cancelling tv licence

mrs_lds

please can someone direct me to where I can cancel my TV licence. After the Brand Ross fiasco I do not want to contribute to anymore wages for these2 morons.

torikate

You can phone them and tell them you want to cancel it. Also do it through your bank if you pay by dd. Just make sure you only do this if you are actually not going to own a tv anymore as they will do checks and you could end up with a nasty fine. Hth.
Tori x

superscaper

torikate wrote: »

You can phone them and tell them you want to cancel it. Also do it through your bank if you pay by dd. Just make sure you only do this if you are actually not going to own a tv anymore as they will do checks and you could end up with a nasty fine. Hth.
Tori x

Owning a TV has got nothing to do with needing a TV license. The TV license is for watching or recording broadcast TV in the UK. Simply having a TV or using it for other things doesn't require you to have a license.

greyteam1959

My advice would be to do the cancellation in writing sent by recorded mail and keep all copies of any letters you send and receive.
You will be hounded by the TV Licensing for ever and a day if you do not do this sort of thing properly

superscaper

mervyn11 wrote: »

My advice would be to do the cancellation in writing sent by recorded mail and keep all copies of any letters you send and receive.
You will be hounded by the TV Licensing for ever and a day if you do not do this sort of thing properly

Personal experience says you could end up being hounded even if doing things properly. Happened to me and all I did was cancel (through TVLA directly) and move back with my parents who already had a license.

mrs_lds

excuse my ignorance but do you only need a licence if you watch bbc or am i wrong

likabu_2

You need a tv licence if you watch tv regardless of whether you watch BBC or not.

Lisa

Rikki

mrs_lds wrote: »

excuse my ignorance but do you only need a licence if you watch bbc or am i wrong

I'm afraid you need to have a licence to watch or record from the television.

superscraper wrote:

Owning a TV has got nothing to do with needing a TV license. The TV license is for watching or recording broadcast TV in the UK. Simply having a TV or using it for other things doesn't require you to have a license.

myrnahaz

You also need a TV license if you use a radio.

Andy_L

myrnahaz wrote: »

You also need a TV license if you use a radio.

no you don't (assuming that's all you use)

ShaunJUK

You need a license if you own any items of equipment that can be used to recieve a broadcast, they are in the process of trying to include computers since the launch of online streaming. That is regardless of whether you use it for that or not.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/01/iplayer_does_not_require_a_tv_1.html