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On 2025-02-23 12:43:27 +0000, Blueshirt said:

> Your Name wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-02-22 14:23:52 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> 
>>> If the UK government decided to scrap the TV licence fee in
>>> 2027 they would replace it with some sort of 'media tax' to
>>> help fund the BBC instead... so be careful what you wish for.
>> 
>> Or simply start having advertising between shows and in-show
>> breaks, as the government-owned TVNZ networks does here in New
>> Zealand.
> 
> We have a TV licence and adverts on our national channels.
> People in the UK might not like commercials on the BBC, as that
> has been one of the benefits of the BBC compared to ITV/C4/Ch5,
> but I'm sure that 'adverts' will be on the agenda when the BBC's
> charter expires in 2027.
> 
> It's probably cheaper for the BBC to earn money from adverts
> than have a third-party organisation - and the administration
> that goes with it - collecting taxes and licence fees on their
> behalf.
> 
>> Maybe even the moronic pop-up adverts in the corner
>> during the show that the corporate-owned MediaWorks network
>> here in New Zealand uses as well.
> 
> We have tons of adverts and they are still talking about a
> digital media tax here in Ireland to replace our licence fee.
> Knowing the Irish government they will probably just copy
> whatever the UK does as our politicians haven't got an original
> idea in their bodies.

You can count the number of politicians who have a brain on the fingers 
of one *foot* ... same with business managers (which is usually where 
politicians come from).