Posted on 01/05/2014 6:38:42 PM PST by Olog-hai
They are generally regarded as historic relics and part of a bygone era of broadcasting history. But even in today’s digital age, there are 11,550 households in the country still watching black and white television, official figures reveal.
The number of black and white licenses have dropped dramatically in recent years and the total has decreased by a further 12 percent over the past year. […]
The cost of a black and white TV license remains frozen at £49 ($80.37) until the BBC Charter Review in 2016. A color license costs £145.50 ($238.65). …
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I remember when my parents finally got color TV, close to the last ones in my neighborhood.
Germany too.
I assume most European countries do as well.
Is it any wonder we started shooting at them?
the license fees pay for the BBC, which means it is vastly wealthy, radical left and inefficient as all get out
I don’t think its a way to fund TV though. Its a stupid thing
I bought my first color TV around 2000, a 13 incher, it was more TV than I needed and I don’t have television, but I do watch some youtube on it, oddly enough, mostly back and white youtube offerings.
Ok, I’ll join in -—
I was 12 yrs old (1979) when we got our first color TV...a humongo console thing, which also happened to have a REMOTE CONTROL. Be still my heart.... we were all that and a bag o’chips for awhile.
I would pay $100 per year for a TV license if and only if it eliminated advertisements.
Last trip through London, a pint was $14/American. That was 2006. I don't smoke, so can't tell you how much those were......
$14 for a pint of WARM beer. Blecch.
We had B&W until about 1971. Bought a new Zenith 19” in color at that time. Damned thing was in the shop more than we watched it.
Ah! The TV Detectng Van.
Now I know where Monty Python’s Cat Detectng Van came from.
Belgium, France, Netherlands don't require a TV license. Can't speak to any other EU country.
Good old black and whites huh?! Old days: “Hey honey, on yer way in to the kitchen to grab me another beer, adjust the horizontal...the damn picture is rollin’ again”!!!
Holy crap!
My dad finally got us one in 1970 and I remember telling the teacher in school all excited and some of the other kids laughed because they got one years earlier in the 1960s.
It had a remote too.
Hell, we got cable TV in 1976 when it first came through. Dad didnt want to pay for us to go out to see movies anymore,
I don't know if they still do it, but the used to have truck drive around looking for TV signal emissions from houses so they could bust unlicensed owners.
Sounds pretty Big Brother.
Weird rules require weird enforcement.
LOL, I don’t think our area even had access to cable TV until the early ‘80s...? Even so, if you knew my dad, you’d know why we were “latecomers” to certain technologies. Yeah... I can laugh now... but only cuz I’m married to a techie software guy LOL!
IIRC, it’s because if someone heard something “offensive” he would get a complaint filed against him and this lose his license.
If you tweet something offensive you also risk fines.
You pay for BBC whether you watch it or not.
It's the same thing as your cable TV bill in the States, except a hell of a lot cheaper. And BBC has some excellent programming.
Do we 80 channels of PBS?
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