However, there is concern among some watermen that when the European commission boatmaster certificate is introduced in 2004 or 2005, foreign nationals with equivalent licences will be allowed to work on the Thames, threatening employment prospects.
Just to give some sense of scale, that is roughly equivalent to 700,000 licence fees, the total cost of Radio 4 for a year or 100 hours of top-flight TV drama.
Of course some of the appeal remains in deciphering what is fictional and what is real – hence complaints about the pair spending the equivalent of a licence fee on a lunch – although the conceit feels somewhat more contrived this time around.
For example, in France your qualification may be equivalent to a Licence or a Maîtrise.
"Talent salaries and wages will round upwards, they won't go down". Former culture secretary John Whittingdale MP said: "If somebody is earning the equivalent of 1,000 households' licence fees put together�� the licence fee payer deserves to know". The annual report showed that the BBC continues to reach 95percentt of UK adults every week.
Loss of his driving licence (the equivalent for a Californian 20-year-old of hemiplegia) was certain, if convicted.
So when Tusk made the populist gesture of cutting the Polish equivalent of the television licence, Marcin says Law and Justice tried to highlight the financial cost of such a measure by sacking local broadcasters.
The new permanent technical director will report to director of football development, Trevor Brooking, and any candidate will have to possess a UEFA Pro Licence or equivalent, the FA announced on Tuesday.
ITV's main competitors for audiences and revenues the BBC, Channel 4 and BSkyB make no equivalent payments for their licences.
It has a budget equivalent to about 914,000 BBC licence fees.
