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The rules haven't changed, they are always on the proviso that you receive and watch broadcast tv as it's being beamed. I've even heard stories of people have FV boxes for 'radio only' and have been fine. Unless they catch you watching broadcast tv you're pretty much clear. I haven't paid for a license for 2 years. Further info: http://www.bbctvlicence.com/ It's really quite interesting when you dig deep into it. Even if you get a visit you've no obligation to let anyone in as they don't hold the same legal right as police or even bailiffs. |
TV Licensing - where do I stand? • Page 3
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rudedudejude 2,374 posts
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mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoA colour TV license for those aged under 74 who are not registered blind currently costs 145 quid 50 -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agorudedudejude wrote:
Fair enough. I should have said the implementation of the rules has changed.
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spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoJacksie66 wrote:
Nowhere near anything amounting to what you think from the people that moan about it.
How much is the tv license in the UK?
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Cappy 14,394 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI remember buying my first ever TV for use with a games console when I was a student, I was surprised when I was asked to supply my name and address, without even a second of hesitation I supplied the name and address of an utter ponce whom I knew already had a license.
You would think that would keep the BBC off my back, but it didn't. They sent letters to every address I ever lived at whilst I was a student, they didn't even know who was living where, letters were addressed to Occupant 1st floor, 2nd floor etc. They were fishing, hoping to scare people into paying.
They're still annoying me even now years later, with a constant need for assurance that I'm not watching TV, I keep a television for one reason, one reason only, playing console games.
All in all it's the shady, unpalatable side of the BBC. Anybody resident in the UK without a license is treated as a potential license fee dodger if it comes to their attention. Innocent until proven guilty? Pish posh!
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rudedudejude 2,374 posts
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Registered 16 years agoIt's quite funny and unfair in a way, what with TV License payers subsiding iPlayer for all those who don't pay their license (and those internationally who watch via proxy). I'm actually quite surprised you can even watch catch up without a license tbh.
Even if you have the means, it's not enough for a case. They have to catch you in the act. Some local operators will push for court with less evidence, I've heard some flimsy cases been taken forward and rejected. Other inspectors will not do anything until they have solid proof. Most of them are commission paid, ex bailiffs or whatever (some good youtube videos) so their methods of vary.
It's Capita that manage the license fee side, BBC keep themselves well clear of it all to keep their reputation 'clean'.
Edited by rudedudejude at 00:53:08 16-04-2013
Additional Guidance: http://tv-licensing.blogspot.co.uk/p/free-book.html
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spamdangled 31,803 posts
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Registered 13 years agoDont the bbc have something in their charter outrighht preventing them from seeking to make a profit?Perhaps if the govt relaxed that a bit, the bbc could draw additional profit through things like syndication and not be so reliant on the license fee. -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoThe BBC seem to have wangled it such that the vast majority of syndication money goes to BBC Worldwide, which is a for profit company. I dare say some of the money comes back, since as you say the TV License is a bargain for what you get for it, but BBC Worldwide strikes me as a way for them to make some serious money without being constrained by a pesky charter.
Edit: Doing a bit of digging, I may be painting BBC Worldwide a bit too negatively. BBC Worldwide made [link=http://www.bbcworldwide.com/annual-review/annual-review-2012.aspx">£155m last year on a turnover of around a billion which doesn't strike me as wild profiteering (though I don't know if a 15% profit margin is good or bad these days). On the other hand, according to the -
One_Vurfed_Gwrx 4,468 posts
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Registered 15 years agoOn the other side of the coin re iplayer, I pay my TV license for my home but I am currently living overseas (my family are still in UK thus the paying) but there is no official way for me to get iplayer or 4od type stuff without proxies. Thus I just have to wait a few days to use torrents. I always wondered what would happen if they just made the BBC subscription only and dropped the license. I imagine it would be a lot less money for the BBC... -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoInterestingly that BBC annual report attributes a stonking £74 million of it's license fee jamboree to the digital switchover. As far as I noticed, it costs the same to receive a digital signal as it did an analogue one, so presumably that windfall came from people buying new digiboxes, thus submitting their addresses to the TV license folk, who'd presumably been missing them all these years. Seems a bit iffy, so anyone got any better idea what that £74 million means? -
X201 22,150 posts
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Registered 16 years agoCappy wrote:
The Conservative Govt. offloaded the responsibility for licence collection to the BBC in 1991. They made the BBC responsible for collection, but the BBC have to hand the money to the Treasury, who then hand it back based on the finacial agreement they agree withh the BBC at charter renewal time.
