End of the Red Button....

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As part of BBC cuts the red button showing multi-screens and other events and information is being closed down, what is also interesting is that the government has apparently promised to address the iPlayer loophole which is why they are seeing a drop in licence fee's as more and more people are watching on iPlayers and catch-up, I can't see how the government can address that personally!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34851369
 
Wonder what they are going to do during the Olympics ? The red button enabled them to show every single event
 
Fish said:
As part of BBC cuts the red button showing multi-screens and other events and information is being closed down, what is also interesting is that the government has apparently promised to address the iPlayer loophole which is why they are seeing a drop in licence fee's as more and more people are watching on iPlayers and catch-up, I can't see how the government can address that personally!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34851369
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They could bring in a new class of license for those who don't currently pay to cover Iplayer etc or just make it compulsory to have a license if you have a tv
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Wonder what they are going to do during the Olympics ? The red button enabled them to show every single event
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It'll be back to how it used to be BBC2 an you get to watch what's on.
Be the same for Wimbledon not choice of match.

Is it time for the Beeb to take adverts and become a commercial broadcaster?
 
Must say I didn't use it much, very rarely do on Sky either tbh. There are a lot of innovations that seem great on paper and "must have" which turn out to have a lukewarm reception at best. I think this falls into the "nice to have" but not essential so is probably a reasonable thing to cut if significant savings can be made.

As for BBC going commercial..... The BBC sets the bar the other broadcasters have to strive for. Without that bar things would go downhill very fast. I'd guess there'd be very little decent free to air TV within just a few years. You want a TV service just like the US then keep banging the "no licence fee" drum. Even if you don't watch much BBC the other channels are better because it exists. They have to be. There's radio and the website too...all ad free. Fantastic value IMHO.
 
chrisd said:
They could bring in a new class of license for those who don't currently pay to cover Iplayer etc or just make it compulsory to have a license if you have a tv
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Er I think you're coming at this the wrong way. The BBC is just another TAX burden on us. It should be ditched with immediate effect, not try and find ways to close a loophole. Once this is done another will be found. I have more than enough TV and radio I can access for free, I do not wish to be forced to continue to pay for something I no longer need. Let them take ads. I can then record anything I want to actually watch on the BBC and whizz through them like I do now with others.
 
I wonder how many people actually watch much on the Beeb, let alone use the red button. When I think of how much its on in our house... if they sold the channel off it might improve what's on offer.

*dons a tin hat and hides*
 
Crazyface said:
Er I think you're coming at this the wrong way. The BBC is just another TAX burden on us. It should be ditched with immediate effect, not try and find ways to close a loophole. Once this is done another will be found. I have more than enough TV and radio I can access for free, I do not wish to be forced to continue to pay for something I no longer need. Let them take ads. I can then record anything I want to actually watch on the BBC and whizz through them like I do now with others.
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It's a tax if you will have it that way that all of us have to pay if we use any BBC service - services that are provided for the benefit of us all - not just the payer. But like many anti-BBC or anti-Licence fee you probably won't accept you have a small part to play in providing a wider societal benefit.
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
It's a tax if you will have it that way that all of us have to pay if we use any BBC service - services that are provided for the benefit of us all - not just the payer. But like many anti-BBC or anti-Licence fee you probably won't accept you have a small part to play in providing a wider societal benefit.
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What are the wider social benefits that the Beeb provides that aren't available from independant tv and radio (and free)?
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
The Proms

(a social benefit is not the same as a societal benefit)
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Sorry, I missed the subtle spelling difference. So apart from roads, medicine, sanitation etc what have the romans ever done for us?

So whats the difference between the societal benefit the Beeb provides and MTV/Sky Arts channels? TBH £145 a year is good value but where is thefreedom of choice? Its imposed on everyone with a TV, ergo a tax.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Wonder what they are going to do during the Olympics ? The red button enabled them to show every single event
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pbrown7582 said:
It'll be back to how it used to be BBC2 an you get to watch what's on.
Be the same for Wimbledon not choice of match.

Is it time for the Beeb to take adverts and become a commercial broadcaster?
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Oh dear, that doesnt bode well. Does that mean a week of swimming followed by a week of Athletics at Rio next year?

Not much hope of seeing any Hockey then.
 
Rarely use the red button and major sports events are hiking themselves off to the highest bidder. If the license fee dies I personally think it's the slow demise of free to view TV.

ITV is close to rubbish now and advertising revenue is falling, how long before the go down the charging route. Once this starts then I can honestly see us all paying for everything within the next 15 years. I must state, this is only my opinion, not a fact.
 
pbrown7582 said:
It'll be back to how it used to be BBC2 an you get to watch what's on.
Be the same for Wimbledon not choice of match.
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We had that in Scotland last week when BBC2 showed two prime time hours of Kitchen Town playing Prancaster Rovers in the 2nd preliminary rounds of the EFA Cup.
[ PS .....I may have made up those teams]
 
pbrown7582 said:
It'll be back to how it used to be BBC2 an you get to watch what's on.
Be the same for Wimbledon not choice of match.

Is it time for the Beeb to take adverts and become a commercial broadcaster?
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All events will be able to be watched online and via I player - also will be utlizing BBC1 2 3 and 4 and will have a few events on the red button purely for the Olympics only. Will still be able to watch every event :whoo:
 
Doon frae Troon said:
We had that in Scotland last week when BBC2 showed two prime time hours of Kitchen Town playing Prancaster Rovers in the 2nd preliminary rounds of the EFA Cup.
[ PS .....I may have made up those teams]
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Is BBC 2 regional ? I know BBC1 but think BBc2 programming is the same all over the country. Believe last year or the year before there was a Scottish Cup match on BBC2
 
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