TV Licence why???

ShowMeTheCash · 21-01-2015 04:16PM #1

I know this kind of thread has been opened before, but why o why do we pay RTE a licence fee?

My understanding is it makes up 50% of their revenue but between broadcasters getting between half a mill and a a million pre 2011 why are we paying it???

RTE use this money to ensure no other broadcaster can really get a grip in the state, something they deny but it is easy to out bid the competition when the law states you pay RTE 160 yoyo per house hold.

I have come to the conclusion as a people we have simply become acustom to getting shafted by the state and never to challenge it!

I would see past it if RTE did not advertise or take revenue from other areas....

And what do we get for it??? Johnny Giles and Eamon Dunphy farting around talking incoherent guff the RTE sports panel must suppply man nappies as I am sure the studio must smell like an old folks home after the Christmas party by the time those guys are done!

Specialun · 21-01-2015 04:18PM

Apt username

Menas · 21-01-2015 04:20PM

I would not mind paying a licence fee if I used the service. Aside from Love/Hate and the odd show like Charlie I rarely watch RTE.
And then you have RTE radio....2fm is a joke. Competing badly in a flooded market and losing cash handover fist. Why are we paying for that? It would have been shut down years ago if in private hands.

Dont get me started on TG4. Culturally important perhaps, but a tiny audience.

And then there are the over paid fat cats at RTE....

ShowMeTheCash · 21-01-2015 04:23PM

What really annoys me is this, I do not get a TV signal in my area, never had one.. So I have Sky but I still need to pay RTE

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bear1 · 21-01-2015 04:26PM

The fee doesn't just go to RTE.
The money is used for productions, regeneration of archives, advertising etc.
Although I see your point, 160e per year for mostly drivel is too much.

whisky_galore · 21-01-2015 04:27PM

Not too worried about the tv licence, as I don't have a tv. Good luck to them trying to extract money from me with this proposed Broadcasting Charge.

inforfun · 21-01-2015 04:27PM

It is there so you can watch a bit of tv-series and films in between the commercials

Menas · 21-01-2015 04:28PM

I would love to see them get rid of Tg4 and RTE2. Focus RTE 1 on news, culture, current affairs, home made shows and throw in a bit of Irish language stuff.
Cut RTE radio down to 1 channel , Radio 1. Get rid of the rest.
Keep the RTE.ie website.
Align their head count and wages to more realistic levels....and slash the cost of the TV licence.

Turtyturd · 21-01-2015 04:32PM

Do we?

bear1 · 21-01-2015 04:34PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I would love to see them get rid of Tg4 and RTE2. Focus RTE 1 on news, culture, current affairs, home made shows and throw in a bit of Irish language stuff.
Cut RTE radio down to 1 channel , Radio 1. Get rid of the rest.
Keep the RTE.ie website.
Align their head count and wages to more realistic levels....and slash the cost of the TV licence.

Any chance you could apply for a job in the Dept. Telecommunications?
I like your idea.

Polo_Mint · 21-01-2015 04:37PM

When is the New Public Service Broadcasting Charge starting?

whisky_galore · 21-01-2015 04:38PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I would love to see them get rid of Tg4 and RTE2. Focus RTE 1 on news, culture, current affairs, home made shows and throw in a bit of Irish language stuff.
Cut RTE radio down to 1 channel , Radio 1. Get rid of the rest.
Keep the RTE.ie website.
Align their head count and wages to more realistic levels....and slash the cost of the TV licence.

That won't happen with the (very vocal) Irish language lobby. Plus one of the good things about TG4 it keeps almost all the Irish stuff off RTE proper.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 21-01-2015 04:39PM

Trigger Happy wrote: »

I would love to see them get rid of Tg4 and RTE2. Focus RTE 1 on news, culture, current affairs, home made shows and throw in a bit of Irish language stuff.
Cut RTE radio down to 1 channel , Radio 1. Get rid of the rest.
Keep the RTE.ie website.
Align their head count and wages to more realistic levels....and slash the cost of the TV licence.

isn't that wat RTE 1 pretty much is?

