Re: TV licensing legality of a SlingBox ??

[Neil Fuller <neil.fuller@xxxxxxxxx>]

When I worked for LWT, I saw a document comparing the cost of the BBC
against the cost of ITV.

At the time (mid 80's),  it was estimated that the "average"
family
(Mum, Dad, 2 kids and 1.5 dogs!?) paid over £300 in additional product
costs to fund TV advertising.

It made the BBC seem very good value for money and, TBH, I think they
still are.

I very rarely watch the cr@p on ITV, both to avoid the adverts and to
avoid the endless repetition of fly on the wall dirge!!

Just my 2p's worth!!

Cheers

Neil

Mal Lansell wrote:
>
> I agree. Illegal and Wrong are definitely not the same thing!
>
> Anyway, since the BBC counts for 4 out of hundreds of channels, and
> represents a tiny fraction of my viewing, I'd be quite happy for them
to
> have adverts and for the licence fee to be scrapped.
>
> Mal
>
> Tony Tofts wrote:
>
> >
> > Personally I think tv licensing are trying it on, as they stand
to
> loose a
> > lot of revenue as streaming becomes more popular
> >
> > I believe one of the reasons slingbox limits itself to 1
connection
> is to
> > attempt to stave off any legal actions
> >
> > Putting aside all that, who on this list is that bothered by
legal
> issues?
> > I'm sure most on here rip their cd's into mp3's and play them. Is
this
> > really legal? I don't know, but I do it cause I'm not bothered
about
> that
> > either ;-) And I'm sure I do other things that aren't strictly
legal
> > either!
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
>
>