tv licence for pc tv

Joe_Bloggs

@Flang the Storm trooper arm of the BBC is :- http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/index.jsp

There was an invitation towards the viewers to input alternative schedules for the viewing public. This involved making best use of digital channels aswell. I can't find any links to it.
J_B.

derrick

flang wrote:

Just out of intrest.
Me and the girlfriend are moving into a new flat (from parents)
how do we apply for a tv license? I dont fancy getting a 5000 fine!

SEE HERE and buy on line or go to the post office and get one there
T V Licensing phone number 0800551550

derrick

barginboyrob wrote:

i'm going to university this year and am wondering whether you have to get a tv licence to watch tv from a tv tuner card (i.e. can they find you out)

T V Licensing for students

Rave

rogerramjet wrote:

but can anyone explain how the BBC/TV licensing peeps know when students don't have a license?

I started getting 'you need a licence if you watch TV' letters very shortly after I moved into halls. Since I never made any effort to get myself on the electoral roll and yet still received a polling card a few months later, I assume that the university automatically put students on the electoral roll, and then TV licensing get the details from there. It's possible that the university just tells TV licensing directly of course.....

As it happens, I didn't have a TV when I was in halls, and eventually I got so irritated with the smug and patronising tone of their letters that I took to snipping off all identifying information from them and then returning them in their prepaid envelopes with an invitation for them to go forth and multiply.

For the OP- as everyone says, yes you need a licence, and morally I think you shouldn't attempt to cheat the system, albeit that I think students (and single people) should get a discount.

flang

Just out of intrest,
How do they know that you have a colour tv? surley it still recieves the same signal as a black and white!
I know my uncle only buys a black and white and he has been been caught.

derrick

flang wrote:

Just out of intrest,
How do they know that you have a colour tv? surley it still recieves the same signal as a black and white!
I know my uncle only buys a black and white and he has been been caught.

They don't, but if you buy a colour tv, secondhand or new, the supplier is bound by law to forward your address to TV Licensing, however if you buy one privately or give false address then they won't know, but don't forget the penalties if you are found out, YOU take the risk.

blinky

Student areas are always top targets for the detector vans. Good chance of catching people.

I'm not sure if they can tell if the TV is colour or black and white with their detectors (I think it works off re-radiation).

If you have a Video and use it with a Black and White TV you have to pay for a colour licence as the video can handle the colour signal.

By Law you do not have to let the detector people in when they call (unless they have a warrant) but you do have to show them any equipment capable of receiving a TV signal.

steady__eddie

Some years ago, I remember the T.V. licensing dept. putting out some info. to the effect that thier mobile electronic detectors were so sophisticated that given that the T.V. was switched on, they could identify which room the T.V. was in and which channel was being viewed. The colour or B/W scenario would not be a prob. as a different i.f. frequency is transmitted by the T.V. The only way to escape detection (allegedly) would be to cover the T.V. in tinfoil in order that the detectors could not pick anything up !
Or was this an urban myth of the day ?

Altarf

gizmoleeds wrote:

They knock on your door and ask to see your TV...

Of course you can tell them to get lost, as they have no right of entry (although they will give the impression they have).

Bossyboots

Rave wrote:

I started getting 'you need a licence if you watch TV' letters very shortly after I moved into halls. Since I never made any effort to get myself on the electoral roll and yet still received a polling card a few months later, I assume that the university automatically put students on the electoral roll, and then TV licensing get the details from there. It's possible that the university just tells TV licensing directly of course.....

As it happens, I didn't have a TV when I was in halls, and eventually I got so irritated with the smug and patronising tone of their letters that I took to snipping off all identifying information from them and then returning them in their prepaid envelopes with an invitation for them to go forth and multiply.

For the OP- as everyone says, yes you need a licence, and morally I think you shouldn't attempt to cheat the system, albeit that I think students (and single people) should get a discount.

You are not put on the electoral roll. My son did not live in halls but he still received a letter, at our house, informing him of his need to obtain a TV licence. He contacted the uni to ask why his details had been passed on without his permission. No-one at uni will admit to doing this, but the letter contains his reference numbers so there is nowhere else it can have come from.