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TV Licence - ALL TV licence discussion/queries in this thread.
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Add it to nothing! Make it a pay for use service. You don't use it... you don't pay. If their content was decent, surely people would pay. Are they saying that their output wouldn't attract viewers?
They still have a huge income from advertising. If they are struggling, they should reduce payments to their "stars". No way in hell are Tubs and Darcy worth a half a million each.0 -
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Add it to nothing! Make it a pay for use service. You don't use it... you don't pay. If their content was decent, surely people would pay. Are they saying that their output wouldn't attract viewers?
They still have a huge income from advertising. If they are struggling, they should reduce payments to their "stars". No way in hell are Tubs and Darcy worth a half a million each.
You seem not to realise that the licence fee is NOT a payment for service.
If you want PPV then that would be in addition to the licence fee, just like you might pay Netflix for its content.0 -
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Add it to nothing! Make it a pay for use service. You don't use it... you don't pay. If their content was decent, surely people would pay. Are they saying that their output wouldn't attract viewers?
They still have a huge income from advertising. If they are struggling, they should reduce payments to their "stars". No way in hell are Tubs and Darcy worth a half a million each.
They are hamstrung by regulations that favour TV3 and harm RTE.
1. They run four channels two of which are in HD. TV3 run three channels - none of which is in HD.
2. RTE are restricted on RTE NN to having no paid advertising, and on RTE Jr no advertising. On the balance of that channel they are restricted to RTE 1+1, a time delay version that adds no advertising revenue. So 50% of their channels are non-advertising.
3. TV3 are allowed twice as many minutes of advertising per hour than RTE.
4. RTE are subject to Ministerial approval for schedule changes. No such restrictions apply to TV3.
5. RTE are obliged to provide cultural programmes and other activities, such as running two orchestras, and other performing groups. [The RTÉ Performing Groups are made up of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir and the children's choir RTÉ Cór na nÓg]
So TV3 are allowed a free pass and RTE are closely controlled yet expected to quality programmes on a tight budget. Now they may have a generous attitude towards their 'stars' but in terms of their total budget, that is small potatoes. Currently they are selling the family silver to pay redundancy and day to day expenses. That cannot last.
The cost of running Saorview is €12 m per year of which RTE pay €8m /year instead of a more equitable cost of €6m if they were to restrict themselves to one mux and leave TV3 and TG4 pay for the second one. If TV3 and TG4 were to pay the full price of mux 2, they would go HD immediately because they could and at a cost of slightly more than they currently pay. Why is this not done?
The OTV channel was kept from Saorview, but paid for on Sky - why? Because the Oreachtas refused to pay RTE a red cent for it.
If you do not travel on a bus or a train, you are paying a subsidy to CIE through your taxes but not benefiting from it, so why not complain about that - it is much more money than the TV licence?
Put it on the Lecky bill, no-one can dodge that. Even €12 or €13 a month would cover it when you remove the avoiders and An Post from the total.
You know it makes sense.0 -
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