All in all it's the shady, unpalatable side of the BBC. -
X201 22,150 posts
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Registered 16 years agomal wrote:
Which report and what page?
so anyone got any better idea what that £74 million means? -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoAh, sorry. It's the Full Financial and Governance Statements 2011/12 (4.2MB), CFO's review, page F2 (aka 6) just after the contents. -
EVERYONE should pay, I cannot believe that noone either;
- Listens to BBC radio
- Goes on the BBC news or sport website
- Has watched something on iPlayer
Until the beeb go fully ad funded, everyone should pay. -
CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoNone of those things require a tv license. -
elstoof 28,126 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThose police pulling over and checking cars for unpaid vehicle excise duty eh, all in all it's the shady, unpalatable side of the DVLA if you ask me. -
CosmicFuzz wrote:
I didn't say they did, but considering the license pays for them, I think people should still pay.
None of those things require a tv license. -
You want to charge all the people around the world that use them as well then? -
CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoLetsGo wrote:
Why on earth should people pay for things they don't need to? If the BBC are so strapped for cash then they can make radio/iplayer/website license dependent. Until then people shouldn't give them money out of the kindness of their hearts - they're the ones who make the rules on what you need a license for. You're a mug if you pay more.
CosmicFuzz wrote:
I didn't say they did, but considering the license pays for them, I think people should still pay.
None of those things require a tv license. -
Trowel 24,512 posts
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Registered 18 years agoAargh. wrote:
The BBC site is subsidised by advertising for international users.
You want to charge all the people around the world that use them as well then? -
mal 29,326 posts
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Registered 20 years agoShikasama wrote:
If you literally don't give two hoots what station you're listening to, why not tune it to white noise instead?
And the only one I actually 'use' is the BBC radio because it is on in the car on the way to work. It could literally be any station and I wouldn't give a flying fuck. -
mal 29,326 posts
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CosmicFuzz wrote:
iplayer requires a license to use the "watch live" function.
None of those things require a tv license. -
warlockuk 19,519 posts
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Registered 17 years agoI once asked someone what the fee goes towards.
Apparently a chunk of it goes to the government, then some of it goes on infrastructure (which is sub-let to other companies - so they gain revenue from that) and some of it goes into making tv shows. Those TV shows are then given by the non-profit BBC to a for-profit company; BBC Worldwide.
So... isn't that money laundering? -
CosmicFuzz 32,632 posts
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Registered 15 years agoWhy? There's nothing illegal about the money that they need to hide it. -
TheSaint 20,950 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI just want them to introduce a humble bundle style mechanism so that I can decide what my licence fee goes towards:
Radio 4 - 80%
BBC 1 - 2%
BBC2 - 3%
BBC Website - 5%
BBC4 - 5%
5Live - 5%
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neems 5,635 posts
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Registered 13 years agoThe license fee does not go to the BBC, it is literally a license to use equipment that can receive television broadcasts. The money goes into the general tax fund, from which the BBC receive their funding. It may seem like a fine distinction, but it's an important one.
More significant to those who haven't paid their fee; any court appointed fines incurred do not go to television licensing, they go into the court system. So despite what the friendly people on the phone may say, the odds of being fined a grand for a first offence are low.
You will get a phone call though if you live at an address that has no current license, as they just assume that everybody in the country has a tv.
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40p a day.
Far better than a paper.
Just pay it, fuckers.
Edited: to make crap haiku
Edited by localnotail at 10:57:55 16-04-2013
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