UCDVet · 21-01-2015 04:40PM

The TV licence is a joke, to be perfectly honest. I'd recommend not paying it.

Duggy747 · 21-01-2015 04:41PM

TG4 is the only channel I'd give the time of day, they do have some quality stuff.

ShowMeTheCash · 21-01-2015 04:41PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

isn't that wat RTE 1 pretty much is?

Good one, oh how I love sarcasim!

Turtyturd · 21-01-2015 04:42PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

TG4 is the only channel I'd give the time of day, they do have some quality stuff.

They were on the breaking bad bandwagon before 95% of the country.

bear1 · 21-01-2015 04:43PM

UCDVet wrote: »

The TV licence is a joke, to be perfectly honest. I'd recommend not paying it.

If you are caught though it won't be a nice fine you will get.

UCDVet · 21-01-2015 04:45PM

bear1 wrote: »

If you are caught though it won't be a nice fine you will get.

In my experience, nobody ever gets caught.

THOUGH TO BE CLEAR - I AM NOT ADVOCATING BREAKING ANY LAWS AS THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF BOARDS POLICY. I ONLY RECOMMEND NOT PAYING IF YOU AREN'T REQUIRED TO BY LAW.

Harry Palmr · 21-01-2015 04:46PM

No licence = TV3 x 5

ShowMeTheCash · 21-01-2015 04:49PM

UCDVet wrote: »

In my experience, nobody ever gets caught.

THOUGH TO BE CLEAR - I AM NOT ADVOCATING BREAKING ANY LAWS AS THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF BOARDS POLICY. I ONLY RECOMMEND NOT PAYING IF YOU AREN'T REQUIRED TO BY LAW.

Does not matter, next they will legislate if you have eyes you may inadvertently watch a RTE broadcast so you will be liable for payment!

They are cracking down, basically if you have an internet connection you will have to pay!

cerastes · 21-01-2015 04:49PM

Fair enough,don't watch TV3 either

BBJBIG · 21-01-2015 04:51PM

It's just anudder Tax to shaft yous up de Bum Bum ...

nelly17 · 21-01-2015 04:52PM

Brady Dunphy and Gilsey arguing and throwing strops like little girls is about as much justification as I can find but that much entertainment is not worth the money to be honest

The Backwards Man · 21-01-2015 04:54PM

I get an enormous sense of well being from paying it

mikom · 21-01-2015 05:13PM

Meet The McDonaghs.

zoobizoo · 21-01-2015 05:19PM

€3 a week for daily news, radio, tv, the player and then the six nations etc etc....

I'm happy to pay the price of a Sunday newspaper every week to get that service.

ShowMeTheCash · 21-01-2015 05:45PM

zoobizoo wrote: »

€3 a week for daily news, radio, tv, the player and then the six nations etc etc....

I'm happy to pay the price of a Sunday newspaper every week to get that service.

You would pay for a Sunday newspaper subscription if you had no intention of reading that news paper?

kneemos · 21-01-2015 05:47PM

Polo_Mint wrote: »

When is the New Public Service Broadcasting Charge starting?

It was scrapped after the IW mess,what with an election coming up don't you know.

ShowMeTheCash · 21-01-2015 06:01PM

It's a complete nonesense.

The TV licence was brought in by the Brits prior to 1922, but we kept it

Back then it may have been necessary to fund a state led broadcasting station.

Now it is down to advertising, RTE get the benefits of this both ways they are no longer needed, they want to operate they should be made compete with other broadcasters!
We have the technology to prevent people viewing RTE they know if that is brought in RTE would fail as a business!

Hence why they have jumped to the Broadcasting charge as mentioned.

However if the Broadcasting charge comes in would it not make sense that, Sky, Netflix, Youtube etc etc should get a portion of that? After all they too are providing a service in the state???

RTE and their fat cat cronies want to provide nothing new a sub standard service but also get a state handout which is enforced by law.

Generic Dreadhead · 21-01-2015 06:01PM

Double Dipping F**kers RTE :-/

TV Licence why???

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