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DonovanDuVal · 11-26-2005, 10:22 AM

They used to run adverts on other channels telling the nation about how detector vans and hand held gizmos were able to tell what channel was being watched in every house on the street. I think that may have been a lie though.

The more recent campaigns say that they don't need all that as they just have a list of every UK address, and compare it to a list of those that have paid their licence. I get the feeling that they may have been caught out in a lie, and had to change the story of how they track licence.

I remember a story in the press about a guy who went to court refusing to pay his licence fee and claiming that he couldn't receive the signal for BBC channels where he lived. He got off with paying when it turned out to be true.

Not so lucky was another story that I remember when a bloke was taken to court over his non payment. When asked why he hadn't paid, his answer of 'well I've had the TV for years now, and it's worked perfectly well without one,' saw him fined. God may love a tryer, judges apparently don't.

Only since the birth of Sky TV have I come to respect and admire the quality of the programing that the BBC deliver. They clearly have far tighter budgets, but somehow manage a to produce a quality that exceeds their means. Not everything that they do floats my boat as it were, but at least it's of high quality, and varied enough to reach most people in society some of the time.

11-26-2005, 10:22 AM	#24 (permalink)
DonovanDuVal Crazy Location: UK	They used to run adverts on other channels telling the nation about how detector vans and hand held gizmos were able to tell what channel was being watched in every house on the street. I think that may have been a lie though. The more recent campaigns say that they don't need all that as they just have a list of every UK address, and compare it to a list of those that have paid their licence. I get the feeling that they may have been caught out in a lie, and had to change the story of how they track licence. I remember a story in the press about a guy who went to court refusing to pay his licence fee and claiming that he couldn't receive the signal for BBC channels where he lived. He got off with paying when it turned out to be true. Not so lucky was another story that I remember when a bloke was taken to court over his non payment. When asked why he hadn't paid, his answer of 'well I've had the TV for years now, and it's worked perfectly well without one,' saw him fined. God may love a tryer, judges apparently don't. Only since the birth of Sky TV have I come to respect and admire the quality of the programing that the BBC deliver. They clearly have far tighter budgets, but somehow manage a to produce a quality that exceeds their means. Not everything that they do floats my boat as it were, but at least it's of high quality, and varied enough to reach most people in society some of the time. __________________ "I've been Donovan DuVal. Take care of yourselves, and each other."