Comments on: TV Licencing http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897 Níl ann ach raiméis : It's nothing but nonsense Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:45:18 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147570 maca Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:12:30 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147570 I think our is also going up by a few Euros and same problem ... no improvement in content :) I think our is also going up by a few Euros and same problem … no improvement in content :)

]]> By: Antonio from Italy http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147564 Antonio from Italy Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:49:42 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147564 Yesterday night we had the news that as from 2008 the subscription (licence) for the public TV will raise from €104 to €106, due to the inflation... No news about any improvement of the contents, though :-/ Yesterday night we had the news that as from 2008 the subscription (licence) for the public TV will raise from €104 to €106, due to the inflation…
No news about any improvement of the contents, though :-/

]]> By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147545 maca Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:33:30 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147545 Currently ours is €158 which funds the channels I mentioned in the post above. I wouldn't mind if we have great TV but there is a lot of shit on Irish TV & radio :) Currently ours is €158 which funds the channels I mentioned in the post above. I wouldn’t mind if we have great TV but there is a lot of shit on Irish TV & radio :)

]]> By: Antonio from Italy http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147520 Antonio from Italy Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:00:55 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147520 Maca, can I ask you how much your tv licence costs? Over here we (should) pay 104.00 euros per year, and this licence (that they call it subscription) goes to RAI to support three public TV terrestrial analog channels, five public radio analog channels, ten public TV terrestrial digital channels, a certain number of free satellite TV channels and other minor services... Then we have something like 6 or 7 commercial TV channels that cover the whole nation, then some tens of local TV channels and hundreds and hundreds radios... These last TV's and radios are supported by commercials and ads and don't ask for licences. Maca, can I ask you how much your tv licence costs?
Over here we (should) pay 104.00 euros per year, and this licence (that they call it subscription) goes to RAI to support three public TV terrestrial analog channels, five public radio analog channels, ten public TV terrestrial digital channels, a certain number of free satellite TV channels and other minor services…
Then we have something like 6 or 7 commercial TV channels that cover the whole nation, then some tens of local TV channels and hundreds and hundreds radios…
These last TV’s and radios are supported by commercials and ads and don’t ask for licences.

]]> By: maca http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147509 maca Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:44:13 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147509 I didn't realise that Treasa, I suppose I shouldn't shout too loud or they'll bring it back ;) Jaysus Antonio, sounds like they're really trying to screw you! I don't think it's as easy to dodge it here though to be honest I usually buy it rather than risk a fine. According to RTÉ around 99% of people have tv licences, don't know how accurate that figure is though. I didn’t realise that Treasa, I suppose I shouldn’t shout too loud or they’ll bring it back ;)

Jaysus Antonio, sounds like they’re really trying to screw you!
I don’t think it’s as easy to dodge it here though to be honest I usually buy it rather than risk a fine. According to RTÉ around 99% of people have tv licences, don’t know how accurate that figure is though.

]]> By: Antonio from Italy http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147349 Antonio from Italy Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:31:49 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147349 You're not telling anything new to me... It's the same story over here in Italy. We have to pay a TV licence if we have any equipment able to (or adaptable to) receive a tv signal. So, anything that someway can become a tv receiver is subject to a tv licence. A normal TV, a 3G mobile phone, a vcr, a computer. We have to pay even if we don't use the equipment to watch the tv, but just for gaming or for VHS or DVD playing. We have to pay even if the signal doesn't reach our home because we live in a narrow and long valley. Many years ago there was a radio licence. We had to pay it if we were owner of just a radio, with no tv... The tv licence now covers the radio licence as well. Until a dozen years ago we had to pay a separate radio licence for the car radio. Even if we didn't have it fitted, the aerial on the car roof was enough for us to be subject to this fee. Since almost nobody was willing to pay it, the government included it in the road tax. Maybe I shouldn''t tell you this, but in Italy almost half of the people don't pay the tv licence. We think it's a theft because state television already has a big income from tv ads and commercials and anyway tv contents suck! The agents from revenue send us a letter every year to tell us that they're not receiving our money and ask us to check if it's alright with our payment. Of course if you reply you're exposed and framed, but if you ignore the letter everything is quiet for a whole year... until next letter... They aren't allowed to enter our houses and check if we have the tv fitted, so it's an easy way to dodge this tax. ;-) You’re not telling anything new to me…
It’s the same story over here in Italy.
We have to pay a TV licence if we have any equipment able to (or adaptable to) receive a tv signal.
So, anything that someway can become a tv receiver is subject to a tv licence. A normal TV, a 3G mobile phone, a vcr, a computer.
We have to pay even if we don’t use the equipment to watch the tv, but just for gaming or for VHS or DVD playing. We have to pay even if the signal doesn’t reach our home because we live in a narrow and long valley.
Many years ago there was a radio licence. We had to pay it if we were owner of just a radio, with no tv… The tv licence now covers the radio licence as well.
Until a dozen years ago we had to pay a separate radio licence for the car radio. Even if we didn’t have it fitted, the aerial on the car roof was enough for us to be subject to this fee. Since almost nobody was willing to pay it, the government included it in the road tax.

Maybe I shouldn”t tell you this, but in Italy almost half of the people don’t pay the tv licence. We think it’s a theft because state television already has a big income from tv ads and commercials and anyway tv contents suck!
The agents from revenue send us a letter every year to tell us that they’re not receiving our money and ask us to check if it’s alright with our payment. Of course if you reply you’re exposed and framed, but if you ignore the letter everything is quiet for a whole year… until next letter… They aren’t allowed to enter our houses and check if we have the tv fitted, so it’s an easy way to dodge this tax.
;-)

]]> By: Treasa http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147345 Treasa Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:40:44 +0000 http://www.ssi-developer.net/rant/?p=897#comment-147345 there used to be a radio licence way back in time AFAIK. there used to be a radio licence way back in time AFAIK.

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