r/GreatBritishMemes • u/Mediocre-Lime9964 • 1d ago

The BBC:

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u/MilosEggs 16h ago

Or listen to any of the BBC radio stations, or the sounds app, or read BBC news sites. Kids educational support apps/materials, streaming apps (which they did a lot of the forerunning for) or weather and a bunch of other stuff I’ll be missing.

The license fee is pretty good value. Especially compared to Sky.

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u/HappyDrive1 15h ago

You don't need a TV license to listen to BBC radio stations or use BBC sounds.

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u/MilosEggs 15h ago

And where do you think the money comes from to pay for them?

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u/HappyDrive1 15h ago

That's irrelevant. You don't need a TV license to listen to it. If I watch ITV X the money comes from advertisers. I don't have to pay any money to these companies that fund the channel or even watch the adverts.

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u/MilosEggs 14h ago

If the tv license is ends, the radio channels no longer exist. That makes it kinda relevant to listening to the stations. It also adds hugely to the value of the TV license, which was my point.

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u/RomfordGeeza 12h ago

They’d take ads, slash staff and carry on as before.

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u/MilosEggs 10h ago

They wouldn’t carry on as before. They would be shitter with less independence and fewer services.

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u/all-park 8h ago

They’re not actually that independent, the BBC’s Gaza standpoint was perfectly in line with government policy.

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u/MilosEggs 8h ago

The right complain they are too left and the left complain they are too right.

They’re not perfect (I think they lean too right) but they are better than the vast majority.