broadcasting charge

green jay

About the broadcasting charge, if you are a pensioner with free t.v. licence do you have to pay it?

Layinghen

I understand that at the moment there is an eight week consultation period regarding the new broadcasting charge going on. Presume all will revealed when this is over.

Jellybaby1

What a daft charge! I rarely watch the Irish channels.

Layinghen

Well somebody has got to pay to keep the RTE "stars" in the comfort that they are accustomed to

Jellybaby1

They need to rethink this, its daylight robbery!!

Santa Cruz

green jay wrote: »

About the broadcasting charge, if you are a pensioner with free t.v. licence do you have to pay it?

If you ask Pat Rabbitte he will probably ask are you living in a 3 bed cave or a 4 bed cave

Jellybaby1

Take this evening for instance, nothing on the box, so himself went off to read, and I knitted, neither of us watched any TV. This is happening more regularly lately. The broadcasting charge......I'll say it again,....is daylight robbery, nothing less.

green jay

Santa Cruz, I like the 3/4 bed cave but in Pat Rabbitte's case it would be a warren

JuliusCaesar

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Take this evening for instance, nothing on the box, so himself went off to read, and I knitted, neither of us watched any TV. This is happening more regularly lately. The broadcasting charge......I'll say it again,....is daylight robbery, nothing less.

But you are on the internet...

Do you ever listen to the radio?

I don't mind the broadcasting charge. I never did watch much TV :pac: but I do listen to programmes on the radio and I'm on the internet a lot.

Jellybaby1

But RTE don't own the internet, do they?

Red Hare

I think the new charge is unfair - I have a friend who is a bit reclusive - no TV and he only listens to BBC and German Radio ( he is german living in Ireland - Loves Ireland but hates Pat Kenny and the like), No Internet in the house. Why should he pay the new fee? yes I have heard Pat Rabitt rabitting on that no one lives in a cave anymore but each person should be entitled to live in a cave if they wish to do so. I believe it is unfair to make my friend pay for the very broadcasting which he wants to avoid hearing or seeing!

TommiesTank

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

But RTE don't own the internet, do they?

What makes you think this?

Bruthal

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

But you are on the internet...

Do you ever listen to the radio?

I don't mind the broadcasting charge. I never did watch much TV :pac: but I do listen to programmes on the radio and I'm on the internet a lot.

The internet? So the internet is broadcast by state broadcasters now, and received for free is it?

Bruthal

Red Hare wrote: »

I think the new charge is unfair - I have a friend who is a bit reclusive - no TV and he only listens to BBC and German Radio ( he is german living in Ireland - Loves Ireland but hates Pat Kenny and the like), No Internet in the house. Why should he pay the new fee? yes I have heard Pat Rabitt rabitting on that no one lives in a cave anymore but each person should be entitled to live in a cave if they wish to do so. I believe it is unfair to make my friend pay for the very broadcasting which he wants to avoid hearing or seeing!

Thats just rubbish from a complete tool. Its simply more tax, thats all. They want every household in the country to pay that rte tax, simple as that. They associated it with a tv until now. Now its simply an extension of the property tax.

Red Hare

Its true Bruthal - It is just an extension of the property tax/ household charge.

Jellybaby1

Just a suggestion, what about a pay-per-view charge for RTE programmes then? If they look hard enough I am sure they will find Pat Rabitte's cavemen and cavewomen who also should not have to pay. I'm happy to pay for any services that I use, but not for those that I do not use. Or perhaps there should be a percentage of my Irish TV licence go to the BBC! That should put the cat among the pigeons! I don't listen to much radio either, but for the odd 10-15 minutes in the car I might have caught a bit of the John Murray, Pat Kenny or John Creedon programmes. Now PK has moved so the licence fee wouldn't go to Newstalk. What should RTE do? Its a puzzle, isn't it? But charging everyone a blanket charge is out of order. You surely must give value for money (you would think!)

CUCINA

green jay wrote: »

Santa Cruz, I like the 3/4 bed cave but in Pat Rabbitte's case it would be a warren

Yeah, I'd say his glib "cave" comment will cost him and the Labour party a good few votes...his comment was definitely "unwarrented".

green jay

Yes! "unwarrented" very good. Must think of a few "cave men" jokes for election time.

CUCINA

The only consolation with this new stealth tax is that we have access to the best TV programming in the world, the BBC channels.
Apart from the brilliant programmes like, for instance, those presented by David Attenborough, there is the big plus of no mind-numbing commercial breaks.

I'm also a big fan of the internet, but as time goes on, even this medium is going to become more and more polluted with ads.

I"m no west Brit but thank God for the BBC...

green jay

I'vee noticed that about the internet, the adds are increasing and more prominent. Ah well they never let an opportunity slip, that's commercialization at work. You're right about the BBC etc. Thank God for a window on the world, even if it is out of a cave

OldRio

BBC4 is wonderful but it seems the rest of the BBC have recently discovered something called cooking. Every blooming night.
As for this latest stealth tax?
Sigh.
Breathing will be next.