On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:56:44 +0100, Chris wrote:

soup wrote:
On 23/10/2018 08:37, Brian Gaff wrote:
And end the BBC?

...and that would be a problem because?

Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.

Oh, and ad breaks. ****ing ad breaks all the ****ing time.

There is another alternative, you pay for the channels you watch, just like the BBC now, but without them STEALING money from you for their channels while you watch channels another company made at their expense, while not receiving a single penny of your license fee. Let's say you only watch Sky One, and nothing else. Why are you paying the BBC for this? Why does Sky get nothing from it?

On 23/10/2018 18:27, Jim Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:56:44 +0100, Chris wrote:

soup wrote:
On 23/10/2018 08:37, Brian Gaff wrote:
And end the BBC?

...and that would be a problem because?

Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.

Oh, and ad breaks. ****ing ad breaks all the ****ing time.

There is another alternative, you pay for the channels you watch, just
like the BBC now, but without them STEALING money from you for their
channels while you watch channels another company made at their expense,
while not receiving a single penny of your license fee.* Let's say you
only watch Sky One, and nothing else.* Why are you paying the BBC for
this?* Why does Sky get nothing from it?

Unless the BBC changes its way quickly it will be all but gone sooner
rather than later.

I know quite a few teenagers and young people under the age of, say, 25.

Not a single one of them watches live TV and/or the BBC EVER.

On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 23:01:13 +0100, JoeJoe wrote:

On 23/10/2018 18:27, Jim Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:56:44 +0100, Chris wrote:

soup wrote:
On 23/10/2018 08:37, Brian Gaff wrote:
And end the BBC?

...and that would be a problem because?

Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.

Oh, and ad breaks. ****ing ad breaks all the ****ing time.

There is another alternative, you pay for the channels you watch, just
like the BBC now, but without them STEALING money from you for their
channels while you watch channels another company made at their expense,
while not receiving a single penny of your license fee. Let's say you
only watch Sky One, and nothing else. Why are you paying the BBC for
this? Why does Sky get nothing from it?

Unless the BBC changes its way quickly it will be all but gone sooner
rather than later.

I hope so.

I know quite a few teenagers and young people under the age of, say, 25.

Careful, you'll get done for making friends with those.

Not a single one of them watches live TV and/or the BBC EVER.

Yet the *******s still make them pay the BBC to watch whatever they watch. Even if every person in the UK stopped watching BBC channels, the government would still make us pay for it. We might aswell have the ****ing Italian Mafia running this country.

"JoeJoe" wrote in message
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On 23/10/2018 18:27, Jim Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:56:44 +0100, Chris wrote:

soup wrote:
On 23/10/2018 08:37, Brian Gaff wrote:
And end the BBC?

...and that would be a problem because?

Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.

Oh, and ad breaks. ****ing ad breaks all the ****ing time.

There is another alternative, you pay for the channels you watch, just
like the BBC now, but without them STEALING money from you for their
channels while you watch channels another company made at their expense,
while not receiving a single penny of your license fee. Let's say you
only watch Sky One, and nothing else. Why are you paying the BBC for
this? Why does Sky get nothing from it?

Unless the BBC changes its way quickly it will be all but gone sooner
rather than later.

I doubt it given that its funded by the license fee.

I know quite a few teenagers and young people under the age of, say, 25.

Not a single one of them watches live TV and/or the BBC EVER.

Sure, but there are still plenty who do have a license.

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:17:08 +0100, Rod Speed wrote:



"JoeJoe" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 23/10/2018 18:27, Jim Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:56:44 +0100, Chris wrote:

soup wrote:
On 23/10/2018 08:37, Brian Gaff wrote:
And end the BBC?

...and that would be a problem because?

Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.

Oh, and ad breaks. ****ing ad breaks all the ****ing time.

There is another alternative, you pay for the channels you watch, just
like the BBC now, but without them STEALING money from you for their
channels while you watch channels another company made at their expense,
while not receiving a single penny of your license fee. Let's say you
only watch Sky One, and nothing else. Why are you paying the BBC for
this? Why does Sky get nothing from it?

