Means tested TV licences for the over 75's

[Polarbear]

Fury at decision to means-test BBC licence for elderly.

https://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/fury-at-decision-to-means-test-bbc-licence-for-elderly-11364368820552

Although it seems the government is getting the sharp end of the stick rather than Al Beeb.

I know this won't directly affect anyone here because TV licence? What's that?

Is it time to let the BBC sink or swim in the real world and scrap the licence fee completely or is it worth twice the price of Netflix or Amazon prime, more than BTTV and for half as much again, the basic Sky or Virgin package.

The Tory party, the party of freedom of choice and private enterprise still support the BBC. Weird.
____________________
Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[-]

What ever happens, Al Beeb will get a nice little bonus, or at 3.4M extra licences, over £500,000,000 a year to push their liberal agenda.

I mean, they'll surely down the licence fee for the rest of us and not just trouser the extra cash for Gary Lineker and all the other left wing luvvies won't they?
____________________
TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 Sport R, VW Transporter T5 GP LWB Shuttle 140ps DSG.

[Polarbear]

No, the government subsidised the free licences so the BBC got the money for them from the government.

Now they have to either lose that revenue stream or come up with a different way of doing it, hence the means testing.
____________________
Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[chickenstrip]

I think the BBC still occasionally make a cracking documentary, but generally, their slip in quality is huge.
They were never entirely impartial, but it has got ridiculous. 'Fraid I think it's time to scrap the whole thing. I would just like to think that something better could replace them, but all MSM seems to be going the same way. They're fast becoming an irrelevance.

A BBC equivalent to the National Geographic channel could be good. That would be BBCFour I suppose.
____________________
Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[-]

[Jewlio Rides Again LLB]

[Diggs]

For all of its faults, I trust the Beeb more than the rest when it comes to daily news. There are people at the extreme ends of political, social and religious spectrums who call it biased, but you can't please everybody.

Perhaps in this era of on-demand viewing, the Beeb should follow suit for most of its content. Anything to do with 'celebs', DIY, baking, Kirsty Allsop, hospitals or any other repetitive nonsense should go 'on demand', and real programmes should start at 21.00. We could have a nice, reaasuring test-card of a girl, a toy clown and a blackboard up until that point. At 21.00 we could have the news followed by a decent drama and a documentary narrated by David Attenborough. 'Urban poetry' in trailers needs to go. Programmes should shut down at midnight followed by a receeding white dot, a gentle whistling noise and a faint crackle of static.
____________________
Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

[Polarbear]

[bhinso]

Can't afford to pay for any sport, except the Women's World Cup.
But still wants more money
K then

[-]

[Jewlio Rides Again LLB]

[Polarbear]

[-]

[Riejufixing]

[Jewlio Rides Again LLB]

[Diggs]

[Diggs]

Or even Rebel Media? Popular with some on here I don't doubt but not necessarily impartial...
____________________
Now - Speed Triple, old ratty GS550, GSXR750M
Gone (in order of ownership) - Raleigh Runabout, AP50, KH125, GP125, KH250, CBX550, Z400, CB750FII, 250LC, GS550, ZXR750H1, Guzzi Targa, GSX750F, KH250 x2, Bimota SB6R and counting...

[-]

Is there a single mainstream news source which is biased to the right of Centre now?

Sky has gone pretty left wing and pro EU of late, as has ITV. The local ITV news where I live is terribly left wing now and has very little news content anymore. It’s all propaganda, project fear and every night we have a sob story of some poor disabled people being downtrodden by the nasty Tories.

Al Beeb is notoriously left wing and Channel “fuck the Tories” 4 is embarrassingly Liberal. I’ve given up completely with TV news.
____________________
TZR250 2MA road, TZR250 1KT road, TZR250 2MA race, TDR250, YZF-750R Boost colours.
Jaguar S Type 3.0 V6 Sport R, VW Transporter T5 GP LWB Shuttle 140ps DSG.

[Riejufixing]

[Riejufixing]

[Jewlio Rides Again LLB]

[Jewlio Rides Again LLB]

[recman]

[BTTD]

I still pay the fee, my kids like CBeebies and my wife would most probably be uncomfortable with not paying it, although I've never actually raised it with her. Pretty much everything we watch as adults is online. I'd much rather use the licence fee for another online subscription, and that might be something we do in the future.
The licence fee is very poor value for money across all broadcast channels, and the BBC output is dogshit.
Scrap the licence fee.

[BTTD]

Ignoring all the arguments about left wing / right wing bias, does anyone think that the BBC is good value?
At some point over the next few decades the BBC is going to transition as the majority of people stop watching live TV, and stop paying a licence fee.

Maybe the question should be, when will the BBC have to go commercial to survive?