why do i need a tv licence

peterflln

this really bugs me.i pay sky each month for my irish channels,i have no aerial on my roof to receive irish channels,yet i still have to pay a ridiculous amount for a tv licence.does anyone else feel this way?

Liam Byrne

does anyone else feel this way?

Nope.

Sky don't pay RTE or TV3, so what you pay Sky doesn't get passed on to them.

People in the UK pay for the BBC, but you pay Sky so that you can watch it.

You could always get a FreeSat box and stop paying Sky altogether.

I always laugh when I see that people are happy to pay for Sky Sports or whatever, but complain about paying their TV licence; if it weren't for the same Sky Sports et al, that same TV licence fee would provide you with Heineken Cup coverage, Celtic League coverage, Premiership and Champions League coverage, etc, etc....it was excellent value for money in that way, and it's only now that we realise it.

Mossy Monk

peterflln wrote:

this really bugs me.i pay sky each month for my irish channels,i have no aerial on my roof to receive irish channels,yet i still have to pay a ridiculous amount for a tv licence.does anyone else feel this way?

i really dont understand peoples problem with understanding this. you are paying to own a tv, not to watch RTÉ

Mossy Monk

Liam Byrne wrote:

I always laugh when I see that people are happy to pay for Sky Sports or whatever, but complain about paying their TV licence; if it weren't for the same Sky Sports et al, that same TV licence fee would provide you with Heineken Cup coverage, Celtic League coverage, Premiership and Champions League coverage, etc, etc....it was excellent value for money in that way, and it's only now that we realise it.

do you not remember what sports coverage was like before Sky Sports came about?

Skatedude

you arnt paying for a tv, you pay for a tuner, you are supposed to pay for any device that can recieve a signal, even a tv tuner in a pc(not really inforced)

watty

The TV licence is a tax on Live TV viewing., Nothing to do with how you receive it, the channel or platform.

thewing

I know I refuse to pay it anyway...fook em

Bradidup

Skatedude wrote:

you arnt paying for a tv, you pay for a tuner, you are supposed to pay for any device that can recieve a signal, even a tv tuner in a pc(not really inforced)

So effectivly I should have a colour TV licence if I can recieve tv on my Nokia Mobile phone!!!! The TV inspectors would have some fun trying to detect me with their sophisticated equipment!!, I rarely watch TV anyway with the amount of trash thats on these days.

thewing

thewing wrote:

I know I refuse to pay it anyway...fook em

yeah, let's stop paying for anything we dislike. Screw taxes, too.


tv licence is for a tv, not because you watch rte

watty

Bradidup wrote:

So effectivly I should have a colour TV licence if I can recieve tv on my Nokia Mobile phone!!!! The TV inspectors would have some fun trying to detect me with their sophisticated equipment!!, I rarely watch TV anyway with the amount of trash thats on these days.

Indeed if it is MediaFlo, DVB-H or live IPTV rather than recording, yes. Recorded video is exempt.