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Posted by Luke Curtis on 09/25/06 17:57
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:22:18 +0100, Graham
<thedoctor@thedeathzone.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>"Andy F Batter" <uknewsgroups@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Nige" <nigel.inceBUGGEROFF@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>
>> > The BBC, to be fair is the best broadcasting organisation in the world
>>
>> I agree. It's given me great value over the years, from Monty Python, The
>> Young Ones, through to Alan Partridge, and The Office. For less than £10
>> per month it's great value for an ad free service. Numerous decent radio
>> stations too, and perhaps the best news website available...
>>
>> What does £10 per month get you elsewhere? It's what Sky+ charge for just
>> for the EPG!
>>
>It gets you at least a basic subscription to ScreenSelect or various other
>DVD rental firms where you can at least watch what /you/ want and not what
>some turd in a suit deems suitable.
watch one DVD then wait upwards of a week to get the next one,
*really* great value, 4 maybe 5 DVDs a month compared to the BBC.
Just this week I have listened to hours of live coverage of the Ryder
Cup coverage on 5live, Top Gear, will be watching the Nuremberg Doco
on Tuesday night, Doctor Who, Film 2006, Who Do You Think You Are, the
Steven Fry documentary, Broken News, Ancient Rome, TOTP2, Women's
Football, Match of The Day, Labor party conference coverage on 5live &
TV & much watching of CBeebies by my son.
That is just the new or very recent programs I will go out of my way
to watch, many of which would not be made by other channels. I will
undoubtedly watch and listen to much more than that and with the added
bonus of not being bombarded with advertising every 5 minutes
Don't forget we all also pay for ITV, remember that advertising
revenue that ITV lives on has to come from somewhere: additional cost
on the products wee all buy which we have no choice about paying, I
get rid of my TV and I won't have to give BBC anything but I will
still be paying money to ITV.
How much new ITV programming will I watch this week? Champions League
football is the only new program I will watch all week, probably all
month and quite possibly all year such is the abysmally bad
programming ITV puts out.
>If I ever had to pay the license fee in this house, the telly would go
>imediately.
>
>Cheers!
why's that? still living with Mummy and Daddy?
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