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19-09-2011, 05:36 PM
AgnesIO

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Tv License fees..

You are supposed to pay for a tv license fee for your room at university, but I was wondering how many people do?

Cheers
19-09-2011, 05:43 PM
Catzsy

You don't need it for Iplayer/skyplayer etc etc only for watching live TV. That's what most people watch. :)
19-09-2011, 05:46 PM
Red

You are meant to pay it. For halls they had a tv licence for the one in the living area but if you wanted one for your room yo uhad to buy your own. lmao Really don't think many people pay them though.
19-09-2011, 05:47 PM
AgnesIO

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Originally Posted by Catzsy

You don't need it for Iplayer/skyplayer etc etc only for watching live TV. That's what most people watch. :)

Ah I just read it again, it mentioned online but then I realised it said if you watch them Live :P Watching them after they have been broadcast it fine.
19-09-2011, 06:05 PM
beth

i bought one, £12.50 a month really isn't that much. especially when our whole student village was crawling with the tv licensing vans.
19-09-2011, 06:19 PM
Johno

I've got a TV License, no point in getting caught out for such a little amount of money tbh.
19-09-2011, 06:25 PM
AgnesIO

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Originally Posted by Publicised

i bought one, £12.50 a month really isn't that much. especially when our whole student village was crawling with the tv licensing vans.

£150 which could be spend on more important things, though.

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Originally Posted by Johno

I've got a TV License, no point in getting caught out for such a little amount of money tbh.

I wasn't sure if you had to pay to watch on iPlayer etc - that is what I was checking. If you did that would be disgusting imo - it isn't like the government haven't already hit students with £27k fees.
19-09-2011, 06:28 PM
beth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

£150 which could be spend on more important things, though.

I wasn't sure if you had to pay to watch on iPlayer etc - that is what I was checking. If you did that would be disgusting imo - it isn't like the government haven't already hit students with £27k fees.

haha yeah could be spent elsewhere, but being hit with a grand fine for just watching tv would be even worse.
and you can get a refund for the months you aren't at uni.
19-09-2011, 06:59 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Publicised

haha yeah could be spent elsewhere, but being hit with a grand fine for just watching tv would be even worse.
and you can get a refund for the months you aren't at uni.

How much TV do you watch live then?

I asked this for my sister, and I know she barely watches live tv. Just sky player, iplayer and stuff like that.

Out of interest, if she were to watch Sky Player and watch a live football match (on Sky Sports), would she then require a tv license?
19-09-2011, 07:08 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

How much TV do you watch live then?

I asked this for my sister, and I know she barely watches live tv. Just sky player, iplayer and stuff like that.

Out of interest, if she were to watch Sky Player and watch a live football match (on Sky Sports), would she then require a tv license?

Short answer, yes.
19-09-2011, 07:14 PM
beth

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

How much TV do you watch live then?

I asked this for my sister, and I know she barely watches live tv. Just sky player, iplayer and stuff like that.

Out of interest, if she were to watch Sky Player and watch a live football match (on Sky Sports), would she then require a tv license?

when i was at uni, i watched quite a bit of live tv in the second term, when you can't go out because of essays, having tv is quite a welcome distraction. and yeah she would.
19-09-2011, 08:05 PM
Johno

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

How much TV do you watch live then?

I asked this for my sister, and I know she barely watches live tv. Just sky player, iplayer and stuff like that.

Out of interest, if she were to watch Sky Player and watch a live football match (on Sky Sports), would she then require a tv license?

Technically yes but not really. If she is using a laptop and has not plugged it in, then technically she is covered by the parent's/normally resident TV license. It's all very confusing, I decided it would be safest just to get it since I watch quite a bit of TV.
19-09-2011, 09:05 PM
DPS

Way i see it you only pay it for bbc channels. GET RID OF BBC!
19-09-2011, 09:10 PM
Ajthedragon

Quote:

Originally Posted by DPS

Way i see it you only pay it for bbc channels. GET RID OF BBC!

Totally agree. Privatise it!

Such an unnecessary burden!
19-09-2011, 09:20 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajthedragon

Totally agree. Privatise it!

Such an unnecessary burden!

Privatisation.

Because that has done the world so much good.
20-09-2011, 07:17 AM
Ajthedragon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

Privatisation.

Because that has done the world so much good.

ADVERTS. OH MY GOD MY LIFE IS OVER.

Privatising the BBC is hardly going to ruin the world.
20-09-2011, 07:21 AM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajthedragon

ADVERTS. OH MY GOD MY LIFE IS OVER.

Privatising the BBC is hardly going to ruin the world.

