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IlonaM

IlonaM

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Dear fellow East Dulwich forum users,


I just signed the petition "Save Our BBC" and wanted to ask if you could add your name too.


This campaign means a lot to me and the more support we can get behind it, the better chance we have of succeeding. You can read more and sign the petition here:


https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-our-bbc-1?bucket=email-blast-16_2_2020_teamreactiveblast&share=58855f0d-9b40-4773-9e41-93de288df1b7&utm_campaign=blast2020-02-16


Can you also take a moment to share the petition with others? It's really easy ? all you need to do is forward this email or click these links:


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Thank you!


Ilona

diable rouge

diable rouge

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seenbeen Wrote:

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> sorry- forgot the link

> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/02/bbc-ha

> nds-stars-11m-pay-rise-cutting-free-tv-licences-ov

> er/


Ironic that you post a link to the DT which if you want to see it's full online content you have to pay a subscription fee to get past it's firewall. And try checking what those fees are compared to the BBC licence fee, and what they actually provide. No competition whatsoever. You'd think the DT and Sunday Times, who themselves today published an article claiming the Gov is planning to abolish the licence fee, might have something to gain if this happened. Surely not.

Also worth noting that the free licence fee for the over-75s is a Government funded scheme which the Gov is ending this June...

JohnL

JohnL

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I watch Netflix and Amazon most even though I pay a largish Sky subscription - I didn't think Globalist Londoners will be the BBC's biggest defenders, I'd have though it would be the regions, which the provision of services for in the future I support strongly even though I rarely watch.


I did love watching Six Nations on the BBC (and it's much better than ITV) but there are moves to put this on Pay per View. Dr Who is now based in Sheffield rather than Cardiff I notice so advertising this area. You don't get many channels advertising the British and Irish regions.


Support enough to sign as what the BBC does isn't done by many and it would be sad to lose.

se22cat

se22cat

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I don't watch the BBC, nor listen to any of their radio stations, yet am forced to pay for a licence funding media I have no desire to consume. How is this fair? I detest the current govt, but the sooner I no longer have to fund other peoples choice of media consumption, the better.
uncleglen

uncleglen

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I pay for Netflix....the BBC sell a lot of stuff to Netflix. People worldwide watch and listen to the BBC and DON'T pay a penny.....so there's the answer - BBC a subscription channel...no ads either- where's the problem? Afraid that the Left cannot continue their brainwashing activities?
Trinnydad

Trinnydad

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diable rouge Wrote:

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> seenbeen Wrote:

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> > sorry- forgot the link

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> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/02/bbc-ha

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> >

> nds-stars-11m-pay-rise-cutting-free-tv-licences-ov

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>

> Ironic that you post a link to the DT which if you

> want to see it's full online content you have to

> pay a subscription fee to get past it's firewall.


A subscription is not necessary. There are several browser extensions that allow you to circumvent paywalls so that you can read a whole raft of newspapers for free.


Best to use the Firefox browser and install Bypass Firewalls. That way you can read about 50 publications from the FT, DT, NYT, Economist, Sydney Morning Herald, Economist, Baltimore Times, Harvard Business Review, Wired etc, etc.

JohnL

JohnL

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Trinnydad Wrote:

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> diable rouge Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > seenbeen Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

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> > -----

> > > sorry- forgot the link

> > >

> >

> https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/07/02/bbc-ha

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> >

> > >

> >

> nds-stars-11m-pay-rise-cutting-free-tv-licences-ov

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> >

>

> >

> > Ironic that you post a link to the DT which if

> you

> > want to see it's full online content you have

> to

> > pay a subscription fee to get past it's

> firewall.

>

> A subscription is not necessary. There are several

> browser extensions that allow you to circumvent

> paywalls so that you can read a whole raft of

> newspapers for free.

>

> Best to use the Firefox browser and install Bypass

> Firewalls. That way you can read about 50

> publications from the FT, DT, NYT, Economist,

> Sydney Morning Herald, Economist, Baltimore Times,

> Harvard Business Review, Wired etc, etc.


LOL that's ironic when we're discussing funding models for the BBC :)

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