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£145.50 (US$228) per year. About £0.40 (US$0.65) per day. Excellent value in my opinion.

by andyjohnson0 14y ago

salem 14y ago
That's a whole lot less than paying for cable to get ESPN
- teamonkey 14y ago
  Most of the sports channels aren't covered by the licence fee, you still have to pay for cable (or Satellite) for them. The Olympics are one of the few exceptions.
excuse-me 14y ago
Plus that includes a dozen or so radio stations, with permanent access to almost all of their program archives online. And an online PVR to watch all shows from the last week and a selection of older shows.
mike_esspe 14y ago
And if you don't pay, you'll get regular visits from TV licensing agents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom#Licence_fee_enforcement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Uni...
- rcgs 14y ago
  * If you don't pay and watch live TV. You can choose not to have a TV and not pay the license. Without the license you can still watch BBC iPlayer (although not the live bit).
  - teamonkey 14y ago
    Believe me, you still get visits and threatening letters from the TV licencing people.
    - halfasleep 14y ago
      You just need to fill in the form at https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/no-licence-needed/ https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/no-licence-needed/ every three years. I've done that before and it's stopped the letters.
      - teamonkey 14y ago
        It didn't work for me, they still sent threatening letters every few weeks that all but accused me of lying. I love the BBC (even though I didn't always own a TV) but in my experience the TV licencing company are bullying scum.
- viraptor 14y ago
  Which you can completely ignore, because the agents are just standard salesmen really - they have no special rights. It also costs you money to report that you don't have a TV, so the simplest way is just throw the notices straight into the bin. (Unless you do have a TV of course)
archangel_one 14y ago
I don't find it so great; it's more than double what I pay for Netflix or Lovefilm, and I seem to be getting more use out of them overall. There's some good stuff on BBC but not that many shows I'm that excited about. Also, iplayer is not great. The whole business of having to watch shows within a week is, frankly, pretty lame.

£145.50 (US$228) per year. About £0.40 (US$0.65) per day. Excellent value in my opinion.

salem 14y ago

That's a whole lot less than paying for cable to get ESPN

teamonkey 14y ago
Most of the sports channels aren't covered by the licence fee, you still have to pay for cable (or Satellite) for them. The Olympics are one of the few exceptions.

excuse-me 14y ago

Plus that includes a dozen or so radio stations, with permanent access to almost all of their program archives online. And an online PVR to watch all shows from the last week and a selection of older shows.

mike_esspe 14y ago

And if you don't pay, you'll get regular visits from TV licensing agents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_United_Kingdom#Licence_fee_enforcement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Uni...

rcgs 14y ago
* If you don't pay and watch live TV. You can choose not to have a TV and not pay the license. Without the license you can still watch BBC iPlayer (although not the live bit).
- teamonkey 14y ago
  Believe me, you still get visits and threatening letters from the TV licencing people.
  - halfasleep 14y ago
    You just need to fill in the form at https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/no-licence-needed/ https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/no-licence-needed/ every three years. I've done that before and it's stopped the letters.
    - teamonkey 14y ago
      It didn't work for me, they still sent threatening letters every few weeks that all but accused me of lying. I love the BBC (even though I didn't always own a TV) but in my experience the TV licencing company are bullying scum.
viraptor 14y ago
Which you can completely ignore, because the agents are just standard salesmen really - they have no special rights. It also costs you money to report that you don't have a TV, so the simplest way is just throw the notices straight into the bin. (Unless you do have a TV of course)

archangel_one 14y ago

I don't find it so great; it's more than double what I pay for Netflix or Lovefilm, and I seem to be getting more use out of them overall. There's some good stuff on BBC but not that many shows I'm that excited about. Also, iplayer is not great. The whole business of having to watch shows within a week is, frankly, pretty lame.