I'm sure that at the next Notting Hill Carnival the BBC journalist reporting on it will also reference the colour of many of those there.
False balance fallacy. Or are you suggesting the Notting Hill Carnival is equivalent to that Brexit... thing.
I'm sure that at the next Notting Hill Carnival the BBC journalist reporting on it will also reference the colour of many of those there.
We should have a choice in this day and age .
You do, don't pay for it and don't watch it. Simples.
Andre
Fine... but why should they face prosecution if they want to watch Channel 4 news or a streaming football game on Amazon?
As far as I know, the British TV Licence fee system is for watching any live TV broadcast in the UK, via any medium (including if it eventually comes via the internet, cable, etc). It is not a 'BBC Licence fee' or a 'BBC subscription'. What it does do though is to fund our entire public service broadcasting infrastructure, independently of government influence and/or commercial/sponsorship pressure, including BBC programming.
The UK broadcast network is maintained by Arqiva, a private commercial company.
The BBC pay Arqiva for its services just as ITV, C4, Sky etc etc do
You do, don't pay for it and don't watch it. Simples.
Andre
Wrong. This was the politically correct BBC with an agenda. Does the BBC bring up the ethnicity of terrorists? Those doing knife crime? Child grooming? The Notting Hill Carnival?False balance fallacy.
If I stopped paying for Sky, Netflix, anything else, will I get letters every few months for ever?You do, don't pay for it and don't watch it. Simples.
Andre
Yes we would pay some kind of broadcasting fee even if we do not pay the BBC. I would be happy with that. I am abroad at the moment and vigorously avoid the BBC news programming because of its content. I have already seen a comments on a news programme here in Thailand about the BBC already using the word Pandemic in relation to the Coronavirus and spreading that around like a virus. They were even quoted during an interview with President Trump yesterday about using the word pandemic. They always quote the worst scenario no matter what the effect on people's mental well being. My hope and the hope of everybody that they are wrong, but I also wish they would keep their mouths shut just for onceI'm afraid you're misinformed.
As stated previously
Every major media source is talking in these terms, because there is a real possibility of this becoming a pandemic. The World Health Organisation have stated that it could reach most if not all countries. Don't shoot the messenger springs to mind.I have already seen a comments on a news programme here in Thailand about the BBC already using the word Pandemic in relation to the Coronavirus and spreading that around like a virus. They were even quoted during an interview with President Trump yesterday about using the word pandemic. They always quote the worst scenario no matter what the effect on people's mental well being. My hope and the hope of everybody that they are wrong, but I also wish they would keep their mouths shut just for once
Having a tv license is an annoyance. However, my worry would be that BBC programming would either disappear or go advert based.
Why is that a worry? Someone else would make the programmes if there was a demand for it.
They should, but they've been chasing ratings and completely diluted their brand since the early 2000s.The BBC should concentrate on the former.
But Disney make outstanding documentaries. I choose to fund them.That's the whole problem - there is a lot of demand for Love Island for example.
There are some things that are worth making because they are worth making, while others are worth making because they attract large audiences and thus advertising/sponsorship money. The BBC should concentrate on the former.
Andre
When it was just the 2 channels it was less of an issue but with all the on demand channels, the one annoyance I have is adverts on on demand itv channels
the BBC top them all on alarming people with headlines like 'What are the chances of dying?'