Should we have to pay a TV licence in this day and age?

bwfc71 wrote:

waynagain wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:He does have a point when you calculate the figures.

Cable, Satellite and Over the Air TV is going to soon be a thing of the past. With things like Apple TV, Roku, Hulu etc springing up each month, you will only need an internet connection and then be able to just pick and choose what you want to watch. I can currently watch every Prem Game and some Champioship games without having to pay. Same with Rugby. BBC does produce some excellent programmes which the License Fee pays for, but they are going to have to move with the times and either start having adverts or a subscription. The BBC News is on my TV right now and it has commercial breaks and the same with BBC America.





first point - I may have missed this in any other thread but how the hell can you write outside the quote box??????

second point - @ Waynagain - so you won't be subscribing to NBC Sports who will be showing EVERY Premier League game?

waynagain wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

waynagain wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:He does have a point when you calculate the figures.

Cable, Satellite and Over the Air TV is going to soon be a thing of the past. With things like Apple TV, Roku, Hulu etc springing up each month, you will only need an internet connection and then be able to just pick and choose what you want to watch. I can currently watch every Prem Game and some Champioship games without having to pay. Same with Rugby. BBC does produce some excellent programmes which the License Fee pays for, but they are going to have to move with the times and either start having adverts or a subscription. The BBC News is on my TV right now and it has commercial breaks and the same with BBC America.





first point - I may have missed this in any other thread but how the hell can you write outside the quote box??????

second point - @ Waynagain - so you won't be subscribing to NBC Sports who will be showing EVERY Premier League game?

NBC is available in the USA for free over the air, just like ITV and BBC in England. My BIG concern with NBC is that they got the contract for the Olympics on the condition that they would show everything 'live' - they didn't. All the 'big' events like the 100 meter finals were actually shown via tape delay in Prime Time, my concern is that if United are playing City or Chelsea it will be on at 8pm at night and anyone who follows the Prem will already know the score. Not all games will be on NBC, some will be on Univision (the Mexican channel) - I don't 'need' to subscribe to NBC, NBC Sports or Univision as I can see any Prem game on the internet. All those stations are currently in the 'Family Package" which I currently subscribe to anyway, but If they want me to pay more for them, then I'll unsubscribe.

scottjames30 wrote:Amos is Wayne.

bwfc71 wrote:

waynagain wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

waynagain wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:He does have a point when you calculate the figures.

Cable, Satellite and Over the Air TV is going to soon be a thing of the past. With things like Apple TV, Roku, Hulu etc springing up each month, you will only need an internet connection and then be able to just pick and choose what you want to watch. I can currently watch every Prem Game and some Champioship games without having to pay. Same with Rugby. BBC does produce some excellent programmes which the License Fee pays for, but they are going to have to move with the times and either start having adverts or a subscription. The BBC News is on my TV right now and it has commercial breaks and the same with BBC America.





first point - I may have missed this in any other thread but how the hell can you write outside the quote box??????

second point - @ Waynagain - so you won't be subscribing to NBC Sports who will be showing EVERY Premier League game?

NBC is available in the USA for free over the air, just like ITV and BBC in England. My BIG concern with NBC is that they got the contract for the Olympics on the condition that they would show everything 'live' - they didn't. All the 'big' events like the 100 meter finals were actually shown via tape delay in Prime Time, my concern is that if United are playing City or Chelsea it will be on at 8pm at night and anyone who follows the Prem will already know the score. Not all games will be on NBC, some will be on Univision (the Mexican channel) - I don't 'need' to subscribe to NBC, NBC Sports or Univision as I can see any Prem game on the internet. All those stations are currently in the 'Family Package" which I currently subscribe to anyway, but If they want me to pay more for them, then I'll unsubscribe.

So do you pay a TV provider or not, such as DirecTV?  Or do you just use an aeriel?  Last time I was in the States the TV was carried by a provider and one had to pay the provider even to receive the basic 5 networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CW - albeit the local affiliates which mean they don't necessarily carry the same programming as the networks in other towns and cities, except for primetime programmes for 4 hours a night).  But because we were paying a provider who then has to pay the stations to carry them we were indirectly being taxed to watch TV of which only 4 hours an evening are worth watching on any given major network.

Reebok Trotter wrote:Netflix is crap.

BoltonTillIDie wrote: If I want to see a new release I just download it

waynagain wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

waynagain wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

waynagain wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:He does have a point when you calculate the figures.

Cable, Satellite and Over the Air TV is going to soon be a thing of the past. With things like Apple TV, Roku, Hulu etc springing up each month, you will only need an internet connection and then be able to just pick and choose what you want to watch. I can currently watch every Prem Game and some Champioship games without having to pay. Same with Rugby. BBC does produce some excellent programmes which the License Fee pays for, but they are going to have to move with the times and either start having adverts or a subscription. The BBC News is on my TV right now and it has commercial breaks and the same with BBC America.





first point - I may have missed this in any other thread but how the hell can you write outside the quote box??????

second point - @ Waynagain - so you won't be subscribing to NBC Sports who will be showing EVERY Premier League game?