Unless the BBC changes its way quickly it will be all but gone sooner
rather than later.

I doubt it given that its funded by the license fee.

Depends if enough MPs vote to abolish that fee.

I know quite a few teenagers and young people under the age of, say, 25.

Not a single one of them watches live TV and/or the BBC EVER.

Sure, but there are still plenty who do have a license.

but do not wish to and would always vote against it.

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:17:08 +0100, Rod Speed
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"JoeJoe" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 23/10/2018 18:27, Jim Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:56:44 +0100, Chris wrote:

soup wrote:
On 23/10/2018 08:37, Brian Gaff wrote:
And end the BBC?

...and that would be a problem because?

Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.

Oh, and ad breaks. ****ing ad breaks all the ****ing time.

There is another alternative, you pay for the channels you watch, just
like the BBC now, but without them STEALING money from you for their
channels while you watch channels another company made at their
expense,
while not receiving a single penny of your license fee. Let's say you
only watch Sky One, and nothing else. Why are you paying the BBC for
this? Why does Sky get nothing from it?

Unless the BBC changes its way quickly it will be all but gone sooner
rather than later.

I doubt it given that its funded by the license fee.

Depends if enough MPs vote to abolish that fee.

That's not what he was talking about.

And they won't, you watch.

I know quite a few teenagers and young people under the age of, say, 25.

Not a single one of them watches live TV and/or the BBC EVER.

Sure, but there are still plenty who do have a license.

but do not wish to and would always vote against it.

They don't get to vote on that matter.

JoeJoe wrote:
On 23/10/2018 18:27, Jim Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:56:44 +0100, Chris wrote:

soup wrote:
On 23/10/2018 08:37, Brian Gaff wrote:
And end the BBC?

...and that would be a problem because?

Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.

Oh, and ad breaks. ****ing ad breaks all the ****ing time.

There is another alternative, you pay for the channels you watch, just
like the BBC now, but without them STEALING money from you for their
channels while you watch channels another company made at their expense,
while not receiving a single penny of your license fee.Â* Let's say you
only watch Sky One, and nothing else.Â* Why are you paying the BBC for
this?Â* Why does Sky get nothing from it?

Unless the BBC changes its way quickly it will be all but gone sooner
rather than later.

Hardly. Still dominates TV viewing figures. Non terrestrial TV only a
fraction.
https://www.barb.co.uk/download/?fil...s_FINAL_LR.pdf

I know quite a few teenagers and young people under the age of, say, 25.

Not a single one of them watches live TV and/or the BBC EVER.

Yet over a million of them watch BBC programming. Anecdotes are not data.

On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 23:24:54 +0100, Chris wrote:

JoeJoe wrote:
On 23/10/2018 18:27, Jim Wilkinson Knife wrote:
On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:56:44 +0100, Chris wrote:

soup wrote:
On 23/10/2018 08:37, Brian Gaff wrote:
And end the BBC?

...and that would be a problem because?

Loss of the world's best broadcaster. Which would drag all quality uk
content down due to fragmentation and chasing populist programming.

Oh, and ad breaks. ****ing ad breaks all the ****ing time.

There is another alternative, you pay for the channels you watch, just
like the BBC now, but without them STEALING money from you for their
channels while you watch channels another company made at their expense,
while not receiving a single penny of your license fee. Let's say you
only watch Sky One, and nothing else. Why are you paying the BBC for
this? Why does Sky get nothing from it?

Unless the BBC changes its way quickly it will be all but gone sooner
rather than later.

Hardly. Still dominates TV viewing figures. Non terrestrial TV only a
fraction.
https://www.barb.co.uk/download/?fil...s_FINAL_LR.pdf

I know quite a few teenagers and young people under the age of, say, 25.

Not a single one of them watches live TV and/or the BBC EVER.

Yet over a million of them watch BBC programming. Anecdotes are not data.

But would they watch it if they had the choice not to pay for it?