TV Licence article Discussion

wymondham

Nick_C said:

I've been grumbling about the BBC and considering stopping the license for a couple of years, but kept renewing in the end.  My license expires in 3 weeks and I'm so hacked off with the BBC I'm not prepared to give them any more of my money.

Just wanted to say well done with your lightbulb moment. Most people pay regardless of their views as they are convinced they'll spent time in prison - the licence PR team sure have done a great job over the years!  What will you spend the saved money on?  something that enriches your life?? 

wymondham

Jvstoney said:

What exactly is live tv? I  only watch tv for half hour or so in the morning after a nightshift, do i need a licence if i only watch itv +1? To me this is not live, maybe im wrong. 

Live TV is anything that has a broadcast schedule at a certain time... catchup is 'self service' that you you get when you want it, not when its broadcast to you.

Watchkeeper

wymondham said:

Live TV is anything that has a broadcast schedule at a certain time...

I'd just add that items such as "we interrupt this programme to bring you an important live report" would also be "live TV" but not scheduled.  I'm thinking things like the storming of the Iranian Embassy by the SAS or a death in the Royal Family. So rare as to be discounted, but you never know ...

cw18

Have they changed things?  Back in the day of me having a licence, a cheque was only an option if you paid for a year up front.  And I'm sure many people (especially with the fall-out from income drops due to the pandemic) won't have the money to be able to do that.

I have to say that in the last week I've delivered more threat-o-grams than I ever have in a week before - probably closer to the number I'd normally deliver in a month.   One (not very long) street in particular seemed to be getting them for at least one household in three !!!!!

Toni_Hancock

Until now we have had a free TV licence as over 75. We are away 6-8 months every year. Can we get a refund or in anyway a partial refund for the time our home is empty and no tv being used. 

nickcc

You can cancel and you will be refunded any full months outstanding 

Mistados

Hi,

im moving into a new flat soon and all I’m going to use my TV for is playing my games consoles. I read on a website that you need a licence if any of your devices have the capability to stream BBC iPlayer or watch TV which my PS4 and iPad do, so do I need a licence because of that? 

bigpappa

I am torn  - I don't like how the the BBC news has just become a Government mouthpiece - this current Government has forced them into submission - yet we need an independent broadcaster or we will end up like the US with Fox News pumping out lies and disuniting people. I don't want anymore partisanship.

The BBC does need to rethink some of its output but I would still have the BBC than Fox News and CNN.

Democracy requires an informed not inflamed public.

pphillips

Mistados said:

Hi,

im moving into a new flat soon and all I’m going to use my TV for is playing my games consoles. I read on a website that you need a licence if any of your devices have the capability to stream BBC iPlayer or watch TV which my PS4 and iPad do, so do I need a licence because of that? 

Don't get confused by the capacity argument, which only applies if you connect your TV to an aerial, satellite dish or cable TV. For internet devices, it's only if you use BBC iPlayer or watch live TV that requires a TV licence.

cw18

Not only for internet devices.   You can own a TV that doesn't connect to the internet and still not need a licence.   As long as you don't watch (or record) Live TV or iPlayer you don't need a licence.    My first few years of being licence free I had an old fashioned TV that was simply connected to a DVD player.    All I did was disable my aerial and remove the cable that ran from the socket in the wall to my TV (and retuned my TV so that if someone plugged an aerial in it wouldn't play anything until specifially tuned first).