stop murdochs bbc robbery

[cablefreejunkie]

Gonna be slightly different here in Ireland.We've paid a tv licence to our public broadcaster RTE for years,for shite tv.
You only had to pay if you had a tv in the house.

However,now the licence will be scrapped,and a new "Broadcasting Charge" will be implemented,whether you've got a tv or not.Every single house in the country has to pay it.It's to cover all media,ie,smartphones,pc's,etc,anything that can receive a broadcast signal !!

If implented here,won't be too long coming down your tracks subsequently.

Creative bunch of fuds we have now running things.Weren't so ~~~~ing smart though to prevent all of this when they handed the deeds of the country over to Merkin and that little c**ksucker from Frogench Land(Thanks Meaty !).

the joys of being part of the european gravy train

[wonderingmind]

Always thought television was free to watch with an antenna of some sort. I was aware companies pay for adverts (commercials) to promote there product, the money they generate from adverts pays for the broadcast. After reading other people's posts that this is not true everywhere except for North america, I am now realizing how good we actually have it here... I'm sure in time, we will be paying like the rest of the world.

[cablefreejunkie]

Always thought television was free to watch with an antenna of some sort. I was aware companies pay for adverts (commercials) to promote there product, the money they generate from adverts pays for the broadcast. After reading other people's posts that this is not true everywhere except for North america, I am now realizing how good we actually have it here... I'm sure in time, we will be paying like the rest of the world.

how often do you get commercial breaks during a single broadcast ?

[wonderingmind]

how often do you get commercial breaks during a single broadcast ?

It varies Canadian adverts run for 2-3 1/2 minutes every 5 minutes & American adverts goes from 2-5 minutes every 4 - 6 minutes but when your watching sports such as hockey or american football every whistle you hear could be a minute or two then go to a 6 minute commercial its kinda ridicules. A movie usually plays in 3 hours because of all the adverts. Canadian adverts are the worst, because they play the same one over and over and over... eventually you just stop watching anything and get fed up and leave.

[cablefreejunkie]

It varies Canadian adverts run for 2-3 1/2 minutes every 5 minutes & American adverts goes from 2-5 minutes every 4 - 6 minutes but when your watching sports such as hockey or american football every whistle you hear could be a minute or two then go to a 6 minute commercial its kinda ridicules. A movie usually plays in 3 hours because of all the adverts. Canadian adverts are the worst, because they play the same one over and over and over... eventually you just stop watching anything and get fed up and leave.

thats why i like the bbc,no adverts

[nara]

Suppose we have more then 100 million cars on the road in UK, now multiply by the lowest figure 100 millions multiply by ?100=?

Is that the money our govt use every year on motorway?

A: No, and it was never intended to be the case. Your argument is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the tax system.

B: In post #10 you claimed that the Government spent "not 1 penny" of tax on the roads.

[ifred]

So why is the set box you can buy called freeview if you have to pay to watch it ;@0 Maybe we should have them under the trade description act or what they call it now???

[cablefreejunkie]

So why is the set box you can buy called freeview if you have to pay to watch it ;@0 Maybe we should have them under the trade description act or what they call it now???

nobody said you have to pay for freeview