Why is Channel 5 so greedy?

[Cypher-]

You can't receive Channel 5 unless you live in London. If you don't live in London you need Sky to receive it because they have such a poor signal... I think.

Lol how many times have you ventured outside of London, thats probably the most ridiculous thing Ive heard in ages. A highend tv channel not having the range to reach the entire country? And they are a business, of course they have to charge larger amounts than the other mainstream channels considering they did introduce their channel later on than the rest.

[PriceTags]

You can't receive Channel 5 unless you live in London. If you don't live in London you need Sky to receive it because they have such a poor signal... I think.

I'm in Manchester and we can get it without Sky ;l. You must live right behind the CIS tower or something...

It was like 10 years ago when nobody could get it.

I've not read the whole thread because Minstrels was chatting so much, but all the 5 main channels get a share of the TV license, but BBC get most. They're all Public Service Broadcasters, and they all have a purpose which they need to fulfil, which they have been given by Ofcom.

But, of course, they are all businesses, so they need to show adverts to make profit, and to get money to invest in new programmes.

[Virgin Mary]

nOOOOOOO THEY'RE TAKING UR MONEY
LITERALLY WALKING INTO UR HOUSE
POICKING UP UR WALLET
AND TAKING OUT UR MONEY

Look you poor freak, in both the pitiful sense and the financial sense: Shut up.

[Nick.]

I'm in Manchester and we can get it without Sky ;l. You must live right behind the CIS tower or something...

It was like 10 years ago when nobody could get it.

I've not read the whole thread because Minstrels was chatting so much, but all the 5 main channels get a share of the TV license, but BBC get most. They're all Public Service Broadcasters, and they all have a purpose which they need to fulfil, which they have been given by Ofcom.

But, of course, they are all businesses, so they need to show adverts to make profit, and to get money to invest in new programmes.

Wrong!! Only the BBC get it, it's a well known fact that only the BBC get it, that's why BBC don't have ads!

In the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies, a television licence is required to receive any publicly broadcast television service, from any source. This includes the commercial channels, cable and satellite transmissions. The money from the licence fee is used to provide radio, television and Internet content for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and Welsh-language television programmes for S4C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Televis...United_Kingdom

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[awelsh]

I get channel 5 fine through an analogue ariel :S and also, as stated it is ONLY the BBC that gets money from TV Liscences, what I don't agree with is the fact of why we should pay for a TV Liscence if we dont want to watch the BBC channels. Thats clean off.

Also at calon, why do you care if they show quiz shows etc? Im sure if you had a TV station and you needed money you would do the same thing.

[Jxhn]

I live in cheshire too, and ive never spoken to anyone who recieves a good channel 5 signal without sky.

I live here and I get it ok on analogue. Admittedly it rarely works on digital, but I don't really care.

[jackass]

You can't receive Channel 5 unless you live in London. If you don't live in London you need Sky to receive it because they have such a poor signal... I think.

What the hell lol?

I get Channel 5 and I live in Wolverhampton!

[awelsh]

What the hell lol?

I get Channel 5 and I live in Wolverhampton!

Im in Wales and get it

[PriceTags]

Wrong!! Only the BBC get it, it's a well known fact that only the BBC get it, that's why BBC don't have ads!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Televis...United_Kingdom

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I'm sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My bad, I was getting where the money goes and what you need to pay mixed up. Someone who said that Five carries more adverts is misinformed, because there are laws on how many adverts a channel can carry in an hour. Because it gets less viewers, more money is needed to fund it, and that's why Quiz Call is aired.

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[Recursion]

We can get Channel 5 poorly on Analouge and fairly well on Digital.