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TV licensing again!

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  • Steve059
    Steve059 Posts: 2,686 Forumite
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    Simply fill in the online "No TV" form. Then ignore them, if necessary.
    If you fold it in half, will an Audi A4 fit in a Citroen C5? :)
  • silverwhistle
    silverwhistle Posts: 4,069 Forumite
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    Yep, but they ask for a name, phone or email... no way. I have looked...
  • stclair
    stclair Posts: 6,855 Forumite
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    If the rooms are individually numbered don't you need a tv leicense per room? Rather than per household.
    Im an ex employee RBS Group
    However Any Opinion Given On MSE Is Strictly My Own
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    silverwhistle wrote: »
    Yep, but they ask for a name, phone or email... no way. I have looked...
    Register for sipgate and provide a sipgate phone number. It's an answering machine service. Excellent for use in the future when comping. They may sell your number to marketing firms but when they hear the answering machine they hang up and you never hear anything about it.

    Set up a new email account whateveryouwant@free-email-provider.com send it there and never check it.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • HappyMJ
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    stclair wrote: »
    If the rooms are individually numbered don't you need a tv leicense per room? Rather than per household.
    Yes...if a TV is in the numbered room. The OP stated there is no TV in the room and the occupant does not use live streaming services. The landlord is required to have a TV licence for the communal TV and the occupants should check it's existance before sitting down and watching it.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • Blackbeard_of_Perranporth
    Blackbeard_of_Perranporth Posts: 7,605 Forumite
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    silverwhistle wrote: »
    Yep, but they ask for a name, phone or email... no way. I have looked...
    It just requires an email address, leave the rest blank
    https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/no-licence-needed/about/
  • stclair
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    HappyMJ wrote: »
    Yes...if a TV is in the numbered room. The OP stated there is no TV in the room and the occupant does not use live streaming services. The landlord is required to have a TV licence for the communal TV and the occupants should check it's existance before sitting down and watching it.

    It was just a general question it was not in response to the ops query.
    Im an ex employee RBS Group
    However Any Opinion Given On MSE Is Strictly My Own
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    stclair wrote: »
    It was just a general question it was not in response to the ops query.
    The answer is still the same...If there is a TV or the occupant watches live streaming services in the numbered room then another TV licence is required. A TV licence is not required by each occupant to watch the communal TV which is covered by the TV licence obtained by the landlord.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • stclair
    stclair Posts: 6,855 Forumite
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    HappyMJ wrote: »
    The answer is still the same...If there is a TV or the occupant watches live streaming services in the numbered room then another TV licence is required. A TV licence is not required by each occupant to watch the communal TV which is covered by the TV licence obtained by the landlord.

    Yeah I know why you repeating yourself?
    Im an ex employee RBS Group
    However Any Opinion Given On MSE Is Strictly My Own
  • silverwhistle
    silverwhistle Posts: 4,069 Forumite
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    Thanks HappyMJ, but I'm not prepared to put myself to such effort, although I'm perfectly happy to write and thank helpful people! ;-)
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