US & English/European heating systems.

[Username1]

I listened to a talk show years ago and they said in some European countries maybe
even on the BBC channels, that they did run commercials, but they were only allowed
to run commercials for a few hours at a time, and only very early in the mornings, or
late at night.... Is that true ? I know over here in USA they have 30 minute commercials
for some products, and yes there are times when the 30 minute ad is better than some
of the regular programing on other stations ! Ha Ha !

It does seem like you guys have a steep license fee, is it for Over The Air tv on antenna
or is that include cable ( Good clear picture ) ?? It's a fee per set right or per household ?

You know they are kicking themselves in the A** over here for not thinking of that
license fee + cable fee + some other fee ! I remember when I was a kid, I
thought that pay tv (cable) was tv programs with no commercials ! I remember
when I saw cable for the first time and it had commercials I couldn't understand
the reason people would get it ! In the NYC market, there always seemed
to be plenty on tv.

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[Colly0410]

There are no ads on the BBC except for their own products...

All live TV, whether through antenna (freeview) cable, satellite or internet requires a licence, of course you also have to pay cable, internet or satellite fees as well unless you're on freesat or free-cable. I myself am on freeview, internet & free-cable so only have to pay the internet & licence fee...

The licence covers the house or apartment so you can have as many TV's as you like, we have got 5. (3 colour & 2 B/W)

You're also supposed to have a licence if you watch live TV on a computer or cell phone. But you can watch catch-up & you tube without one, it is very confusing...

I myself would stop watching live TV & just watch catch-up & you tube but my wife likes the stupid soaps, & she's the boss, lol...

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Colly0410

There are no ads on the BBC except for their own products...

All live TV, whether through antenna (freeview) cable, satellite or internet requires a licence, of course you also have to pay cable, internet or satellite fees as well unless you're on freesat or free-cable. I myself am on freeview, internet & free-cable so only have to pay the internet & licence fee...

The licence covers the house or apartment so you can have as many TV's as you like, we have got 5. (3 colour & 2 B/W)

You're also supposed to have a licence if you watch live TV on a computer or cell phone. But you can watch catch-up & you tube without one, it is very confusing...

I myself would stop watching live TV & just watch catch-up & you tube but my wife likes the stupid soaps, & she's the boss, lol...

Is the BBC, the only programing available. I know, they have a few channels like channel 4 that has programs for a broader audience. They used to carry, "The Secret Life of Machines", which was one of my favorites.

[Colly0410]

Not just the BBC, on freeview you've got ITV 1,2,3,4, be, channel 4, E4, more 4, 4-7, film 4, 5, 5 USA, 5 star, viva, yesterday, quest, 3 CBS channels, Notts TV, Plus others including 'plus 1's' that show a channel 1 hour later, plus national & regional radio stations. On free-cable (free if you have virgin broadband) it has most of the freeview channels plus a few more guest channels, of course they all have adverts on them except the 5 BBC channels..