TV License, worth it?

The_Safordian

BobQ wrote: »

Its not a "BBC TV Licence". Just a TV Licence required by the Government as a way of funding the BBC as a public service free to air broadcast. The BBC do not collect the fee or issue the licence, they merely use the funds collected by the licence.

LOL Sorry but its the BBC TV Licence

http://whois.domaintools.com/tvlicensing.co.uk

Domain name:
tvlicensing.co.uk

Registrant:
British Broadcasting Corporation

Registrant type:
UK Corporation by Royal Charter

Registrant's address:
Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
United Kingdom

What is TV Licensing and the role of the BBC
What is TV Licensing and what is its relationship to the BBC?

‘TV Licensing’ is a trade mark of the BBC and is used under licence by companies contracted by the BBC to administer the collection of television licence fees and enforcement of the television licensing system. The majority of administration is contracted to Capita Business Services Ltd. (‘Capita’), with cash related payment schemes contracted to iQor UK Ltd. Over-the counter services are provided by PayPoint plc (‘PayPoint’) in the UK mainland and Northern Ireland, and by the Post Office in the Isle of Man and Channel Islands. Marketing and printing services are contracted to Proximity London Ltd as are public relations and advertising services. The latter are subcontracted by Proximity to Fishburn Hedges Boys Williams Ltd, Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO Ltd and PHD Media Ltd. The BBC is a public authority in respect of its television licensing functions and retains overall responsibility.

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/about/foi-about-tv-licensing-AB15/

You really should do some research before jumping in

Oh and

free to air broadcast.

Its currently £145.50 a year so a pay channel. It's not a Free To Air channel like ITV,CH4, Ch5 etc

The_Safordian

SailorSam wrote: »

The Bbc aren't just giving us just outstanding television, for example the recent Frozen Planet, but a wonderful radio service.

Entertaining and educational, well worth a few pounds a week.

Fishburn Hedges ?

The_Safordian

ariba10 wrote: »

The alternative to the BBC is the "Truth" according to the Daily Mail or Rupert Murdock.

How much are the Daily Mail and Murdock forcing you to pay them ?

Zorz_2

le_loup wrote: »

Or Fox News,

I think you mispelled that, it's Faux News actually.

le_loup

What a valuable contribution ... well worth joining. Splendid!

Obukit

Hmm... TV licence at £150 odd quid to give you the right to watch stuff if you happen to be there at the right time versus an old PC, a £10 remote and free XMBC software letting you watch almost anything, whenever you want, for the cost of broadband, which you're probably paying anyway.

Remind me why so many people pay TV tax?

FrugalFranny

I'll admit things like Frozen/blue Planet and some of the BBC 3 comedy shows are really excellent, but I like the iplayer over watching it the old way on things like the recent Frozen Planet because I can pause. I found that near the end of watching live TV most advert breaks on other channels weren't long enough to boil the kettle, and love them for the "no adverts!" policy on the BBC, but I need to...errrm....'nip off' at my age....usually in the middle of the program meaning I used to miss sections of them. I did look into a 'tvo' (no idea what you call them to be honest), but it seemed I was just buying more and more things when I can just sit up in bed nice and cosy and watch polar bear cubs skidding down snowy slopes.

I buy the odd box set as a result to view on my normal TV and to keep the troops entertained, with the money saved on not paying for a 'BBC lincence' it helps toward having broadband for 'his lordships' gaming and improves my ability to watch iplayer/4od and so on with less hassle.

I'll pick up a cheap radio in the next few days so I can listen to the news whilst doing my house-work.

For the first weekish I really missed being able to just switch on the box and switch off my brain, but pretty soon I found plenty of uses for my extra time and with the internet I don't feel totally 'out of the loop' with the world.

If I have kids still I'd have to re-think possibly, they love their cartoons lol

spikejrt

To someone who mentioned earlier that the TV Licence doesn't go to other channels, well as of 2015 the licence fee will partly fund S4C.

Anyway, I'd rather here than in Germany who pay more than us for their TV Licence and have adverts on the funded channels...

esuhl

jk38 wrote: »

It's a receiving device i.e. an aerial that you need the licence for - not the TV

If you have a means of receiving programmes (even if you never use it) you have to have a licence or an excemption certificate

Well, that's just completely wrong. Why would you even think that was true?! I can't understand how anyone could be certain of something when not a single reliable source would ever contain such misinformation.

You do not need a licence for owning an aerial. You need a licence to watch or record live TV as it is broadcast. You can legally own a TV that is connected to an aerial without needing a licence. And you don't need an exemption certificate if you don't have a licence; it is perfectly legal to have neither.

Dollardog

tvlicensingblog wrote: »

Section 360 of the Communications Act 2003, which I believe someone quoted earlier, requires that a licence is obtained for any device that is "installed or used" for "receiving or recording a television programme at the same time (or virtually the same time) as it is received by members of the public".

The killer word there is installed. If a TV set (or whatever it happens to be) is connected up to receive/record live programmes then technically a licence is needed.

As I read that, that means then that anyone who has a pc or a laptop, regardless of whether thay actually use it for watching/recording live tv needs a licence, because if you connect to the Internet, technically you would be able to watch some live transissions.
That was not what I was told when the call taker at the tv licenceing place told me that even if I have a laptop and watch i-player, as long as I don't ever watch anything live, I didn't need one.