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To stick two fingers up at the bbc

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 21:50

Finally ditched our Virgin box after we realised we only use it to watching corrie. Which means no more to licence and no more funding the bbc. Good old Xbox Grin

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 21:51

Tv licence whoops! Blush

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HarrietSchulenberg · 04/12/2015 21:53

If you watch live TV on the xbox you still need a license.
www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 22:00

Yeah I know but don't so yaldi!

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 22:00

But we don't. God I'm crap at this tonight!

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PourquoiTuGachesTaVie · 04/12/2015 22:02

Can you get itv on the Xbox now?

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 22:03

No sadly! But I just hook my laptop up to my to, I use stv player on that

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 22:03

My tv ffs..

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BYOSnowman · 04/12/2015 22:08

You still need a licence of you are watching live though don't you?

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 22:11

Yeah but we don't so no worries. Got my no licence needed declaration posted as well so we just show that now (if we ever let them in cus at the moment I don't)

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PourquoiTuGachesTaVie · 04/12/2015 22:13

That's a shame. It's the only one we can't get an xbox app for - we have iPlayer, channel 4, 5, Netflix and Amazon prime. No tv license here either. Just no need for it and never watch live tv anyway - no need to when everything is on demand.

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 22:19

I'm so sure we used to have it on the Xbox but I must be wrong! It's the only one we haven't got either.
We were paying £70 a month for
Virgin etc, now have Netflix and Amazon prime and it costs us £11. Not much of a saving eh?? Lol

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PourquoiTuGachesTaVie · 04/12/2015 22:23

My sister pays for Netflix, I pay for Amazon prime - even cheaper if you have someone you trust to share with Wink

PrimeDirective · 04/12/2015 22:28

You were paying £70 per month ShockShockShock

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 22:33

Yeah they kept putting the price up it was shocking! So we just cancelled it. Fuck paying £70 a month to watch Ken and Audrey getting jiggy!

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Scholes34 · 04/12/2015 22:55

Happy to pay my TV licence and support the BBC.

Brokenwardrobe · 04/12/2015 23:00

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ginandjuice · 04/12/2015 23:02

Fair enough but I think it's an outdated licence that should not exist, so I am very happy to no longer need to pay it.

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Caprinihahahaha · 04/12/2015 23:03

I think the Beeb is bloody brilliant.

pictish · 04/12/2015 23:04

You prefer adverts?

DownstairsMixUp · 04/12/2015 23:04

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R4 · 04/12/2015 23:07

I'm happy to pay the licence. Not necessarily for BBC TV but definitely for radio and the website.

Seeyounearertime · 04/12/2015 23:07

We bought a RokuHD and get all the on demand stuff.
It's great. Grin

Goodbetterbest · 04/12/2015 23:09

Ridiculous how people moan about paying the licence fee, then expect to watch BBC programmes on iPlayer.

Mypubesarestraight · 04/12/2015 23:10

I mostly use Netflix and Amazon prime.
I wish I could ditch the licence too.

sooperdooper · 04/12/2015 23:11

You were paying £70 for Virgin but now think you've done one over the BBC by not watching live TV? Confused not sure I get your argument since the licence is a fraction of that......anyway, the loop hole over watching catch up TV is being covered in the new charter so the concept of not needing one to watch Iplayer won't be valid anymore

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