TV Licence Super Thread

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Hypothetically speaking, If one of my kids randomly put on Freeview or whatever its called and started to watch live TV on the TV in their bedroom, unknown to myself or the wife, and we get a visit from an Enforcer and they manage to see or hear my kid watching live TV, what happens there? Does my kid go to court? Do we, as parents?

Disclaimer, we dont have a TVL, we dont watch broadcast TV, live tv apps are not installed on any Tvs. I may sometimes accidently click a link in my web browser and a football match might appear (no idea how I manage that, silly mouse button clicking finger)
 
Droolinggimp said:
Hypothetically speaking, If one of my kids randomly put on Freeview or whatever its called and started to watch live TV on the TV in their bedroom, unknown to myself or the wife, and we get a visit from an Enforcer and they manage to see or hear my kid watching live TV, what happens there? Does my kid go to court? Do we, as parents?

Disclaimer, we dont have a TVL, we dont watch broadcast TV, live tv apps are not installed on any Tvs. I may sometimes accidently click a link in my web browser and a football match might appear (no idea how I manage that, silly mouse button clicking finger)
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Youd likely be held responsible.
 
V F said:
Games or Youtube and Streaming services at night along with Amazon Prime. What's the point keeping services that are no use?
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Amazon Prime streams live TV channels too. That makes proving you don't watch live broadcast TV problematic, (if TVL get a search warrant), even if you don't connect your TV to an aerial or satellite receiver or have any other live TV apps running on it.

Droolinggimp said:
Hypothetically speaking, If one of my kids randomly put on Freeview or whatever its called and started to watch live TV on the TV in their bedroom, unknown to myself or the wife, and we get a visit from an Enforcer and they manage to see or hear my kid watching live TV, what happens there? Does my kid go to court? Do we, as parents?
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TVL might get a search warrant before taking legal action, or they might just go ahead and prosecute. They would prosecute the first resident adult who opens the door to them and identifies themselves to them. That's why more women (73-76%) than men are prosecuted. Because stay-at-home mums answer the door to them during the day much more often than men. Also, TV license evasion accounts for roughly 30% of all female prosecutions for criminal offences!

Droolinggimp said:
Disclaimer, we dont have a TVL, we dont watch broadcast TV, live tv apps are not installed on any Tvs. I may sometimes accidently click a link in my web browser and a football match might appear (no idea how I manage that, silly mouse button clicking finger)
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Live TV apps are pre-installed on all Smart TVs and they aren't always easy to remove. Live TV channels are also streamed on websites, so the 1946 TV licensing concept is just idiotic in this day-and-age.
 
when he gets to a 100 letters he'll get a card from the King, or a putty medal.

watched some minutes of secret sevice on itv, from regular netflix prodn company ... another poor remake of Spooks.
 
I’ve not received a visit letter from tv license for a while. That’s quite disappointing :(
 
Sho said:
I’ve not received a visit letter from tv license for a while. That’s quite disappointing :(
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No emails, chase ups, letters or visits in over 5+years. I would have to dig into my archives to see just how long it been since there last contact. Think I have got rid of them for good at long last.
 
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