CMYKhazi-Dan
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Lol. TV Licence, get in the bin where you belong. You outdated piece of poo.
TV Licence, Cancelled Mine
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CMYKhazi-Dan
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Oh, and don't get me started on the absolute rip off to watch football on telly with needing at least three subscription services (to help the consumer as it's not a monopoly 🤪)plus the fakked up TV licence nonsense on top for live broadcast. I won't be part of it.
John Bennett
Senior Member
The ability of my Virgin Media subscription to constantly creep up towards £100 a month is an infinitely bigger irritation, considering there's almost naff-all left to strip out of it.
I suppose I'm too busy/lazy to look at alternatives
I suppose I'm too busy/lazy to look at alternatives
pooman2084
Be Attitude For Gains!
Virgin try and up ours every year, but my wife phones up to say we’re going to move provider and it usually stays the same. I think we pay £40 for phone, tv and 100Mbs fibre.The ability of my Virgin Media subscription to constantly creep up towards £100 a month is an infinitely bigger irritation, considering there's almost naff-all left to strip out of it.
I suppose I'm too busy/lazy to look at alternatives
John Bennett
Senior Member
Eek, it's even more than I thought:
Well, this thread's prompted me into action again
Well, this thread's prompted me into action again
CMYKhazi-Dan
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TV licence seems least of your money worries! 🤪Eek, it's even more than I thought:
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Well, this thread's prompted me into action again
John Bennett
Senior Member
Grr, it's maddening. Seems they whacked £18 on it earlier this year. Working out where an obsolete package sits against their range of new user offers isn't so obvious.
I pay a yearly Prime fee and I have live TV on it so I guess it does count towards a TV licence according to BBC
Im pretty sure the rules are that you only need a Licence if you watch or record Live TV broadcasts, you can have access to the channels via a subscription or whatever, but as long as you dont physically watch or record the live channels via any medium (TV, phone, tablet etc.) you dont need a Licence.
Its the same with ITVX, All4 etc, you can watch the channels live on those apps, but if you only use the catchup/boxsets etc then you dont need a Licence.
I'm same there, too busy doing things I enjoy and put off phoning idiots up about broadband to deal with it, they add stuff on you never asked for to see if you notice, but with other costs going crazy it's time to start saving money where you canThe ability of my Virgin Media subscription to constantly creep up towards £100 a month is an infinitely bigger irritation, considering there's almost naff-all left to strip out of it.
I suppose I'm too busy/lazy to look at alternatives
Personally I wouldn't pay for extra TV, I had sky in the early days and got free cards that lasted 6 months, after that freeview was fine as it's free but now I can't watch the crap and only was watching stuff like Wheeler Dealers, Car SOS, stopped watching Have I Got News For You, now you see it for what it is, same with Mock the Week, sooner Watch stuff on youtube where people Mock The BBC
Enough people doing Car stuff on Youtube as well, but I'd sooner spend more of my time doing other things now, saving money cancelling it is just a bonus
CMYKhazi-Dan
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You don't need a licence for a mobile device, ie. has a battery and not plugged into the mains, so live TV on Sky Go on a tablet is fine but a desktop computer is not. Laptop/notebook probably exempt also.
Don't know the rules if you hook one of these up to a big screen that is plugged into the mains.
Madness really 🤪
Not sure where you have gotten that from but thats completely incorrect, you need a licence to watch or record Live TV on ANY device, it doesnt matter if it has a battery, portable generator or runs on magic.
Direct from the Site.
The law says you need to be covered by a TV Licence to:
- watch or record TV on any channel - via any TV service (e.g. Sky, Virgin, BT, Freeview, Freesat)
- watch TV live on any streaming service (e.g. ITVX, Channel 4, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Now TV, Sky Go)
- watch BBC iPlayer*.
If you’re using a mobile device powered solely by its own internal batteries – like a smartphone, tablet or laptop – you will be covered by your home’s TV Licence, wherever you’re using it in the UK and Channel Islands.
However, if you’re away from home and plug one of these devices into the mains and use it to watch live on any channel, TV service or streaming service, or use BBC iPlayer*, you need to be covered by a separate TV Licence at that address (unless you’re in a vehicle or vessel like a train, car or boat).
CMYKhazi-Dan
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Ha ha fair enough.
I got my info from the TV licence site a while back. If they've changed it since then, well, it's a joke. Can't they just put ads on their channels? They advertise their own shitty programmes enough!
thegreathopper
Active member
Oh no not adverts, that’s why I can never watch itv, channel 4, Sky etc, that is the best BBC benefits , no ads.
I heard Chilijoncarne read out the exact same statement about not needing a licence if its not mains powered and thought that's a bit mental but he didn't say anymore or claim its okay, was just reading from somewhere, obviously it's been changed since or it wasn't clear previously
that last bit above
you can use your licence at another property as long as you don't plug in mains or you need to make sure they have licence that's even more patheticUKTV Media Limited,[1] trading as UKTV, is a British multi-channel broadcaster, which, since 2019, has been wholly owned by BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide), a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It was formed on 1 November 1992 through a joint venture between the BBC and Thames Television. It is one of the United Kingdom's largest television companies.
So when the BBC say we have to pay due to them not advertising, thats only on a few channels of there huge business, they advertise through the other parts of the British Brainwashing Corporation, UK Gold, Dave, W, Yesterday etc and no doubt on Channels in other Countries, so why can't they fund the rest of the woke rubbish by the advertising so the old stuff before it all wen't woke you can buy on dvd with money saved
What makes it worse, they don't show many old shows on BBC channels we all paid for that I'd like to watch and if they did they will be sensored , they sell those to other countries and make you pay extra to watch em on Gold so we get to fund Ass Clown Lineker's obscene wages and many others on there
So when the BBC say we have to pay due to them not advertising, thats only on a few channels of there huge business, they advertise through the other parts of the British Brainwashing Corporation, UK Gold, Dave, W, Yesterday etc and no doubt on Channels in other Countries, so why can't they fund the rest of the woke rubbish by the advertising so the old stuff before it all wen't woke you can buy on dvd with money saved
What makes it worse, they don't show many old shows on BBC channels we all paid for that I'd like to watch and if they did they will be sensored , they sell those to other countries and make you pay extra to watch em on Gold so we get to fund Ass Clown Lineker's obscene wages and many others on there
John Bennett
Senior Member
Dare I ask, but who's the BBC supposed to be delivering 'woke', 'brainwashing' propaganda on behalf-of?
kingtreelo
Active member
who is checking these days if you dont pay your tv license and watch TV?
CMYKhazi-Dan
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Good question, last I heard was the guy that travelled the country in his van with the big spinny thing on the top of it has retired. He couldn't afford to update it to digital 😭