The impatient tv license people

[JimmyBoy]

well we all know how annoying they are but when it comes to not having one but as ive just discovered they go straight for the throat dont they?

im moving into a flat shortly and went round the other day to check for post etc and i see a form about a tv license fair enough i thought but when i read it i was quite surprised

your details are being passed on etc
we use sophisticated detecting equipment
blah blah blah
i take it all with a pinch of salt as i know these detector vans they speak of dont exist
but the saying 'give me a chance' springs to mind! i dont even live there yet and as far as im aware there isnt even an aerial on the roof! geesh.

rant over.

[Rob_B]

Something for you then...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/consul...v_licence.html

[JimmyBoy]

can somebody explain what this means?
is it basically saying that if you pay your tv license monthly starting from half way in the year we'll charge you more a month so you'll pay for a years worth despite only having 6 months

"You pay for your new licence in the first six months of setting up your Direct Debit, paying around £23 per month. You'll then start to pay for your next licence in 12 monthly instalments of around £11 per month (six months before and six months after) and continue paying for licences in this way. If you don't require a licence for the entire year, you may be able to apply for a refund".

or am i being my typically stupid self

[TheAnimus]

No they do this, its anoynig when you don't live there for a year, because you have to claw the money back via a refund.

[Clunk]

What does the TV licence pay for?

The licence fee funds all the BBC's UK services on television, radio and online including:

* Johnathon Ross's Obscene Wages
* Graham Norton's Obscene Wages
* Terry Wogan's Obscene Wages
* Nine Crap network TV channels
* 10 Mostly Crap network radio stations
* Crap Radio stations in Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland
* 40 Crap local radio stations in England
* bbc.co.uk
* BBCi
* BBC iPlayer

....

[JimmyBoy]

No they do this, its anoynig when you don't live there for a year, because you have to claw the money back via a refund.

well i will be there for more than a year but are they basically saying that they have a certain cut off point so to speak, like they consider a year from the first month tith the 12th (december)

if i was to start paying monthly from now would they effectively be charging me from january gone?

[Salazaar]

What does the TV licence pay for?

The licence fee funds all the BBC's UK services on television, radio and online including:

* Johnathon Ross's Obscene Wages
* Graham Norton's Obscene Wages
* Terry Wogan's Obscene Wages
* Nine Crap network TV channels
* 10 Mostly Crap network radio stations
* Crap Radio stations in Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland
* 40 Crap local radio stations in England
* bbc.co.uk
* BBCi
* BBC iPlayer

....

But it does pay for Top Gear as well...

[MadduckUK]

But it does pay for Top Gear as well...

win

[JimmyBoy]

well i will be there for more than a year but are they basically saying that they have a certain cut off point so to speak, like they consider a year from the first month tith the 12th (december)

if i was to start paying monthly from now would they effectively be charging me from january gone?

anyone

[Lucio]

Basically you pay for a full year in 6 months worth of DD, and then continue to pay for each month as it gets used. In effect you can stop your DD at any time and still have 6 months left on your license payments.

[JimmyBoy]

Basically you pay for a full year in 6 months worth of DD, and then continue to pay for each month as it gets used. In effect you can stop your DD at any time and still have 6 months left on your license payments.

i thought so. thats discraceful. how can they legally charge you for something you havent had?

[Funkstar]

But it does pay for Top Gear as well...

Actually, no it doesn't

TopGear is incredibly successful all round the world and is financed by the BBCs commercial arm BBC Worldwide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bbc#Commercial_services

[Salazaar]

Actually, no it doesn't

TopGear is incredibly successful all round the world and is financed by the BBCs commercial arm BBC Worldwide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bbc#Commercial_services

Where does it say that then...?

BBC Magazines, formerly known as BBC Publications, publishes the Radio Times (and published the now-defunct The Listener) as well as a number of magazines that support BBC programming such as BBC Top Gear, BBC Good Food, BBC Sky at Night, BBC History, BBC Wildlife and BBC Music.

That's only saying that the magazine supports the show content wise.

As far as I understood, the BBC are not allowed to plough the profits from BBC Worldwide and suchlike back into shows for anti-competitive reasons.

[Funkstar]

Yeah, i see what you mean, I think I was reading it wrong

I did think that thyings like Planet Earth and the Blue Planet etc. were financed by BBC Worldwide though.

[Salazaar]

Yeah, i see what you mean, I think I was reading it wrong

I did think that thyings like Planet Earth and the Blue Planet etc. were financed by BBC Worldwide though.

I suppose if BBC Worldwide funded the show and then the BBC bought it back on the same kind of license as if it were a third party production then that would work.

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