TV Licence article Discussion

Cornucopia

Excellent. HTH.

[Deleted User]

Cornucopia wrote: »

you can block iPlayer Live streams by adding this address to your Router's or ISP's block list:-

a.files.bbci.co.uk/media/live/

Where would I find the block list, on a MiFi Dongle?

Cornucopia

Not sure this is possible. You can probably configure your browser or possibly your firewall to do the job.

[Deleted User]

Hi, a friend of mine recently moved home and now needs a little bit of guidance with regards to what he should do with the letter from the tv license company please.

He does not watch tv at all. He watches utube videos etc on the computer but not live programmes. He just uses the tv as a monitor to play games.

He recently received a letter from the tv license company telling him to either purchase a license, or fill out a form to declare/confirm that he does not require/need a license, and then a visit may(?) arrange to confirm it. He has no problem in filling out the forms & having a visit, but before he goes ahead he would like to get some advice please!

After reading many posts on here, it feels like that it is better not letting the people from tv license to enter the property and they has no right doing so too??

Any helps on this would be highly appreciated!

Cornucopia

There is no obligation to respond to TVL, or to allow them into one's premises unless they have a warrant (which are very, very rare).

The simplest advice is to ignore them and get on with your life...

If your friend is inclined to fill in their on-line form (and there really is very little benefit), I would suggest using a made-up name.

EugeneB

Given how many readers MSE have, I wonder if it could promote a petition for slashing TV license at together: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/end-the-bbc-licence-fee

netztiger

Apologies for not having time to read 78 pages to find out if my question has already been asked!

We moved into our rented accommodation in July last year. The date on the letter from TV licensing is 29 July. I am being asked to renew my license on 1st July. I thought that I paid for a year, so why is my year 4 weeks short? I know what they say: "it saves money collecting at the end of the month" etc but surely this is not right?
Thx
NT

cw18

A licence starts on the 1st of the month in which it's purchased, so yours actually started on 1st July even though you didn't need it until 29th.

allule

the subscription system needs rethinking, now that people watch programmes in so many different ways, but it needs to be independent of government to limit political pressure.

One factor which came up a couple of years ago, is that the BBC pays Sky to show BBC programmes, where in other countries it is the reverse. This caused indignation at the time, but I don't think anything has been done about this?

netztiger

I understand that cw18 but think that it is a total ripoff. We were returning from overseas and had they made that clear on the website, I would have waited 3 more days to purchase it. I feel that I have paid the same as everyone else but got 48 weeks instead of 52. They should make that clear on the website when purchasing.

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