[mythtv-users] Australian TV station show times...

[Mike Perkins]

Phill Edwards wrote:
>> I don't know what the legal situation is in Oz but in the UK, if the networks
>> were consistently that sloppy I think both trading standards and the various
>> regulatory bodies would be having a close look at the situation. After all,
>> these people are supposed to be providing a service, and presumably they have to
>> have some kind of licence (with conditions) to enable them to do that.
>> Worth taking a look, if you know the right people?
> 
> I think you'd have no influence whatsoever, I'm afraid. How can you
> complain about service levels if you're not paying for the service?
> It's the advertisers who pay - they are therefore the customers, not
> us viewers.
> 
Ah. In the UK we *do* pay for the service - it's called the TV licence fee.

Mike Perkins