NBC is available in the USA for free over the air, just like ITV and BBC in England. My BIG concern with NBC is that they got the contract for the Olympics on the condition that they would show everything 'live' - they didn't. All the 'big' events like the 100 meter finals were actually shown via tape delay in Prime Time, my concern is that if United are playing City or Chelsea it will be on at 8pm at night and anyone who follows the Prem will already know the score. Not all games will be on NBC, some will be on Univision (the Mexican channel) - I don't 'need' to subscribe to NBC, NBC Sports or Univision as I can see any Prem game on the internet. All those stations are currently in the 'Family Package" which I currently subscribe to anyway, but If they want me to pay more for them, then I'll unsubscribe.

So do you pay a TV provider or not, such as DirecTV?  Or do you just use an aeriel?  Last time I was in the States the TV was carried by a provider and one had to pay the provider even to receive the basic 5 networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CW - albeit the local affiliates which mean they don't necessarily carry the same programming as the networks in other towns and cities, except for primetime programmes for 4 hours a night).  But because we were paying a provider who then has to pay the stations to carry them we were indirectly being taxed to watch TV of which only 4 hours an evening are worth watching on any given major network.

Yes, I do currently pay for Cable, but I get at least 100 channels that I NEVER watch. My point was that there are options now to services like Sky, Virgin etc. If you have an internet connection you can pay a lot less to pick and choose what programmes you want to watch. Like I said, nobody needs cable or satellite tv to watch the major networks, they are available via an antenna, just like ITV in England. So you can watch Primetime tv for free and then you can subscribe (for a lot less money than cable or satellite) to a service like Hulu or Netflix.

bwfc71 wrote:

waynagain wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

waynagain wrote:

bwfc71 wrote:

waynagain wrote:

Reebok Trotter wrote:He does have a point when you calculate the figures.

Cable, Satellite and Over the Air TV is going to soon be a thing of the past. With things like Apple TV, Roku, Hulu etc springing up each month, you will only need an internet connection and then be able to just pick and choose what you want to watch. I can currently watch every Prem Game and some Champioship games without having to pay. Same with Rugby. BBC does produce some excellent programmes which the License Fee pays for, but they are going to have to move with the times and either start having adverts or a subscription. The BBC News is on my TV right now and it has commercial breaks and the same with BBC America.





first point - I may have missed this in any other thread but how the hell can you write outside the quote box??????

second point - @ Waynagain - so you won't be subscribing to NBC Sports who will be showing EVERY Premier League game?

NBC is available in the USA for free over the air, just like ITV and BBC in England. My BIG concern with NBC is that they got the contract for the Olympics on the condition that they would show everything 'live' - they didn't. All the 'big' events like the 100 meter finals were actually shown via tape delay in Prime Time, my concern is that if United are playing City or Chelsea it will be on at 8pm at night and anyone who follows the Prem will already know the score. Not all games will be on NBC, some will be on Univision (the Mexican channel) - I don't 'need' to subscribe to NBC, NBC Sports or Univision as I can see any Prem game on the internet. All those stations are currently in the 'Family Package" which I currently subscribe to anyway, but If they want me to pay more for them, then I'll unsubscribe.

So do you pay a TV provider or not, such as DirecTV?  Or do you just use an aeriel?  Last time I was in the States the TV was carried by a provider and one had to pay the provider even to receive the basic 5 networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, CW - albeit the local affiliates which mean they don't necessarily carry the same programming as the networks in other towns and cities, except for primetime programmes for 4 hours a night).  But because we were paying a provider who then has to pay the stations to carry them we were indirectly being taxed to watch TV of which only 4 hours an evening are worth watching on any given major network.

Yes, I do currently pay for Cable, but I get at least 100 channels that I NEVER watch. My point was that there are options now to services like Sky, Virgin etc. If you have an internet connection you can pay a lot less to pick and choose what programmes you want to watch. Like I said, nobody needs cable or satellite tv to watch the major networks, they are available via an antenna, just like ITV in England. So you can watch Primetime tv for free and then you can subscribe (for a lot less money than cable or satellite) to a service like Hulu or Netflix.

Not quite right as the whoel of the UK is now digital and none of the channels are "free" as you need a decoder of some sort from Freeview, Freesat, Sky, Virgin, BT, Youview etc etc etc which means forking out for most of them - Freeview and Freesat claim to be free but are they as Freeview is 50% owned by the BBC and Freesat is 20% owned by Sky!!!

Then, of course there are the IPTV's such as Netflix which are all subscription based and currently very peicemeal - Sky still has the majority of first-run films , whereas the TV shows are definitely classic, or shall I say old and definietely repeats.  Whereas BBC's I-Player is a great tool - unlike ITV's, Skys and C4 and C5 etc where they have commercials or in some cases having to pay to watch repeats!!!