| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off 23:51 - Jul 2 with 1166 views | Martyn |
So yesterday if I want to read the news section on BBC they now want 108 bucks a year from me.
Screw that. Plenty of other places I can get the news.
$108 or 80 pound is too much.
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| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 15:31 - Jul 3 with 985 views | SullutaCreturned |
If you're in the UK it's covered by the license fee. You can watch all the programmes there too then.
No different to a paywall for other media. Though maybe they could just have a similar price for people who just want to read the news and not watch tv? 80 quid may be abit steep. | | | |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 15:58 - Jul 3 with 964 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 15:31 - Jul 3 by SullutaCreturned |
If you're in the UK it's covered by the license fee. You can watch all the programmes there too then.
No different to a paywall for other media. Though maybe they could just have a similar price for people who just want to read the news and not watch tv? 80 quid may be abit steep. |
I hear that some people get their news from tocktic, it's a lot cheaper and more fun apparently. |  |
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| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 17:58 - Jul 3 with 923 views | AnotherJohn |
Even FTA satellite TV reception doesn't look feasible as the BBC World News isn't beamed to the Americas. Radio may be possible. | | | |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 18:33 - Jul 3 with 894 views | SullutaCreturned |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 17:58 - Jul 3 by AnotherJohn |
Even FTA satellite TV reception doesn't look feasible as the BBC World News isn't beamed to the Americas. Radio may be possible. |
Beamed? You can stream it on the internet? | | | |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 18:34 - Jul 3 with 892 views | SullutaCreturned |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 15:58 - Jul 3 by JACKMANANDBOY |
I hear that some people get their news from tocktic, it's a lot cheaper and more fun apparently. |
My 16 year old son is one such person. I am regularly calling BS on stuff and using the internet to show him it's fake. | | | |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 18:53 - Jul 3 with 872 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 18:34 - Jul 3 by SullutaCreturned |
My 16 year old son is one such person. I am regularly calling BS on stuff and using the internet to show him it's fake. |
I remember long conversations on our house about the difference between opinion, story and evidence. Keep going! | |
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| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 01:28 - Jul 4 with 798 views | Robbie |
BBC News coverage for all its faults is still on my telebox and I do pay the licence fee for a decent Channel to view advert free , a small blessing to get away from GoCompare .
Latest pictures show Rach from accounts hugging the doomed Starmer in a photoshot made good by PR coverage at the top level of Auntie , nice work and planning there .
BBC have now suspended Top Executives they say over some act the producers on site were scared to switch to another stage , oh heck this performance should be pulled asap .
The Beeb have got their faults , the alterative for me is ITV or GB News . | | | |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 02:19 - Jul 4 with 792 views | AnotherJohn |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 18:33 - Jul 3 by SullutaCreturned |
Beamed? You can stream it on the internet? |
Pay attention, I did say satellite. You don't seem familiar with the technology. It might seem retro but it still works as an alternative broadcast medium. I suppose a VPN might do the trick for Martyn if he just relies on streaming.
Here is what is still available on satellites around the world for those who have suitable equipment. Internet is not reliable everywhere.
https://www.lyngsat.com/ [Post edited 4 Jul 2:26]
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| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 08:55 - Jul 4 with 718 views | Whiterockin |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 18:53 - Jul 3 by JACKMANANDBOY |
I remember long conversations on our house about the difference between opinion, story and evidence. Keep going! |
We have those discussions on here with some posters who don't know the difference between fact and opinion. |  | | |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 13:27 - Jul 4 with 640 views | Martyn |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 02:19 - Jul 4 by AnotherJohn |
Pay attention, I did say satellite. You don't seem familiar with the technology. It might seem retro but it still works as an alternative broadcast medium. I suppose a VPN might do the trick for Martyn if he just relies on streaming.
Here is what is still available on satellites around the world for those who have suitable equipment. Internet is not reliable everywhere.
https://www.lyngsat.com/ [Post edited 4 Jul 2:26]
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Appreciate the response.
I was referring to reading news on the web site. Started charging for it.
In terms of watching bbc news its part of the packages over here so no problem watching.
Just reading on their web site | | | |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 14:59 - Jul 5 with 468 views | SullutaCreturned |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 02:19 - Jul 4 by AnotherJohn |
Pay attention, I did say satellite. You don't seem familiar with the technology. It might seem retro but it still works as an alternative broadcast medium. I suppose a VPN might do the trick for Martyn if he just relies on streaming.
Here is what is still available on satellites around the world for those who have suitable equipment. Internet is not reliable everywhere.
https://www.lyngsat.com/ [Post edited 4 Jul 2:26]
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I used to have satellite tv but it's all cable these days. | | | |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 00:57 - Jul 6 with 402 views | AnotherJohn |
| BBC charging to read the news section. I'm off on 14:59 - Jul 5 by SullutaCreturned |
I used to have satellite tv but it's all cable these days. |
It is a bit boring I know, but some of us used to get our football via moveable motorised dishes - quite a bit bigger than the Sky dishes. I still have one in the back garden. As you say, in the UK it is easier to stream via IPTV these days, and VM and increasingly Sky have turned to cable to distribute the digital signals.. However, the raw feeds from football grounds are still often beamed back to the broadcasting centre by satellite for rebroadcasting, which is also done by satellite as well as cable still. Stevethejack was particularly knowledgeable about tapping in to feeds. Around the world many still do get their TV from satellite. In the country where I am now, lots of people still have the large C-Band dishes, as well as the smaller Ku band dishes that Sky still use to some extent. | | | |
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