Privatising everything else turned about to be a bad idea in many places. Having said that, I cannot see how a privatised BBC would cause problems lol

And I will not watch a one hour program live if I have to watch adverts.
20-09-2011, 07:26 AM
Recursion

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Originally Posted by Ajthedragon

Totally agree. Privatise it!

Such an unnecessary burden!

I don't think you realise how much more the BBC does other than broadcasting live TV and iPlayer.
20-09-2011, 07:41 AM
AgnesIO

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Originally Posted by Recursion

I don't think you realise how much more the BBC does other than broadcasting live TV and iPlayer.

Remember that those who want it privatised on here don't understand the subject anyway.

Certainly come across that way anyway
20-09-2011, 07:58 AM
Robi

I'm just taking my iPad and buying Sky player for live football, win/win situation!
20-09-2011, 02:44 PM
Ajthedragon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recursion

I don't think you realise how much more the BBC does other than broadcasting live TV and iPlayer.

I'm quite aware of its investments in freeview and broadcasting as a whole.

May I add that ITV also contributes to freeview, as well as both of the company's work in FreeSat and YouView.

Please don't patronise me.

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Originally Posted by Marketing

Remember that those who want it privatised on here don't understand the subject anyway.

Certainly come across that way anyway

lol. I understand it all right and I want it privatised. For me it's a welcomed tax cut!
20-09-2011, 03:18 PM
Recursion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajthedragon

I'm quite aware of its investments in freeview and broadcasting as a whole.

May I add that ITV also contributes to freeview, as well as both of the company's work in FreeSat and YouView.

Please don't patronise me.

I think you'll find it does a whole lot more outside of the broadcasting industry, if I were you I would go and look it up.
20-09-2011, 03:41 PM
Ajthedragon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Recursion

I think you'll find it does a whole lot more outside of the broadcasting industry, if I were you I would go and look it up.

Yes, I'm quite aware. Nothing nobody else is capable of!
20-09-2011, 05:10 PM
Metric1

We have to pay technology fees... $350.. it sucks
20-09-2011, 05:12 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajthedragon

I'm quite aware of its investments in freeview and broadcasting as a whole.

May I add that ITV also contributes to freeview, as well as both of the company's work in FreeSat and YouView.

Please don't patronise me.

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lol. I understand it all right and I want it privatised. For me it's a welcomed tax cut!

I take it you also approve of everything Thatcher privatised then.

I would be much more interested in a university fee cut than a privatised BBC. Do you watch any BBC programs, listen to any BBC radio shows at all? Or are you going to pretend you don't have ANYTHING to do with it?
20-09-2011, 05:21 PM
Ajthedragon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

I take it you also approve of everything Thatcher privatised then.

I would be much more interested in a university fee cut than a privatised BBC. Do you watch any BBC programs, listen to any BBC radio shows at all? Or are you going to pretend you don't have ANYTHING to do with it?

I don't actually, frankly I give the woman credit for making good of a bad situation, but the long-term effects have been these awful council estates and the loss of most industrialisation in Britain. I also disapprove of the fee's rise which you try and make out I love.

And yes, I do watch the BBC nearly 100% of the time when watching television and use the iPlayer loads. Although I still don't see why we should pay for it. It should be able to fund itself with advert revenue like ITV and the various other channels. Especially at a time when families are hard-up and struggling to meet the cost of living in some cases.
20-09-2011, 05:25 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajthedragon

I don't actually, frankly I give the woman credit for making good of a bad situation, but the long-term effects have been these awful council estates and the loss of most industrialisation in Britain. I also disapprove of the fee's rise which you try and make out I love.

And yes, I do watch the BBC nearly 100% of the time when watching television and use the iPlayer loads. Although I still don't see why we should pay for it. It should be able to fund itself with advert revenue like ITV and the various other channels. Especially at a time when families are hard-up and struggling to meet the cost of living in some cases.

It is far far too big to get funded by adverts alone..

It isn't live ITV or various other channels. It does more than TV, how do you suggest EVERYTHING is funded? Common sense shows it simply won't work..
20-09-2011, 05:41 PM
Ajthedragon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

It is far far too big to get funded by adverts alone..

It isn't live ITV or various other channels. It does more than TV, how do you suggest EVERYTHING is funded? Common sense shows it simply won't work..

That's unfair on all the other TV stations then surely? We don't subsidise them so they can become bigger.

And the BBC would obviously get other means of funding, through program sponsorship, international profits, television adverts, game shows (with those £1 text competitions, etc) and allocating funding on a cost-effective basis rather than wasting huge amounts on BBC proms.
20-09-2011, 05:53 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajthedragon

That's unfair on all the other TV stations then surely? We don't subsidise them so they can become bigger.

