Tv licence has gone up!

400ixl

km1500 said:

oh don't worry about us non-licence payers and the BBC being unable to afford to make programs 

 the BBC have masses of money they can afford to pay Gary Lineker over a million pounds an episode for commentating on football

Maybe get your facts right if you are trying to use them to make a point. If that were the case they would be paying him in excess of £40m per year. His salary is per year. 

Some will still see £1.3m per year (down from £1.75m) as excessive, others won't. Garry Neville, Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane are all reportedly paid £1m+ by Sky.Thierry Henry at one point was reportedly paid £4m per year.

MrsStepford

We don't pay for a licence as we don't watch it record live TV or watch BBC iPlayer.  Not paying £159 per year pays for Amazon Prime.

Husband was told by TV Licensing Unit that watching live sport on Amazon Prime or watching a live stream on YouTube requires a TV licence, even though they aren't made for TV. Anyone else told that ? 

GingerTim

MrsStepford said:

We don't pay for a licence as we don't watch it record live TV or watch BBC iPlayer.  Not paying £159 per year pays for Amazon Prime.

Husband was told by TV Licensing Unit that watching live sport on Amazon Prime or watching a live stream on YouTube requires a TV licence, even though they aren't made for TV. Anyone else told that ? 

That is correct - watching a programme live on any streaming service requires a TV licence.

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ33

LightFlare

GingerTim said:

MrsStepford said:

We don't pay for a licence as we don't watch it record live TV or watch BBC iPlayer.  Not paying £159 per year pays for Amazon Prime.

Husband was told by TV Licensing Unit that watching live sport on Amazon Prime or watching a live stream on YouTube requires a TV licence, even though they aren't made for TV. Anyone else told that ? 

That is correct - watching a programme live on any streaming service requires a TV licence.

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ33

I'm not sure thats 100% correct if It's a live stream by an individual content creator - I think the pertinent word is "service" and individuals aren't covered under this. Maybe I'm wrong

GingerTim

LightFlare said:

GingerTim said:

MrsStepford said:

We don't pay for a licence as we don't watch it record live TV or watch BBC iPlayer.  Not paying £159 per year pays for Amazon Prime.

Husband was told by TV Licensing Unit that watching live sport on Amazon Prime or watching a live stream on YouTube requires a TV licence, even though they aren't made for TV. Anyone else told that ? 

That is correct - watching a programme live on any streaming service requires a TV licence.

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ33

I'm not sure thats 100% correct if It's a live stream by an individual content creator - I think the pertinent word is "service" and individuals aren't covered under this. Maybe I'm wrong

Correct - if it's a programme you need a licence, if it's some YouTuber them you don't.

IvanOpinion

Haven't paid for a TV licence in over 30 years. I totally refuse to fund that organization.

Bradden

IvanOpinion said:

Haven't paid for a TV licence in over 30 years. I totally refuse to fund that organization.

I enjoy listening to BBC Radio so I'm happy to continue funding production of future programs.

IvanOpinion

That's what's known as free will

Vectis

If you don't like the fee, unsubscribe, i.e. cancel your TV Licence direct debit and don't watch live TV anymore.

If you don't like how much Netflix or Prime etc costs, you cancel them. Do the same with the BBC if you think the fee is too high.

beefturnmail

Mine's the same price - £0