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ChrisDR68
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« Reply #900 on: January 05, 2015, 11:27:57 AM »

Had the Scots voted for independence would the BBC still have collected the licence fee from Scottish households and broadcast to the whole of the British Isles except for Eire?

I presume the alternative would have been similar to how they operate with regard to Eire and studiously avoid that country when doing the weather forecast as if it was a leper colony Cheesy
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« Reply #901 on: January 05, 2015, 05:19:22 PM »

Had the Scots voted for independence would the BBC still have collected the licence fee from Scottish households and broadcast to the whole of the British Isles except for Eire?

I presume the alternative would have been similar to how they operate with regard to Eire and studiously avoid that country when doing the weather forecast as if it was a leper colony Cheesy
Licence fees would have been payed to the Scottish Government in an independent Scotland to fund the SBS [Scottish Broadcasting Service].

The BBC is actually broadcast in the Republic of Ireland (Eire) due to RTÉ paying the BBC to do so. It wouldn't be surprising if the SBS would have done the same in an independent Scotland. The BBC however puts the Republic in it's Northern Ireland section - so all the local news is from Northern Ireland.
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« Reply #902 on: January 05, 2015, 06:00:15 PM »

The BBC is actually broadcast in the Republic of Ireland (Eire) due to RTÉ paying the BBC to do so.

I don't believe this is true. You can receive some BBC channels on the Astra satellite or by cable, but the Irish broadcaster doesn't pay for it - they are competitors at some very small margin (e.g. showing EastEnders). The equivalent would be to pay a Scottish cable company for their subscription package including UK channels.
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« Reply #903 on: January 06, 2015, 07:19:27 AM »

The BBC is actually broadcast in the Republic of Ireland (Eire) due to RTÉ paying the BBC to do so.

I don't believe this is true. You can receive some BBC channels on the Astra satellite or by cable, but the Irish broadcaster doesn't pay for it - they are competitors at some very small margin (e.g. showing EastEnders). The equivalent would be to pay a Scottish cable company for their subscription package including UK channels.
I had a look:

Historically, people in Ireland were able to get the BBC due to analogue spill over.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0201/127070-communications/

Also, "The Memorandum commits the two Governments [UK & Ireland] to facilitating the widespread availability of RTE services in Northern Ireland on a free-to-air basis, and BBC services in Ireland on a paid for basis."

It seems to be the Irish Government who pay for the BBC.

Also see: UK Gov Website
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