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Time to axe the TV 'tax'



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Peter G Hill (Letters, 8 May) is right to take TV licensing to task as some of its activities to "protect licence revenues" are tantamount to harassment. What is clear, however, is that the TV licence mechanism is a very inefficient method of collecting the "tax". Due to the introduction of BBC iPlayer and podcasts, the definition of what constitutes "television receiving equipment" is becoming so complex that nearly every household is in scope, as it is more th
Since central government decides the licence fee, it would be simpler for the it to be funded centrally and consigned to history. The savings in collection costs and lost revenues would be better spent on better programming.

MICHAEL N CROSBY

Muiravonside

By Linlithgow, West Lothian





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  • Last Updated: 12 May 2008 8:15 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

truthsleuth,

13/05/2008 01:30:44
Heaven help us if we lose the BBC and are left with the sort of TV service you get in the USA etc.

100 tv channels of pure rubbish paid for by the indirect taxation that is the cost of advertising a product is not good value to me.

Most of this current debate is because the Advertising channels are losing revenue at an alarming rate and are striking out every where to find a solution.
2

Unimpressed one,

13/05/2008 08:22:59
#1, But at least they have a choice. The TV licensing system could only work in a country with a population of compliant sheep, such as ours.
3

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 13/05/2008 10:43:33
#2:

Yeah. Sure they have a choice... They can watch stupid adverts for "New Clean-O! The detergent that gets your whites whiter than white and your coloreds colored-er than colored!".

Or they can watch adverts for "The All-New Diesel Burger! Eaten by truckers all over the State! Only 10,000 calories per serving and available for 10c at a truck stop near you!".

Personally, I'de happily pay DOUBLE for our TV licence if it meant that stupid adverts and inane reality TV shows were banished from our screens.

 

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