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312 points dcminter | 1 comments | 21 Oct 24 18:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source
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cooper_ganglia ◴[21 Oct 24 19:34 UTC] No.41907633[source]▶
A "TV License" is one of those things I alway assumed people were making up to satirize the claims of over-regulation & bureaucracy in the UK.

Finding out it was real was a mixture of hilarious and sobering.

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lifeisstillgood ◴[21 Oct 24 20:20 UTC] No.41908142[source]▶
The BBC is prized in the UK, and rightly so. Most national broadcasters have strong public interest provisions but the Beeb has a history and culture of strong independent journalism, incredible childrens and family output and acts as a mainstay anchor to support a creative industry.

There is plenty to criticise but the weird ring fenced tax that we pay is incredible value for money (films, tv, web, journalism for the price of Netflix

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urbandw311er ◴[21 Oct 24 21:28 UTC] No.41908692[source]▶
This a thousand times over. And don’t forget the 8 entirely advert-free radio stations featuring music, live sport and current affairs too.
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1. Scoundreller ◴[22 Oct 24 01:14 UTC] No.41910236[source]▶
That's probably an argument in favour of having it a fee instead of buried in taxes, so people raise hell if they suggest adverts.

Meanwhile the Canadian CBC is buried in taxes and has as many ads as any other station.