Re: TV licence fee
Originally Posted by
Wrinkly
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It is time for Auntie to start advertising then we could all get it free.
Not complaining myself had a free one for the last 3 years.
I enjoy watching the BBC, it is the only company that does not fill your head with the hard sell. We are bombarded constantly in the post, on the telephone, on the radio and TV and even people turning up at the door telling you why you need their product. I wake up in the night with stupid jingles reverberating round my head. At the supermarket names jump out at me from the constant brainwashing I have received while trying to obtain some kind of entertainment and relaxation from my TV and radio.
The only oasis is the BBC, I would happily pay half as much again for the privilege of not having to listen to 'Moon River' or 'Don't you wish you're girlfriend was hot like me' one more time. The BBC do a sterling job selling their programs and expertise across the world, which makes it one of the most successful companies we all own.
When they do sport, they do it well and it should be law that the BBC show every major sporting activity without the need to have to compete with Sky, Virgin etc only a nominal fee should be required by the BBC to secure the screening rights; they can not compete with the almost God like status and multi-national super wealthy, greedy, broadcasters who are destroying our sporting heritage by offering ridiculous sums of money.
The BBC are over a barrel, if they don't pay the outrageous salaries demanded by some celebrities they will lose them to Sky etc, and therefore no longer remain competitive.
I concede that the Beeb don't please everyone with their programs, but they should remain a constant British institution we can all rely on.