To ask if you're going to buy a tv license if you don't have a tv?

[Attethersend43]

New law is coming in this September forcing those who watch iplayer on devices to buy a tv license.

I don't have a tv and watch iplayer very rarely...

Should I buy a license?

[LassWiTheDelicateAir]

Like Sherlock, Luther, Peaky Blinders

Weren't they commissioned by the BBC?

I don't have Netflix. I've seen Sherlock and Peaky Blinders.

[wasonthelist]

Like Sherlock, Luther, Peaky Blinders

Weren't they commissioned by the BBC?

Yes they were - that's the point. A PP had said Netflix only had second-rate shite on it and a number of us pointed out that Netflix has a number of the rather better BBC dramas on it.

[wasonthelist]

But there's no reason why the BBC should cease to exist entirely anyway.

Exactly - views on this often seem very blinkered along the lines of "if you don't pay for a TV licence, the BBC will vanish and lots of kittens will die".

Any criticism of the BBC is instantly met with a rebuke based on the author's apparently obvious love of Rupert Murdoch and his chums.

It's not that simple - but things are changing and the BBC won't be able to cling on to the licence fee indefinitely as if it was still 1966.

[wasonthelist]

The Beeb have had their chance to get on board with the new trend for on demand TV. They could have chosen to develop their iPlayer brand and back catalogue, and made a competitive product to rival the value for money of Netflix or Now TV. They chose not to. Their loss.

^Exactly, they are trying to cling on to the past - it won't work.
Ironically, one of the foremost advocates of continuing with the TV licence system exactly as it is, is my Mum, who is 78 and therefore doesn't pay a penny.

[LassWiTheDelicateAir]

Yes they were - that's the point. A PP had said Netflix only had second-rate shite on it and a number of us pointed out that Netflix has a number of the rather better BBC dramas on it.

Er yes; dramas created by the apparently useless BBC

[HarveySchlumpfenburger]

You're still missing the point. I can pay half the price and still get the decent stuff. Why would I want to pay another £145 for stuff I don't watch? Makes no sense at all.

[wasonthelist]

Er yes; dramas created by the apparently useless BBC

That's what I mean - nobody said the BBC is useless or has never made any good programmes, but the argument always seems to descend into some kind of crazy tribalism.

[purplevase4]

I seriously object to my licence fee. I don't watch any BBC programmes and resent being forced into paying for something I don't use

Well I only watch BBC so I'd object to being bombarded by adverts. I very occasionally watch something on Channel 4 but I've got to be really interested to put up with programmes being interrupted every 5 minutes.

Seriously no BBC ever? Not even news? sports coverage? -Poldark- ? travel news on the radio?

[wasonthelist]

BBC TV? No. Not news, not Poldark, Dr Who, Sherlock Bakeoff Strictly etc. Certainly not sport on any channel why is that so hard to imagine/accept?

I do listen to BBC radio although not for traffic news which is usually unhelpful and out of date - but I don't need a TV licence for that. If the BBC offer a way to pay for radio, I'll pay.

Btw BBC programmes are littered with adverts for how wonderful the BBC is.

[OrangeFluff]

The person who said that Netflix is shit, clearly doesn't know about all the original content they now make too. I've just watched 'Stranger Things' and it was fantastic!

[MindSweeper]

Stranger Things is awesome. I'm glad they're doing a season 2

[maxybrown]

Im not sure if anyone has asked this but what happens if you have a B&W tv licence? I mean you may geuninely only have a B&W tv then used catchup for other stuff on a laptop etc. What happens with that then?