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The beginning of the end ofTelevision license

Riva10

Just maybe it will happen here. The end of subsidised Donnybrook. :eek:

Swiss vote on public TV fees watched elsewhere in Europe

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on that.

silverharp

I wonder when they came up with the tv licence did they envisage that the fee would be used to make tv shows about old biddies dancing

Permabear

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dxhound2005

The Swiss (men) voted only a few years ago to let the Swiss women have the vote. They are a funny lot.

kneemos

Without a license fee we end up TV3. Not saying RTE is great,but it's considerably better than its Irish rivals,though I never watch any of them.

There's also a proven theory that having a national broadcaster raises the level of national debate.

Idbatterim

It should absolutely be abolished. Sink or swim. Rte knows that hand that feeds them. Appalling at holding our failed local and national government to account. Let them live on advertising and sponsorship or creating good programming! Outrageous pay, pensions etc.

the dark phantom

I dont know what a tracker mortgage tv license is.

dxhound2005

the dark phantom wrote: »

I dont know what a tracker mortgage tv license is.

This will enlighten you.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055794011

satguy

RTE should just be, one 24 hour News Channel. Like BBC News 24.
Plus One Radio Station.

Licence Fee = €3 per month if working, Option for stopped with tax from weekly wage, or pay at PO
And .. €2 per month if on SW (not DIS or OAP) .. and stopped at 50c per week from SW payments.

Even if no TV is present.

All jobs in RTE must advertised in news papers and on TV after the main evening news, and not just given to sons and daughters of RTE employees.

donegaLroad

I know a man in the Gaeltacht who wrote to RTE complaining that their program schedule is almost entirely in English, and as an Irish speaker, he felt that this was not satisfactory and that he shouldn't have to pay for a licence. He got a letter back from RTE to say that he was exempt.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

kneemos wrote: »

Without a license fee we end up TV3. Not saying RTE is great,but it's considerably better than its Irish rivals,though I never watch any of them.

There's also a proven theory that having a national broadcaster raises the level of national debate.

You should really get a skybox. Or something a least capable of picking up the British channels.

kneemos

satguy wrote: »

RTE should just be, one 24 hour News Channel. Like BBC News 24.
Plus One Radio Station.

Licence Fee = €3 per month if working, Option for stopped with tax from weekly wage, or pay at PO
And .. €2 per month if on SW (not DIS or OAP) .. and stopped at 50c per week from SW payments.

Even if no TV is present.

All jobs in RTE must advertised in news papers and on TV after the main evening news, and not just given to sons and daughters of RTE employees.

The nepotism should have been the subject of a public inquiry years ago.
I guess any given Government wants to keep them sweet.
o.

dxhound2005

kneemos wrote: »

The nepotism should have been the subject of a public inquiry years ago.
I guess any given Government wants to keep them sweet.
o.

If they wanted to keep them sweet they would have given them an increase in the licence fee long ago. It has remained the same price for ten years now.

darlett

kneemos wrote: »

The nepotism should have been the subject of a public inquiry years ago.
I guess any given Government wants to keep them sweet.
o.

It's rare that Government (and politicians in general) have any moral authority with regards to ye old nepotism.

Permabear

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ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

donegaLroad wrote: »

I know a man in the Gaeltacht who wrote to RTE complaining that their program schedule is almost entirely in English, and as an Irish speaker, he felt that this was not satisfactory and that he shouldn't have to pay for a licence. He got a letter back from RTE to say that he was exempt.

That story doesn't hold water at all. Was he entitled to a free licence by age? The licence applies regardless of what channels you watch and funds TG4 as well.

Permabear

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Ralf and Florian

Permabear wrote: »

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvF4Oqxp9OM

Barry Badrinath

How am I going to watch Fair City if you bastards dont pay the licence fee?

You better pay fcukers!

Stephen15

donegaLroad wrote: »

I know a man in the Gaeltacht who wrote to RTE complaining that their program schedule is almost entirely in English, and as an Irish speaker, he felt that this was not satisfactory and that he shouldn't have to pay for a licence. He got a letter back from RTE to say that he was exempt.

TG4 is RTE more or less and paid for by our tv licence.

Varik

Mr.S wrote: »

If we get away with the TV License fee, would the public not just pay via general taxation anyway?

Or just not pay any public monies at all and let them sink or swim.

Arthur Daley

Marian Finucane and Joe Duffy might have to work something approaching a 35 hour week, for a salary higher than the Taoiseach, or most likely they will enjoy a long overdue retirement.

Fanny Wank

donegaLroad wrote: »

I know a man in the Gaeltacht who wrote to RTE complaining that their program schedule is almost entirely in English, and as an Irish speaker, he felt that this was not satisfactory and that he shouldn't have to pay for a licence. He got a letter back from RTE to say that he was exempt.

Filed away under "things that never happened"

Baron Kurtz

kneemos wrote: »

Without a license fee we end up TV3. Not saying RTE is great,but it's considerably better than its Irish rivals,though I never watch any of them.

There's also a proven theory that having a national broadcaster raises the level of national debate.

We don't. There's IPTV. With a reliable BB connection over 5mb you can watch what you want. The outlay will be a tenner a month to refine exactly what you want depending on provider.

Riva10

silverharp wrote: »

I wonder when they came up with the tv licence did they envisage that the fee would be used to make tv shows about old biddies dancing

Or a fat pension for Uncle Gaybo and his Moth. :pac:

jca

Permabear wrote: »

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That was quick.

TheQuietFella

kneemos wrote: »

Without a license fee we end up TV3. Not saying RTE is great,but it's considerably better than its Irish rivals,though I never watch any of them.

There's also a proven theory that having a national broadcaster raises the level of national debate.

TV3 is an extension of English TV channels! It's as bad as any of them!

TV broadcasters are just another device to dumb down an entire generation of

people and to fill them with party propaganda, the correct way to think or vote!

[Deleted User]

TV licence fee should be abolished, it's an outdated method of fund-raising in the modern world where entertainment media can be obtained from many sources from around the globe.
It should just be an element of general taxation, as such it would be far more efficient in its collection as the current system is expensive to manage and has a high rate of evasion that is very expensive to police.

Discodog

If RTE is as good as people say it is then make it a subscription service. Pay for what you watch not for what you don't.

Varik

Deleted User wrote: »

TV licence fee should be abolished, it's an outdated method of fund-raising in the modern world where entertainment media can be obtained from many sources from around the globe.
It should just be an element of general taxation, as such it would be far more efficient in its collection as the current system is expensive to manage and has a high rate of evasion that is very expensive to police.

Just like RTE in general then.

Why should any public money be used to prop them up.

Discodog wrote: »

If RTE is as good as people say it is then make it a subscription service. Pay for what you watch not for what you don't.

It'd be costly in implement that, you'd need compatible set top boxes for over the air or people would need decent internet. Would also be rather sad for RTE when they realised people aren't even bothered to pirate their stuff.

Fully ad funded is far better.