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Why pay the TV licence for BBC tv now analogue has been switched off?
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I never watch it anyway!
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>> When will my TV signal be switched off?
The timetable for analogue switch-off by region is:
2008: Border
2009: West Country, HTV Wales, Granada
2010: HTV West, Grampian, Scottish Television
2011: Yorkshire, Anglia, Central
2012: Meridian, Carlton/LWT (London), Tyne Tees, Ulster
What will happen with the old analogue TV signal?
There is a major debate over what should happen to the spectrum for analogue TV after switchover. If the Government auctions off use of the spectrum to private companies who would want it for uses such as mobile phone TV, it could obtain a substantial amount of money. In 2000 the Government raise £22bn with the auctioning of 3G mobile phone broadcast licences.
However, an alliance of public service broadcasters, consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers, HD for All, is lobbying for a third of the spectrum to be set aside for free-to-watch High Definition television. This would enable the BBC and current terrestrial broadcasters to air programmes in superior quality HD-TV. A decision has yet to be made. <<
The timetable for analogue switch-off by region is:
2008: Border
2009: West Country, HTV Wales, Granada
2010: HTV West, Grampian, Scottish Television
2011: Yorkshire, Anglia, Central
2012: Meridian, Carlton/LWT (London), Tyne Tees, Ulster
What will happen with the old analogue TV signal?
There is a major debate over what should happen to the spectrum for analogue TV after switchover. If the Government auctions off use of the spectrum to private companies who would want it for uses such as mobile phone TV, it could obtain a substantial amount of money. In 2000 the Government raise £22bn with the auctioning of 3G mobile phone broadcast licences.
However, an alliance of public service broadcasters, consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers, HD for All, is lobbying for a third of the spectrum to be set aside for free-to-watch High Definition television. This would enable the BBC and current terrestrial broadcasters to air programmes in superior quality HD-TV. A decision has yet to be made. <<
i understood if you had anything capable of receiving a tv signal in your house you had to have a licence.if not as an example i have a 47" tv which is internet connected ,what's to stop me just unplugging the aerial if i can see the tv coppers at my door how can they prove ive just been watching "live tv" as my apartment has a communal aerial built in it would be difficult for them to say "well you have a tv aerial for watching tv," i answer yes its built in, surely it cant be that easy .
brill link snags notehow it says
>> As it is our duty to ensure that everyone in the UK who needs a licence has one, we may visit your address to check that no TV Licence is required. It's unfortunately necessary to do this, as when we make contact on these visits, almost a fifth of people are found to need a TV Licence. Please be assured that this is a routine visit, and will take no more than a few minutes. If, during the visit, we find that you do in fact need a licence, you'll need to pay the full licence fee. Please note that you may also face prosecution and a fine of up to £1,000. <<
so 4 out of 5 innocent people have to have their home searched from top to bottom
notice also how it says a few minutes this is more like 40 minotes
>> As it is our duty to ensure that everyone in the UK who needs a licence has one, we may visit your address to check that no TV Licence is required. It's unfortunately necessary to do this, as when we make contact on these visits, almost a fifth of people are found to need a TV Licence. Please be assured that this is a routine visit, and will take no more than a few minutes. If, during the visit, we find that you do in fact need a licence, you'll need to pay the full licence fee. Please note that you may also face prosecution and a fine of up to £1,000. <<
so 4 out of 5 innocent people have to have their home searched from top to bottom
notice also how it says a few minutes this is more like 40 minotes
They're very keen on the threatening letters though! A few years back I let my licence slip, for reasons I won't go into, all I kept getting was letters threatening the householder with court, I used to think how can you take me to court when you don'y know who I am.
Suppose it worked though as I purchessed one as soon as I was able.
Suppose it worked though as I purchessed one as soon as I was able.
"so 4 out of 5 innocent people have to have their home searched from top to bottom" - DrFilth
Some do, as they think TVL have official powers. In fact they have no more power or rights than any other commission-driven salesman. Just ask them to leave.
http://www.televisionlicence.info/
Some do, as they think TVL have official powers. In fact they have no more power or rights than any other commission-driven salesman. Just ask them to leave.
http://www.televisionlicence.info/
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