MY LICENCE FEE etc.
As ITV and C4 are in the shit financially, there's talk of 'top-slicing' the licence fee. This basically means that out of the #140 or so you give the BBC every year, they'll get some to make their tawdry, lowest-common-denominator-chasing guff. There's also ideas like sharing the technology used to make iPlayer and the like.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8102179.stm
What do you reckon to all that?
(rnuk http://flickr.com/rnuk, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:31, archived)

probably

( manolith hooray for me, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:33, archived)

As long as Channel 5 use my license fee to bring back 'Compromising Situations'.

( RR I love you ... in a way, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:33, archived)

i think they should bring live! tv back from the dead

( manolith hooray for me, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:34, archived)

Live! TV was my one shot of fame.
I failed.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:35, archived)

what did you have to do with it?
i mainly liked painted ladies
( manolith hooray for me, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:36, archived)

He did the trampoline weather

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:39, archived)

OHHH, he was the dwarf
yeah
( manolith hooray for me, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:43, archived)

What do we want?
"TOPLESS DARTS"

When do we want it?

"AFTER THE WATERSHED, WHEN THE WIFE AND KIDDIES ARE IN BED"
( RR I love you ... in a way, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:36, archived)

TIFFANY'S BIG CITY TIPS

( manolith hooray for me, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:37, archived)

topless darts ON ICE, motherfucker.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:39, archived)

If they use it to bring back all the American sports (NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL)
I'll be happy for all my licence fee to go Channel 5
( applehead herp derp, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 11:36, archived)

Erm...yeah...about that £140...erm...yeah
*legs it*
(bogus official shove it up your cunt, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:33, archived)

i think they should just make the bbc show adverts and scrap the tax

( mongychops, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:33, archived)

I'll be honest
I don't watch much TV. But the BBC does do some fantastic nature documentaries so they'd best not have their budgets cut.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:33, archived)

et ie
( RR I love you ... in a way, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:35, archived)

harsh

( manolith hooray for me, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:36, archived)

I just realised
most of the shows I actually watch are American: Quantum Leap, Star Trek, House, Family Guy, Futurama, Simpsons, South Park, My Name Is Earl and so on.

I think the only UK show I watch now is QI and maybe some other stuff on Dave.
( Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:37, archived)

new futurama next year!

( manolith hooray for me, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:38, archived)

I think the episodes will work a lot better than the films did.
I enjoyed them but they dragged on a bit.
Though I'm wondering how they can continue after the end of the last film.
( Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:39, archived)

they left it pretty open
i though the first and fourth films were good
second was ok
third was an incoherent mess
( manolith hooray for me, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:43, archived)

The wormhole will probably pop out next to earth or something daft

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:44, archived)

I meant more fry and leela proclaiming their love for each other.
The constant chase was part of the show's appeal.
( Edd: The Unfunny Try-Hard Edgelord, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:45, archived)

But they did the same thing at the end of Season 4

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:47, archived)

If it leaves the BBC so short of money that they have to fire Chris Moyles then it can only be a good thing.

( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:34, archived)

+ out of a cannon

(likeajackhammer, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:43, archived)

+ into a wall

( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:53, archived)

Channel 4 has some good stuff
BBC1 isn't entirely innocent of ratings-chasing shite, now, is it?

And share the technology, you BBC cunts are keeping upstanding British citizens like me (who pay to watch the BBC too) from seeing BBC products just because I'm in a different country, you filthy moneygrubbing cunts.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:34, archived)

you get away from our quality programming, Johnny Foreigner
we're not sharing Britain's Got Talent with the likes of you.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:35, archived)

If only they'd ship that show abroad and not show it here
It might tempt me to turn on the TV on a saturday night.
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:37, archived)

actually there's a really good channel in the Middle East
Discovery Science, I think it's called. Plays nothing but How it's Made and Mythbusters. We watched for a full day while I couldn't move from my back being fucked up.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:45, archived)

We get that over here on Sky
I'm looking forward to it in my new house :D
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:46, archived)

I fucking love How it's made
I know how they make extruded plastic pipes, pencils, jetskis, american footballs, gobstoppers, grand pianos, nails, zippers...
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:49, archived)

how it's made is best when it's all super-specific machines
i don't like it when people are involved
( manolith hooray for me, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:55, archived)

I think the whole making of zippers is automated
OOH and plastic lego toys! It's all heat-pressing stuff, they start with a flat plastic sheet then SQUASH lego!
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:58, archived)

I pay through the nose for BBC 1 and 2
and this is the thanks I get. It's high time the Netherlands put a revolutionary leader in charge of the UK again.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:37, archived)

what's Dutch TV like?

