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A person who watches or records live television without being in possession of a television licence is referred to by the BBC as a 'TV licence evader'. [5] Each year the BBC estimates the evasion rate (expressed as a percentage of total 'licensable properties') and publishes the value in its Annual Report and Accounts.
Even someone who never watches the BBC but watches live sports on, for example, Prime Video, would need to pay it. Currently the TV licence fee costs £169.50 per year (just over £14 per month).
On 1 January 2019, the television licence (Swedish: TV-avgift, literally TV fee) in Sweden was scrapped and replaced by a "general public service fee" (Swedish: allmän public service-avgift), which is a flat income-based public broadcasting tax of 1 per cent, capped at 1,300 Swedish kronor (approximately US$145 or €126) per person per year ...
Recent years have seen an escalation in the debate around how the BBC is funded. Since 1923, it has received money through a licence fee which it says allows it to remain free of ads and ...
In the UK, as well as on Freeview, satellite and cable services, the BBC's licence-funded television channels and their programmes can be watched live and on demand via BBC iPlayer. They can also be seen in Ireland and some parts of mainland Europe.
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The BBC's international television news service, BBC World News, is broadcast throughout the world. The domestic services of the BBC are funded by the television licence [63] and not only operates BBC One and BBC Two, but also BBC Four, the BBC News, BBC Parliament and children's television channels CBBC and CBeebies.
The BBC TV licence fee is set to rise by £10.50 next year.