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During this period, and a maximum of 24 hours before a decision to prosecute a householder is taken, TV Licensing will check if a licence has been purchased. The decision to prosecute usually takes place 12–14 weeks from receiving the enquiry officer's report. TV Licensing serves documents on defendants four to six weeks prior to a court hearing.
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 ...
One of the methods used to identify TV use without a licence was TV detection equipment mounted in a van. The first TV detector van was unveiled on 1 February 1952. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] In the 1950s, the Post Office, which then administered the TV licensing system, ran converted Hillman Minx and Morris Oxford estate cars, which had large aerials ...
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. The fee is set by the Government, which announced in 2016 that it would rise in ...
The first wireless licence was issued in November 1923 for 10 shillings (50p), and by the end of that year 200,000 had been issued. The number of active licences continued to rise dramatically ...
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]
Canadian rights to HBO-owned and -distributed programming are held by Bell Media, the mass-media unit of telecom company Bell Canada. [a] Programming is offered through Bell's Crave pay television service, which includes an HBO-branded multiplex channel that launched in 2008 and features the U.S. channel's original programming; the over-the-top Crave streaming service; and Bell's French ...