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The TV licence fee costs currently stands at £169.50 per year [PA Media] People over the age of 75 on the Isle of Man will continue to receive a TV licence for free for the next two year after ...
Currently the TV licence fee costs £169.50 per year (just over £14 per month). Under the previous government, it was agreed that the TV licence would increase in line with inflation each year ...
The government has decided how much the licence fee will increase in 2024. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
The total income from licence fees was £3.83 billion in 2017–18, [3] of which £655.3 million or 17.1% was provided by the government through concessions for those over the age of 75 (this subsidy has now been phased out). Thus, the licence fee made up the bulk (75.7%) of the BBC's total income of £5.0627 billion in 2017–2018. [3]
As of 1 April 2017, after a price freeze that began in 2010, the cost of a licence may now increase to account for inflation. As of April 2024, the licence fee is £169.50 for a colour and £57 for a black and white television Licence [63] As it is classified in law as a tax, evasion of licence fees is a criminal offence.
The licence must be paid for any premises that has any equipment that can potentially decode TV signals, even those that are not RTÉ's. The licence is free to anyone over the age of 70, some over 66, some Social Welfare recipients, and the blind. The fee for the licences of such beneficiaries is paid for by the state.
The annual fee will rise by 6.6% - less than the BBC hoped for - based on September's rate of inflation. BBC funding: TV licence fee to rise by £10.50, government says Skip to main content
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. From 1971, only the reception of television transmissions required a licence, and radio-only licences ceased to be issued. [2]