TV License required when no BBC or TV service is used ?

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Dicehunter

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Seeing as the TV license is for the BBC and myself and a lot of people never watch, Listen or even use any BBC services why do we still have to pay a TV license when we never use it ?

I asked the "Officials" about this as personally I never watch TV of any sort and their comment was "Well you might use the service and if you don't pay we'll simply fine you" That was directly from a man on the TV licensing helpline.

So with that logic I might as well start paying to go see every film that ever comes out but never actually go see them.

A relative of mine on the american side of the family recently moved over here and his reaction even though he doesn't watch or use any BBC service was this "You have to be ** Fully star out any swearing ** kidding me, That's as bad as window tax !" As we all know in the USA they don't have TV tax as it's the 21'st century.

Should we still pay TV tax even if we don't use any TV services ?
 
It's not a payment for services, it's a tax. Use of services is irrelevant. It's like saying I'm not paying council tax because I don't use a library.
 
TV license isn't required if you don't use TV services.
It's simple.
If you watch or record live broadcasts you need a license
If you only use on demand, DVDs, Netflix etc, no license required.

License fee also goes towards new formats etc, and of course government deem imprudent to have an independent broadcast service, which make content for everyone, most of which would not be made as it isn't profitable.
 
I think it's terrible too

With what we have today you should be able to get a card that allows you to watch live broadcast without bbc
 
al4x said:
I think it's terrible too

With what we have today you should be able to get a card that allows you to watch live broadcast without bbc
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You totally miss the point of the BBC, we could go that way, but you would have to get rid of the BBC charter.
 
He said he doesn't watch TV of any sort.

You only need to have a TV license to watch or record broadcast TV. That's broadcast TV on any platform - it doesn't matter if it's BBC or Sky or whatever else. You can, however, watch pre-recorded TV without a license. Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video count as prerecorded, as do NowTV, iPlayer, 4oD etc. as long as you don't use those services to watch programs as they are being broadcast (so watching the football, or the latest episode of Doctor Who/Game of Thrones/Hollyoaks as it's being broadcast is a no-no, you have to wait for it to be uploaded for catch-up viewing).

The TV License people can be a pain in the are if you decide to forego a license and just watch catch-up/DVDs though. They'll say anything in the hope you cough up (the problem with having a private company manage the scheme I guess).
 
It's not like the BBC is becoming irrelevant more and more more by the day due to its biased reporting and frequent repeats of the same sorry content.

I find it amazing that simple letters can strike fear into people's hearts and people still associate the TV licence with the BBC.
 
Careful, they might send the van around which detects if you are watching TV with MICROWAVES AND STUFF.
 
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