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  • 14-04-2014 5:46am
    #1
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭


    Yes it's kind of old but is relevant to today guy has a point

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu6d0ns-JJU

    And now recently we are told we need to pay per household not for just a TV. I just say no the programming is not worth it and their internet presence is laughable. Anyone actually seen the 24/7 RTE news its the same broadcast rerun.


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  • #2
    Arthur Beesley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭Arthur Beesley


    Does he have a TV?


  • #3
    lertsnim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,854 ✭✭✭lertsnim


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Anyone actually seen the 24/7 RTE news its the same broadcast rerun.

    Yes and you can thank Pat Rabbitte and the gob****e there before him for that. Let's not leave facts get in the way of a good old fashioned RTE bashing though.


  • #4
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,618 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Pat Kenny was obviously worth it ironically as Newstalk were willing to pay him a million quid a year.
    Wages are only a tiny fraction of
    RTE's budget but some of them are massively overpaid.


  • #5
    whupdedo
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭whupdedo


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Yes it's kind of old but is relevant to today guy has a point

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu6d0ns-JJU

    And now recently we are told we need to pay per household not for just a TV. I just say no the programming is not worth it and their internet presence is laughable. Anyone actually seen the 24/7 RTE news its the same broadcast rerun.

    I fail to see your point, are you saying rte isn't worth the licence fee or just tv in general ?


  • #6
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Arthur Beesley wrote: »
    Does he have a TV?

    He can have this one.


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  • #7
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,465 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    whupdedo wrote: »
    I fail to see your point, are you saying rte isn't worth the licence fee or just tv in general ?

    Poor programming and too many imported shows or just imitations of ones from the Uk The amount of money they gets vs quality of the shows. The new house licence seems to be just another tax tbh. And the wages of some of them is beyond shocking all because apparently they will move to the bbc even though none of them have ever been offered a job there or are not even known by the bbc.


  • #8
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    *yawn*

    the TV license isn't for programming, it's for possessing a device that could,even if repair were needed , receive broadcast TV signals even if only those from the obsolete and retired PAL system which is no longer used


  • #9
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    the TV license isn't for programming,
    I would say it is, well a very basic description of what it mainly goes towards
    What is the TV Licence for?

    In Ireland, public service broadcasting is part-funded from revenue collected from the public by way of the TV Licence Fee.
    http://www.rte.ie/about/en/how-rte-is-run/2012/0221/291618-the-license-fee/#question1
    Who gets money from the TV Licence Fee?

    RTÉ is not the recipient of all Licence Fee money. Approximately 7% of licence revenue goes to the BCI Broadcasting Fund. Revenue from this fund can be applied for by independent producers / broadcasters for specific projects of a public service nature. In addition, An Post is paid for providing collection and enforcement services.
    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    it's for possessing a device that could,even if repair were needed , receive broadcast TV signals even if only those from the obsolete and retired PAL system which is no longer used
    That is simply the (stupid) legal way they have come up with to determine if you should pay or not.


  • #10
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    we've heard all the excuses and none of them work


  • #11
    whirlpool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    *yawn*

    the TV license isn't for programming, it's for possessing a device that could,even if repair were needed , receive broadcast TV signals even if only those from the obsolete and retired PAL system which is no longer used

    You've stated the condition you have to be under in order to be legally charged for it. You haven't said what use the money is put to as opposed to programming.


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  • #12
    shruikan2553
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,113 ✭✭✭shruikan2553


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    we've heard all the excuses and none of them work

    So just dont bother giving one


  • #13
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    whirlpool wrote: »
    You've stated the condition you have to be under in order to be legally charged for it. You haven't said what use the money is put to as opposed to programming.
    It's an indirect tax.


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