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TV Licensing maintains permanent contact with every address in the database that is recorded as not having a TV licence [118] until a licence is purchased for that address or until TV Licensing confirm that the household does not need a licence. If it is confirmed that a household does not watch or record live television, the address is put ...
A television licence or broadcast receiving licence is a payment required in many countries for the reception of television broadcasts or the possession of a television set. In some countries, a licence is also required to own a radio or receive radio broadcasts. In such countries, some broadcasts are funded in full or in part by the licence fees.
Ofcom is responsible for the management, regulation, assignment and licensing of the electromagnetic spectrum in the UK, and licenses portions of it for use in television and radio broadcasts, mobile phone transmissions, [37] private communications networks, wireless devices and so on. The process of licensing varies depending on the type of ...
The move will mean the 7,000 people who apply for a free licence each month will be able to do so more quickly online or over the phone. The BBC last year limited the free TV licences to over-75s ...
The cost of the annual TV Licence fee will increase from £157.50 to £159 from April 1 2021, it has been announced. ... Those buying or renewing a licence after April 1 2021 will pay the new fee ...
The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 led to the suspension of television broadcasts in the UK. The television licence was introduced in June 1946 to coincide with the post-war resumption of the BBC service the same month. Television licences always included a licence to receive radio broadcasts.
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 ...
A UK Restricted Service Licence (often called an RSL) is typically granted to radio stations and television stations broadcasting within the UK to serve a local community or a special event. Licences are granted by the broadcasting authority Ofcom (formerly the Radio Authority and the Independent Television Commission , respectively).