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TheEvolution
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posted December 13, 2007 01:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for TheEvolution     Edit/Delete Message
this is the craziest thing i have heard of late. my friend who shifted to UK for his studies says people can buy a tv anytime they want but require a license to get a cable connection and watch tv and then pay monthly cable bills. the license is about 135 pounds.

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Isis
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posted December 13, 2007 03:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Isis     Edit/Delete Message
When I lived in NZ you needed a license to watch TV...dunno if it's still that way there...

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TheEvolution
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posted December 13, 2007 05:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for TheEvolution     Edit/Delete Message
but why???

what a loot...

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pidaua
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posted December 13, 2007 08:49 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message
I'm not sure why, but apparantly it isn't new to Europe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence

We live in Germany but we don't pay a fee since we use an American Satellite through the Armed Forces. We had to pay for the actual box but we don't pay for a monthly service. The Germans pay a substantial fee for their TV license.

In return, we get 12 channels and none of them are like the straight channels we'd get in the US (No NBC, CBC, ABC..etc)


The US and Canada do not pay fees because we use Advertising to pay for the cost to broadcast.

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taurus/gemini cusp
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posted December 13, 2007 10:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for taurus/gemini cusp     Edit/Delete Message
Yes - sadly it's true. And also a bit of a p!ss take, because us unlucky sod's are paying for them to put out some awful crap!!! British TV is utter tosh!!!

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TheEvolution
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posted December 13, 2007 11:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for TheEvolution     Edit/Delete Message
but what reason does thie government give for a tax on TV!

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artlovesdawn
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posted December 14, 2007 12:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for artlovesdawn     Edit/Delete Message
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yourfriendinspirit
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posted January 16, 2008 09:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for yourfriendinspirit     Edit/Delete Message
hmm? strange...
Does anyone have a clue to why this is?

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Unmoved
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posted January 17, 2008 07:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Unmoved     Edit/Delete Message
South Africa does it too. They even send inspectors to houses to verify whether the license is valid.

One inspector came over and gave my mother a fine for +/-$100. My mom had the license with her and she wasn't home... :-(

It is a license for each tv, or each household, I can't remember. The reason for this is mystery, but I have a feeling that it is to support the public broadcaster who does not make as much money as cable here ... ???

Maybe it is to prevent the use of stolen tv sets? Or just to bleed us dry of cash. I suspect it is the latter.

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Dervish
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posted January 17, 2008 10:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dervish     Edit/Delete Message
The reason: greed.

Greed doesn't go away just because you put the funny hat of government on.

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