Hi Scott, It's only been in the passed 20 years that NZ has gotten rid of it's tv licencing
Can't say I've ever had one in the 30 years I've had a tv but we did have it. Now days it's as you say taxs and advertising pay the bills for the tv companys we have. And radio, But even when we did have licences we still had tv and radio advertising so it was a way of the government to be able to get money with out trying. Probably why most people just didn't pay. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Friday, 23 June 2017 8:30 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Downloading TV programs from the BBC BBC America is run like any other American TV station with commercials sprinkled through out the programming. I still don’t get paying for a license to pick up free over the air broadcasts. You pay taxes right? So you’re telling me you have VAT and high income taxes and all sorts of fees and they still charge you for public broadcasting? Wow. We have public broadcasting here as well that doesn’t have commercials in the same way that regular TV does but it’s available for free over the air. Part of the funds are extracted at the end of a barrel of a gun in our taxes we have to pay:) and part is raised by donations by individuals and corporations. Everything from the MacArthur foundation to my dear departed Grand Mother can be found donating to public broadcasting. At least in your case, BBC programming is worth paying for. You have great programming there and the F1 coverage is top shelf. Interesting how different regions and countries do things. What does a license cost per year if you don’t mind me asking. > On Jun 22, 2017, at 4:24 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hi Scott. > > Thanks for replying. > > The reason why people in the UK need to pay TV licences is because it pays > employees and the BBC Corporation staff their wages. Also, the BBC is a non > commercial public broadcasting organisation so you get no adverts as you may > know although BBC America may have some as I don't know. >> On 22 Jun 2017, at 21:05, Scott Granados <scott.grana...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Kawal, I believe the I player may be available in the US not sure but I use >> a VPN to circumvent the geographic detection. I run an Open VPN server in >> London that I attach to and boom people think I’m connecting from across the >> pond locally instead of from the former colonies.;) >> >> I figure since I pay my cable bill and BBC is a part of that as well as view >> the commercials on BBC America that you’re getting my contribution as well >> even though I can’t buy a license. Then again, the idea of charging people >> for licenses to pick up over the air content seems alien and ultimately >> unfair to me, but that’s me. >> >>> On Jun 22, 2017, at 3:59 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kgli...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Paul. >>> >>> Sometimes when I am at work, and I want to listen to the BBC, I don't want >>> to sign in using my logging details. So sometimes I choose the option that >>> you will register later, then you are not prompted for your log in details. >>> This might get around your I player Automator. Where did you get this >>> program from as I have not heard of it. >>> >>> However, if you live in the US or any other international destination, then >>> you may not be able to register later as I don't even know if one can >>> listen to BBC stuff if you are not in the UK. >>> >>> Kawal. >>>> On 22 Jun 2017, at 20:34, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> Until recently I used to make extensive use of the program “get iPlayer >>>> Automator” on my iMac. This let me download BBC TV programs which I could >>>> subsequently transfer to my iPod Nano to listen to. There was an option to >>>> download the TV programs with audio description. >>>> >>>> Alas get iPlayer Automator no longer works. This is probably because the >>>> BBC now requires one to logon before you can download either TV or radio >>>> programs. Presumably this is to stop non-license fee payers from >>>> downloading programs for free. >>>> >>>> The used of get iPlayer automator and subsequent transfer of the programs >>>> to my iPod Nano was very handy. Does anyone know if there is an >>>> alternative or if get iPlayer automator will be updated to handle the >>>> logon issue? >>>> >>>> Many thanks…. >>>> >>>> Paul Hopewell >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>> Visionaries list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>> >>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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