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PBS launching new UK channel today (Nov 1)

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Will they have to put up with begathons (including carrying programs they'd never carry any other time) in the UK? ::)

Maybe if they're lucky they'll be able to get The Red Green Show. :D
 
anotherguy said:
Will they have to put up with begathons (including carrying programs they'd never carry any other time) in the UK? ::)
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Probably not, especially if they had to pay extra to get the channel to begin with.

Though of course, we're not obligated to pay a TV license fee so we could enjoy BBC America -- which costs extra to get on some systems.
 
This makes sense because IMHO the only programming ever worth watching on my local PBS station (KCET & KOCE) were/are BBC shows like MPFC, Red Dwarf, Coupling, Faulty Towers etc. ;)
 
ajc_trw said:
This makes sense because IMHO the only programming ever worth watching on my local PBS station (KCET & KOCE) were/are BBC shows like MPFC, Red Dwarf, Coupling, Faulty Towers etc. ;)
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KCET is not a PBS station anymore. Their disagreement with the network caused them to go independent, due to being the primary affiliate at the time, & paid the most in fees. The move so far has not worked in their favor, as they're getting even less pledge dollars as an independent than as a PBS station.
 
I hope they schedule Gordon Ramsey reruns 87 hours per week....
 
KyDXIn said:
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DToTheJ said:
Get ready for "Sesame Street" featuring The Scone Monster!  :D
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Actually he'd be called "The Bickie Monster"! :D
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Sesame Street will not work in the UK.  "Big Bird" has multiple meanings!!!  I believe "bird" means woman in British slang.  Check out what "biggie" means at this site: 

http://www.effingpot.com/slang.shtml

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OK, calm down.

I've never heard 'biggie' used in either of those two contexts. That's not to say it isn't used, but I've never heard it.In any event this is not 'biggie' but 'big', which has never meant anything other than large.


'bird' can mean a woman, especially in London slang, and it's considered a rather patronising, sexist term. But it usually means the feathered, flying thing, and it's obvious from context when it does not.

In short 'big bird' means exactly the same thing to me as it does to you.



And the Cookie Monster would be OK, too. We use the term 'cookie' here, although generally only for chocolate chip cookies. In fact I have an (empty- you're too late!!) packet of Maryland Choc Chip Cookies beside my keyboard as I type this. They are my favourite biscuits, in fact!!
 
OK it seems this channel is on basic cable, but requires a premium subscription to get it on Satellite. That's the wrong way around IMHO- satellite is much more popular than cable in the UK- only around 12% of UK households have cable.
 
Lots of people on UK boards moaning about poor picture quality on PBS, both on satellite and cable. How far that will put people off watching this channel we won't know until the BARB numbers come out.
 
BMR said:
OK it seems this channel is on basic cable, but requires a premium subscription to get it on Satellite. That's the wrong way around IMHO- satellite is much more popular than cable in the UK- only around 12% of UK households have cable.
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Do people in Britain still need "TV licenses" to watch TV?
 
DToTheJ said:
BMR said:
OK it seems this channel is on basic cable, but requires a premium subscription to get it on Satellite. That's the wrong way around IMHO- satellite is much more popular than cable in the UK- only around 12% of UK households have cable.
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Do people in Britain still need "TV licenses" to watch TV?
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Yes we do. However you watch telly it's £145.50 per household- thats around £232 dollars- per year.

A lot of money to many folk, including me.
 
Do people still cover their televisions in tinfoil hoping to elude the TV Detector Vans?
 
BMR said:
DToTheJ said:
Do people in Britain still need "TV licenses" to watch TV?
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Yes we do. However you watch telly it's £145.50 per household- thats around £232 dollars- per year.

A lot of money to many folk, including me.
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For that reason black and white sets were still popular up until around the 1990s, not only because the set was cheaper, but also the license was cheaper -- the license fees for black and white sets were less than for colors. This ended sometime in the 1990s, when it was decided that they would have only one license rate for TVs.

Also, radios used to require a license as well -- this ended sometime in the 1970s.
 
azumanga said:
For that reason black and white sets were still popular up until around the 1990s, not only because the set was cheaper, but also the license was cheaper -- the license fees for black and white sets were less than for colors. This ended sometime in the 1990s, when it was decided that they would have only one license rate for TVs.
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No, you can still get a black and white licence- if you can find a black and white set. They are getting rarer- 212,000 at the turn of the century- now just 34,000 and falling. You can get a convertor box with a RF output that works with black and white (and older colour) sets.

FreddyE1977 said:
Do people still cover their televisions in tinfoil hoping to elude the TV Detector Vans?
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Hmm, I'm not sure if that isn't an urban myth. In any event TV licence enforcement these days is done by address on a computer. Any unlicensed addresses are visited by inspectors to see if a TV set is present. If there is, you get one warning then if you are caught a second time it is off court for a big fat fine.
 
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