| Re: OT: articles on commercial television debut, 1939 [message #340158] |
Fri, 24 March 2017 19:37  |
Andrew Swallow
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On 24/03/2017 18:56, Huge wrote:
> On 2017-03-24, Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
>> On Friday, March 24, 2017 at 6:49:41 AM UTC-6, Osmium wrote:
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>>> I wish the USA had followed the fee model of the UK. Television in the
>>> US is becoming more and more useless and unwatchable because of the high
>>> commercial content.
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>> Some people expressed that wish in Canada as well, in a column in
>> Macleans I remember reading, at least.
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>> I vehemently disagree.
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>> A TV license fee would mean that people couldn't economically keep
>> their old TV sets they no longer use around to serve as monitors for
>> the early 8-bit computers.
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> Err, the license covers as many TVs as you like in the same house. We have
> three TVs - one license.
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Although if a lodger has his own TV he needs his own licence.
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| Re: OT: articles on commercial television debut, 1939 [message #340177 is a reply to message #340158] |
Sat, 25 March 2017 02:29  |
Ahem A Rivet's Shot
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 23:37:43 +0000
Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 24/03/2017 18:56, Huge wrote:
>> Err, the license covers as many TVs as you like in the same house. We
>> have three TVs - one license.
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> Although if a lodger has his own TV he needs his own licence.
Yes because if the lodger's room(s) have a lock then they form a
separate household (paying rent may also be enough).
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