And the BBC would obviously get other means of funding, through program sponsorship, international profits, television adverts, game shows (with those £1 text competitions, etc) and allocating funding on a cost-effective basis rather than wasting huge amounts on BBC proms.

Life is unfair.

However, the fact is all the growth has already happened - once you have that growth and expansion you cannot suddenly stop your source of income - that is common knowledge.

Evidently those £1 text competitions already happen, so clearly they already use those and there are only so many they can use.
20-09-2011, 06:00 PM
Ajthedragon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

Life is unfair.

However, the fact is all the growth has already happened - once you have that growth and expansion you cannot suddenly stop your source of income - that is common knowledge.

Evidently those £1 text competitions already happen, so clearly they already use those and there are only so many they can use.

The BBC aren't allowed to use them unless they're for charity.

And yes, you're right, the income can't just stop. I'm not saying it should. If it were to be privatised if would need restructuring and shrank.

But clearly it can be done, that is also 'common knowledge'.

I wish you wouldn't try and demote my intelligence in your arguments.
20-09-2011, 06:22 PM
RyRy

You should... But you don't, cuz you're a student ;) Just enjoy the abusive TV Licensing letters, they're so much fun.
20-09-2011, 07:33 PM
Neversoft

How dare you not buy a television license. Do it for Queen and country.

And to Ajthedragon, stop spurting nonsense. I don't think you quite understand how huge the BBC actually is and what goes on behind the scenes. Television would absolutely suck if it was privatized.
21-09-2011, 07:32 AM
AgnesIO

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Originally Posted by Neversoft

How dare you not buy a television license. Do it for Queen and country.

And to Ajthedragon, stop spurting nonsense. I don't think you quite understand how huge the BBC actually is and what goes on behind the scenes. Television would absolutely suck if it was privatized.

Don't say that, you are insulting his intelligence :rolleyes: lol
29-09-2011, 12:51 AM
tdi

You get enough in your student loan, just pay it. On the other hand, don't - and report back when you get prosecuted so we can all share a laugh at your expense.
29-09-2011, 08:26 AM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by tdi

You get enough in your student loan, just pay it. On the other hand, don't - and report back when you get prosecuted so we can all share a laugh at your expense.

Do you go to uni?

You don't seem to understand how far student loan gets.
29-09-2011, 08:31 AM
Catzsy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

Do you go to uni?

You don't seem to understand how far student loan gets.

I would not even bother, Dom. A pretty uninformed statement if ever I heard one. Most of my friends don't watch live TV because of the cost of the licence.
29-09-2011, 09:21 AM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catzsy

I would not even bother, Dom. A pretty uninformed statement if ever I heard one. Most of my friends don't watch live TV because of the cost of the licence.

Thanks, Rosie :)
29-09-2011, 06:24 PM
Metric1

You get as much of a student loan as you need if you qualify. I don't qualify for student loans so I don't know how much you get but I know people that do and they have tons of money left over once their expenses are paid. Also, what if you don't qualify for a full student loan or any loan at all you can get a student line of credit, you just pay the interest every month.
29-09-2011, 06:54 PM
-:Undertaker:-

Quote:

Originally Posted by DPS

Way i see it you only pay it for bbc channels. GET RID OF BBC!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajthedragon

Totally agree. Privatise it!

Such an unnecessary burden!

Amen to these.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marketing

Privatising everything else turned about to be a bad idea in many places.

No it didn't; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neversoft

And to Ajthedragon, stop spurting nonsense. I don't think you quite understand how huge the BBC actually is and what goes on behind the scenes. Television would absolutely suck if it was privatized.

If the BBC is such a great service as you claim it is, then it'll have no problem with competition.
29-09-2011, 06:57 PM
AgnesIO

Quote:

Originally Posted by -:Undertaker:-

Amen to these.

It has, best example is Chile, the only developed economy in South America while the likes of socialist, nationalised Venezuela and co. are empty shells.

No it didn't; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent

Yes it did.

---------- Post added 29-09-2011 at 07:58 PM ----------

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Originally Posted by Metric1

You get as much of a student loan as you need if you qualify. I don't qualify for student loans so I don't know how much you get but I know people that do and they have tons of money left over once their expenses are paid. Also, what if you don't qualify for a full student loan or any loan at all you can get a student line of credit, you just pay the interest every month.

My sisters Student Loan will not stretch to what she needs. The bank of mummy and daddy will - but that doesn't make it right.

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