Do you think The Good Life could be remade, with me or Dave playing Tom Good (maybe not!)? If you have seen something on TV or heard something on the radio recently that you want to talk about, tell us here.
I know that the BBC makes some fantastic shows and probally the best in the world. I do have a bit of a problem with them though. That is how much energy they seem to use. Show's like the flying gardener in a helicopter or even when they did the whole thing about climate change yep good to show but how many people did they fly around the world to prove a point.
This now must make us question the license fee more are we paying to help the BBC waste as much energy as possible? So what is their carbon footprint and what would be a good 'step' so we can find out?
I believe they had the only diesel generator at the BGG! - they could at the very least use bio diesel!
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Shirlz2005 wrote:Send them the link to the Sky carbon neutral claim and ask them to do the same test with the carbon neutral company!
We only receive telly through the satellite - if they can block the bbc channels on there could we stop paying the tv licence??
that what I will do then shirlz and post their response.
I think the licence is worded that if you have telivison recieving equipment then you still have to pay, as far as I know once they know you are there it is very difficult not to pay it and if you have extra channels they will pass on your details to tv licensing anyway.
I am concerned that my license fee is being used to fund the BBC to use hired cars frequently, use helicopters (the flying gardener) and send crews probally by aeroplane all over the world.
I love the BBC but also think that the BBC should be setting an example for other broadcasters to follow and not have Rupert Murdoc leading the way on this issue.
My I ask what the BBC's ecological footprint is and also if you have any future plans to reduce it?
an email message received from the TVLA [June 25, 2002]:
"A television licence is legal permission to install and use television equipment to receive or record television broadcast signals. Under the Broadcasting Act 1990, you need a television licence to receive or record television programmes. This applies if you use equipment to receive or record BBC 1, BBC 2, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, satellite, or cable programs. If you are watching 'Sky', or any other satellite service, controlled from within the UK, you must have a television licence.", M. W. D. Kimball Customer Services
The BBC faces losing hundreds of thousands of pounds in licence fees because of a legal loophole that allows viewers to watch television on the internet for free. Soaring take-up of broadband and technological developments are making internet-streamed television a reality. Last summer, for the first time, the BBC broadcast coverage of the Olympic Games 2004 live on the internet for people to watch on their computers. It has promised to put further broadcasts on the internet as part of a corporate social responsibility drive aimed at boosting broadband take-up and preventing users "falling on the wrong side of the digital divide".
However, although the licensing authorities maintain that anyone watching television on their computer would need a television licence, Ofcom, the communications regulator, and the Department for Culture, question that claim.
Ofcom says that there is a grey area as to whether a licence is required for watching television on the internet.
A spokesman for the Department for Culture said initially that a licence would not be needed and that it was "monitoring the situation".
However, it later said that it would be "inappropriate for the Government to comment on licensing requirements . . . for specific types of equipment".
... So if you receive programme services, live via the internet, for example, BBC On-line [Newsnight is one such broadcast], then you do NOT need to buy a TV Licence.
I've never seen tvlicensing.biz before; what a startling piece of anti-BBC axe grinding it seems to be.
However, it may be misrepresenting things a bit when it says "... the licensing authorities maintain that anyone watching television on their computer would need a television licence". My understanding is that this is only the case if you have a TV card in your computer, which is a proper bit of TV recieving equipment. Watching stuff over broadband is not the same, and I don't see how a TV licence could have anything to do with that.
I'm strongly in favour of a licence fee to support the Beeb; if it was funded by advertising or by direct government grant it would be disastrous. But I deplore the way that TVLicensing go about collecting it. Personally I think Radio 4 alone is worth the fee.
I understand that you are concerned about the BBC's policy on
environmental issues and would like to know what issues the BBC is looking at to
reduce harm to the environment.
All details of this nature can be found with the BBC Info website:
If you would like further information, please do not hesitate to
contact us once again.
I hope that you will continue to enjoy the BBC's services and may I
thank you, once again, for taking the time to contact us with your
enquiry.
Regards
Amy Bennet
BBC Information
I am not happy with this though and will email them back with this
Dear Amy Bennet
Thank you for your speedy response.
I have just look through your reports and see that you do have some pretty decent policies in place and it is good to see that you fleet is working with alternative fuels. However, I have worked out that this still means that an average of 3200 miles are being driven per person in Petrol cars that seems like an awful lot, have you thought of using more public transport?
I also notice that the report is two years old, it there a plan for a further and more up to date report?
I am also awaiting a response as to weather the BBC ever plans to be carbon neutral. Are there any programs that you air that are?
I look forward to your response. I must also add that I do access a lot of BBC services and do enjoy what you do, I don't wish this enjoyment to be spoilt by wondering how much energy I am funding you to use.
or even when they did the whole thing about climate change yep good to show but how many people did they fly around the world to prove a point.
