for trash while you are at it.
 

Alien

Alien
Majere said:
You are kidding right? £12.25 / month (40p/day) is a complete bargain. Go see where else you can get the breadth and quality of output from anywhere else.
Without being bombarded with adverts for trash while you are at it.
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You are kidding right? £145.50 a year for half a dozen BBC channels that show nothing but utter crap is a complete rip off. I can watch lots of stuff online legally without ever needing to pay for a TV licence. I declared I had no TV at my address, and a TV Licence inspector paid me a visit.
I can also watch BBC programmes legally on iPlayer as long as I am not watching anything as it is being broadcast.
p.s. Adblock is great.
 

Oss133

Oss133
We should all find ways to avoid paying the TV licence then the BBC will disappear altogether and we can all just watch subscription based and advert supported TV. That will be WAY cheaper and result in far more intelligent output.
 

jabokai

jabokai
I like the Beeb, I despise Sky (to the extent I changed broadband provider when O2 BB was bought by Sky). There is no Virgin where I am. So I'll happily keep paying my licence fee. :)
 

Majere

Majere
Alien said:
You are kidding right? £145.50 a year for half a dozen BBC channels that show nothing but utter crap is a complete rip off. I can watch lots of stuff online legally without ever needing to pay for a TV licence. I declared I had no TV at my address, and a TV Licence inspector paid me a visit.
I can also watch BBC programmes legally on iPlayer as long as I am not watching anything as it is being broadcast.
p.s. Adblock is great.
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Well, it depends upon how you view what the now badly named 'TV' license provides. It is not just television but radio, web and other projects.
e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24446046

Of course the quality of content is subjective, personally I watch very little TV, almost none of it at time of broadcast so in theory I could not pay by dropping those rare instances.
However, I do listen to the radio, I use their web pages, I access their programming via iPlayer. It also provides services that I don't use but are used by others that would struggle in a commercial environment. I think it is only fair that I contribute.

As you have said though, if you are not interested in their services you can opt out.

Sky charges anywhere between £30 and £80 a month probably for their output and they still pump out adverts at every opportunity, so in that context I think it is a fair price.
 
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