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> "If you live in the UK and own a TV you must pay the BBC whether you want the BBC or not!" This isn't true.
by amaccuish 7y ago
> "If you live in the UK and own a TV you must pay the BBC whether you want the BBC or not!"
This isn't true.
- tomxor 7y ago> You need a TV Licence to watch or record live TV, no matter where it is broadcast or distributed from. This includes satellite or online streamed programmes from outside the UK or Channel Islands, such as sporting events and foreign shows. https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ16 https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ16 > If you’re watching live TV, you need to be covered by a TV Licence: [...] for all channels, not just the BBC https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ95 https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/faqs/FAQ95 In the UK you pay the BBC for not watching the BBC.
- amaccuish 7y agoYes. I was replying to your comment ("If you live in the UK and own a TV you must pay the BBC whether you want the BBC or not!") that suggested that merely owning a TV meant you have to pay the license fee. > If you’re watching live TV, you need to be covered by a TV Licence: [...] for all channels, not just the BBC Is this not because part of the license fee goes to the upkeep of the transmitters and other infrastructure which all terrestrially broadcast channels use?
- noneeeed 7y agoThat is partly true, but I think it's mostly so that you can't just claim you only only watch reruns of Family Guy on E4 and therefore shouldn't have to pay.
- UK-Al05 7y agoFor most people it is though. They don't want to take the risk even if they don't use a TV...
- amaccuish 7y agoSure, but I was responding to the idea that literally just having a TV means you have to pay it. But ye for most people having a TV is synonymous with having a TV license. I remember at uni though having to have a TV license, even not having a TV, to watch iPlayer. And there is no such thing as a communal license in halls.