Its transparency is popular: licence-payers see where the money goes and who to blame if they don't like it, not pepper-potted around among commercials on other channels.
The BBC remains popular; the licence fee is one of the least-detested taxes.
Open daily noon-4pm, 6pm-12.30am It may be called the "Oasis of Beer", but this off-licence and popular aperitivo spot facing the market in the buzzing Testaccio district impresses as much for its wine selection as for its extensive range of Italian and international ales.
A BBC veteran, Lord Hall is a staunch defender of its public-service ethos and responsibilities which are to produce a blend of high-quality programming, as private firms might not, with enough popular content to justify the universal licence fee.Polls suggest public support for that—over half of Britons are content with the licence fee.
iPlayer, which allows TV programmes to be watched via the internet without a licence, is proving hugely popular: internet service providers groan about the traffic it has generated since its launch last year.
In Beyoglu, shops popular with tranvestites have had their licences taken away.
He said that the new breed of small-scale community radio stations had proved hugely popular and that the demand for licences was "insatiable" and easily outstripped the analogue spectrum available.
The most popular of these "cheats" was the royal licence.
It also provides studios with a free licence to develop using the popular Unity engine.
www.brunel.ac.uk Mobile gaming Hulk links with Java Predictably, film and TV licences are proving just as popular in mobile phone gaming as they are on every other platform.
Media-freedom campaigners say that he is a victim of judicial persecution because of his anti-government stance.Two years ago, the government withdrew the licence of RCTV, Venezuela's most popular television channel, which supported the opposition.