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:43, archived)

Shit.
Actually, they do good documentaries and cover arts quite well. But the entertainments and talking heads programs are really pretty poor.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:46, archived)

I downloaded High School Musical with Dutch subtitles once
if anything, it added to the fun of the film.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:48, archived)

I might have to watch HSM now.

( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:53, archived)

it's fan-fucking-tastic fun.
a proper cheesy musical.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:55, archived)

I adore it.
My 12 year old niece hates it. I mainly go on about it loads when she's around to wind her up.
( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:58, archived)

Less than four of my hard-earned pounds will be going to ITV and C4?
I'm outraged, it will be like paying for sky.
( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:34, archived)

yeah, or the moon, wankers

( mongychops, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:35, archived)

it seems a bit cheeky.
why should they get a bail out just because they can't run their businesses profitably?
It's like somebody thinks that private companies have a right to stay in existence, whether anyone wants to use their services or not.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:35, archived)

Same with any companies that have been bailed out?

( Maximinimus you stick around I'll make it worth your while, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:35, archived)

Bailing the banks out is for the benefit of the economy as a whole,
as well as the ordinary folks who happen to have their savings with them. This is an entirely different situation.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:37, archived)

Channel 4 is not a private company and ITV has not failed (yet),
so it's not really a bail out.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:38, archived)

What's Channel 4 then?
It's not public sector, is it?
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:40, archived)

It has a broadcasting remit
so it's not free to do whatever it wants for money. I'd guess that means it has some public body behind it, and can reasonably appeal for support since it's commercially restricted.
( Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:42, archived)

I guess that explains why it's not nearly as crap as ITV.

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:47, archived)

It's publicly owned and not-for-profit operated.
It gets a small public subsidy in that it doesn't pay for its PSB licence, but has bought further DTV bandwidth on the open market.
( Neptune A dole queue dosser and foul mouthed chav., Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:42, archived)

i think they should stick to making money out of advertising, or die.
aren't they a different, private setup? it all sounds pretty shit to me.
( sleepybinky, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:36, archived)

I couldnt care less
I really couldnt

Maybe it will give some healthy competition to the bbc, its had it far too easy for far too long.
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:41, archived)

I don't really care.
They're going to do it whether the licence payers agree or not.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:41, archived)

They should make three new channels, fuck the rest. One is Nature and Michael Palin Documentaries
Two is Top Gear Live.
Three is decent sports and a slide show of Katey Perry & Lilly Allen in sexually compromising situations.
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:41, archived)

I like your thinking
as long as neither of the girls sing.
( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:44, archived)

*sounds the faux lesbo alarm*
*balloons drop from ceiling*

*adds name to list*
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:45, archived)

I bet that list is stained with sweat and ketchup

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:47, archived)

You can lick it if you like.

( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:48, archived)

I'm honestly not joking when I saw my stomach just turned a bit when reading that.

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:48, archived)

and stale spunk.

( spangolin - the odds are good but the goods are odd, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:52, archived)

indeed. They should just be bending over a lot, showing off their nice, big bottoms.

( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:48, archived)

They have big bottoms?

( Blue Star was working part time at the 5 and Dime, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:48, archived)

From what I heard on Breakfast this morning
the money that is going to the other companies is money that is set aside for pushing digital TV and such, not related to BBC broadcasting. Technically this all falls under the remit of what that money was already set aside for.
( SuperMatt, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:43, archived)

As long as they sack some of the shit cunts, I'm all for it
That cunt off breakfast, Adrian Chiles, steve Wright, Edith Bowman, Vernon Kay and some others I can't remember but really irritate me to the point of changing channel or station to escape their tiresome 'personalities'
( Malaka omdz, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 10:51, archived)