sccsux Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Is BBC America a subscription service (even if part of a cable or satellite package), or free? I think it's free (though I'm not 100% certain). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTERVIEWER Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 anyway in conclusion I love the BBC:love: "Hey, buddy, did you just see a real bright light?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTERVIEWER Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Utter utter nonsense. A blatant lie that frankly shows you've run out of anything rational or proportional to say. Is it nonsense, or a blatant lie, to state that BBC America (a commercial television channel) shows TV programmes that the UK licence fee payer has paid for? Are you seriously suggesting that all content on BBC America is original, and has not been aired previously in the UK? Do you think that we are all fools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dell12 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Is it nonsense, or a blatant lie, to state that BBC America (a commercial television channel) shows TV programmes that the UK licence fee payer has paid for? Are you seriously suggesting that all content on BBC America is original, and has not been aired previously in the UK? Do you think that we are all fools? But wouldn't the content have been made anyway? If the BBC can recoup some of the money it has paid to make programmes for the UK audience by showing them elsewhere, thus saving the licence payer money, then surely it is a good thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Prime Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 But wouldn't the content have been made anyway? If the BBC can recoup some of the money it has paid to make programmes for the UK audience by showing them elsewhere, thus saving the licence payer money, then surely it is a good thing? Of course it bloody is! However in the eyes of anti BBC campaigners it's yet more evidence of the BBC being a 'loathsome organisation'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Prime Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Is it nonsense, or a blatant lie, to state that BBC America (a commercial television channel) shows TV programmes that the UK licence fee payer has paid for? Are you seriously suggesting that all content on BBC America is original, and has not been aired previously in the UK? Do you think that we are all fools? It is a blatant lie to distort information to the point that UK licence payers are paying for American entertainent so they don't have to. Have you no shame? I think it's you who takes us for fools. The licence payer pays for the programmes to be made for the UK. They are then sold all around the world to make money that ensures the licence fee is kept far lower than a Sky subscription. That is the truth in plain undistorted english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L00b Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Is it nonsense, or a blatant lie, to state that BBC America (a commercial television channel) shows TV programmes that the UK licence fee payer has paid for? Are you seriously suggesting that all content on BBC America is original, and has not been aired previously in the UK? Do you think that we are all fools? The license funds 75% of the BBC budget, which finds the remaining 25% of its budget from such commercial activities and others. Now, since this thread is a BBC love-fest, kindly jog on back to your own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTERVIEWER Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 It is a blatant lie to distort information to the point that UK licence payers are paying for American entertainent so they don't have to. As the BBC America audience do not contribute towards the UK TV licence fee, but are able to watch shows which have been funded by it, then to state that viewers in the US get something for free which people in the UK have paid for is entirely correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Prime Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 As the BBC America audience do not contribute towards the UK TV licence fee, but are able to watch shows which have been funded by it, then to state that viewers in the US get something for free which people in the UK have paid for is entirely correct. No, those packages are paid for by Americans not by us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sccsux Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 They don't get it for free - BBC America shows adverts. So it's free then (adverts cost the end user nothing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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