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[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

My understanding is that a TV license is required to view programs as they are broadcast.

This is true of all channels and includes programs broadcast across the internet.

This is also why the likes of iplayer are excluded as they are not viewed as they are broadcast.

Nail. Head.

[Shelby]

My understanding is that a TV license is required to view programs as they are broadcast.

This is true of all channels and includes programs broadcast across the internet.

This is also why the likes of iplayer are excluded as they are not viewed as they are broadcast.

The key thing to remember is that the license is not there to give you the right to watch the bbc (even though that is where most of the funding goes), its there to give you the right to view as broadcast media in the UK be it on a phone, Tv, laptop etc.

Sounds about right  If you have the means to watch anything as it is broadcast (whether you actually do or not) a license is required.

[cam2502]

if you OWN a tv, capable of receiving broadcasts, you need a license,  whether or not it is tuned in, connected to an aerial , you never watch it or what.... 


sorry mate.....   


theoretically, this would also apply if you have a freeview USB stick, or other such means of receiving broadcasts on a computer as opposed to a TV.


even if you never watch tv,


even if it is only connected to a playstation,  or a vcr.....    etc etc......



the BBC i'll defend to my death,


TV licensing authority on the other hand are a bunch of bullying antisocial wassocks that need a kick in the teeth.

why?

[JamesV6CDX]

you better make sure that you get it right or you are into P45 territory.....

B.. my comments were light hearted, slightly sarcastic remarks in a forum rant... there is no way, in the real world, I am going to wind up in court

At most, I will write to the TV people again, to make them aware politely that we don't require one...

if you OWN a tv, capable of receiving broadcasts, you need a license,  whether or not it is tuned in, connected to an aerial , you never watch it or what....


sorry mate.....   

Max V6 - By having a TV in the house, on which only purchased DVDs are watched, categorically does not require a TV licence.

To quote the TV licencing website:

" If you don’t watch or record television programmes as they are being shown on TV, on any device, you don’t need a TV Licence. "

You don't need a licence if you don't use any of these devices to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV - for example, if you use your TV only to watch DVDs or play video games, or you only watch ‘catch up’ services like BBC iPlayer or 4oD.


This fits my criteria. I am not watching or recording ANY TV. We simply watch our own, purchased, DVDs.

I'm committing no offence - there is no areal or lead in my property.

As I said before - they're welcome to come and see 

[JamesV6CDX]

Well, their website is obviously given more attention than any letters they're sent! It's actually quite good. Enabled me to make the declaration that I don't need one, online, within a few clicks! Hopefully this is the matter resolved!! 

[JamesV6CDX]

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/what-if-a-tv-licence-is-not-needed-top12/

[Kevin Wood]

So you have to make a SORN declaration if you don't have a TV now, instead of quietly getting on with your life?

[geoffr70]

So you have to make a SORN declaration if you don't have a TV now, instead of quietly getting on with your life?

Yeah I know! 

What the hell's going on, they're not even a regulatory body or government agency or anything like that, just a private firm tasked by the BBC to get the TV tax licence fee.

I've had trouble with them before. I sent them a recorded delivery letter telling them it appears I am more familiar with the Communications Act 2003, and that I will remove any licencing 'officer' (that's an overused word now), from my property if they knock again.

One of my dads old tenants was an old man with learning difficulties, no family, lived in a bedsit, simple life. He was hounded by them, my dad tried to tell them, and they said that they would stop sending letters for 6 months - bloody stupid. The guy didn't have a tv, just a radio. Because he wasn't the sharpest tool in the box he even pulled the tv cable out the wall thinking that would stop the harassment - it didn't.

At the height of the this problem he was found in the river.

Of course it can't be proven that he killed himself because of this, but I know what I think.

[Omega32E]

Think MDTM hit the nail on the head, rest of the answers are here

http://www.bbctvlicence.com/Questions%20and%20answers.htm