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Re: A dream to see JAM life

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Steve KenrickApr 5, 2010

>I shan't be drawn on whether the licence fee is worth the money as there are very strongly held opinions on that subject.

It’s a simple calculation kJ. If you are entertained for an average of just two hours a day by bbc tv and/or radio, that is costing you £0.20 per hour. 20p per hour. Where else could you get such value?

Having experienced commercial tv in this country and in the US and Oz, I would willingly pay twice as much for the license in order to retain not only the quality of the programmes that the BBC produce, but also the advert free platform.

What a lot of complainers (no kJ, I am not labeling you as a complainer) in this country do not seem to realize is that the BBC is the envy of the broadcasting world.

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--- In just-a-minute@ yahoogroups. com, "j_a_m_fan" <j_a_m_fan@. ..> wrote:

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> Is it free to get into the shows still?

That depends - see below.

> It seems to me there are some easy ways to cut costs with JAM (and the BBC

generally) and its a shame if they are being restricted through cost measures ... I just got my latest TV license bill - 145.50 GB pounds ($221 US) ... its staggering really, my TV didn't cost that much!

When JaM does go on the road they charge for seats to cover the extra costs (venue hire, etc) but Radio Theatre recordings are free. A JaM on the road and a JaM from the Radio Theatre cost the BBC pretty much the same - so it's not really about costs. It's just that the BBC recently spent several million pounds on improving the Radio Theatre and there is an imperative to show value-for-money for that spend by using it. Shows like "Clue" "get away with it" because significant part of that show depend on being in various locations, e.g. the chairman's introduction.

I shan't be drawn on whether the licence fee is worth the money as there are very strongly held opinions on that subject.

However it isn't compulsory to have a TV licence - only if you want to watch live TV which, granted, most people do. You do not need a TV licence to listen to the radio and you don't need one if you only watch programmes from "catch-up" or "on demand" sources, e.g. iPlayer, via the Internet.

Cheers

kJ

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