All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
freddie: The regional variations you receive are down to the postcode that the viewing card in the receiver was sent to.
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Charlotte Tenneson: Please see ITV1+1, ITV1HD, BBC One HD regional services on Freeview | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Ian: I think that if you look at that you will find that there are so few "directors" that even if you eliminated their remuneration entirely that it would not fund much in the way of programming.
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Mark: and BBC Radio Derby is one of the local radio stations that has yet to find a home on DAD as there is no local radio multiplex operating in Derbyshire.
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Gareth smart: It is not the ability to access other regions the BBC is going to remove but whole BBC One regions, they will not be accessible in any way (other than by Freeview) if they are removed from satellite.
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Dave: The Licence Fee, as one of two hypothecated taxes in the UK (the other is the London Congestion Charge) provides a way of the BBC being independent from government.
If direct taxation was used then the BBC would become a "state broadcaster" under government control, rather than a "people's broadcaster" under the "royal charter" as at the moment.
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John Fisher/John F: One "advantage" of having the BBC World Service radio being paid for by the Licence Fee is that duplication can be removed. Before the two services had to duplicate foreign staff because the had to be funded by different methods.
The "BBC World Service" is an independent news service under normal BBC rules and has never provided "propaganda".
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Wednesday 12 October 2011 10:56PM
Mike Dimmick: Thanks for that I will see if I can find out more.