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> a TV tax (a yearly fee you must pay by government mandate as a result of owning a type of device irrespective of use That's not the case in the UK. You only
by iso1631 6y ago
> a TV tax (a yearly fee you must pay by government mandate as a result of owning a type of device irrespective of use
That's not the case in the UK. You only need a TV license if you use equipment to receive a live TV programme (which is something that falls under the remit of OFCOM[1] - not a livestream of Everyday Astronaut), or if you use BBC's iplayer.
[1] Specifically from 2003 communications act
“television programme service” means any of the following—
* a television broadcasting service;
* a television licensable content service;
* a digital television programme service;
* a restricted television service [consists in the broadcasting of television programmes for a particular establishment or other defined location, or a particular event, in the United Kingdom, which is licensable by OFCOM]
- arghwhat 6y ago> You only need a TV license if you use equipment to receive a live TV programme Better than Denmark, but the quoted legal snippet is not restricted to BBC content, but instead applies to reception or any kind of television broadcast irrespective of provider or source (foreign satellite TV being an obvious alternative). It's a different TV tax than that in Denmark, but absolutely a government mandated tax. (I am unsure how to interpret the digital television broadcast service aspect. I wonder if they mean something wider than DVB, as the previous points do not use "analogue" as classifier. It's need more of the text to figure that out.)