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TV Licence

aardvaak
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I in the next week will be getting rid of all the TV's, Sky, video & DVD., in my household.

Can I stop paying my TV licence?

I will still have a Laptop but will not be watching TV on it.

I am fed up with paying the BBC to broadcast the sporting crap that they are inflicking us to whilst removing other much better programs!
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  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    No reason to pay a tv licence if you have no TV.

    You can watch iplayer on your laptop no bother, you dont need a licence for this.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    McKneff wrote: »
    No reason to pay a tv licence if you have no TV.

    You can watch iplayer on your laptop no bother, you dont need a licence for this.

    Great! Here we go I'll order the skip
  • gnus
    gnus Posts: 73 Forumite
    edited 20 July 2012 at 7:06PM
    aardvaak wrote: »
    I in the next week will be getting rid of all the TV's, Sky, video & DVD., in my household.

    Can I stop paying my TV licence?

    You can keep all that stuff and still not pay for a tv licence. Just stop watching or recording live tv.
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  • kaster
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    McKneff wrote: »
    No reason to pay a tv licence if you have no TV.

    You can watch iplayer on your laptop no bother, you dont need a licence for this.
    You need a licence if you're watching iPlayer (or any TV) live, even on your computer. You only don't need one if you're watching catchup - http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/tvlicence/
    A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it is by no means the most interesting.
  • aardvaak
    aardvaak Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    gnus wrote: »
    You can keep all that stuff and still not pay for a tv licence. Just stop watching or recording live tv.

    But it will be a bit more dficult to prove when the dectector van arrives!
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    kaster wrote: »
    You need a licence if you're watching iPlayer (or any TV) live, even on your computer. You only don't need one if you're watching catchup - http://iplayerhelp.external.bbc.co.uk/help/playing_tv_progs/tvlicence/

    Can you watch iPlayer live then. I have no idea

    Dont skip your stuff OP, give it to a charity shop, or a homeless project, I hate waste, someone will be grateful for them.
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • prowla
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    Offer unwanted kit on freegle - there will be somebody who will be happy to come to your house and take it away.
  • pogofish
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    McKneff wrote: »
    Can you watch iPlayer live then. I have no idea.

    If you watch live online you need one but not if you watch time delayed or catch-up. :)
  • pogofish
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    aardvaak wrote: »
    But it will be a bit more dficult to prove when the dectector van arrives!

    You are aware that TVL/Capita are going to bug the backside off you with letters and maybe even visits anyway?
  • luckwudaveit
    luckwudaveit Posts: 406 Forumite
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    pogofish wrote: »
    You are aware that TVL/Capita are going to bug the backside off you with letters and maybe even visits anyway?

    They don't have right of entry though.
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