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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 ...
In June 2019, it was announced that free television licences for all over-75s that were funded by the Government as part of the 2017 agreement, would be abolished in June 2020. The TV Licensing website stated that "From 1 June 2020, there will be a new scheme.
The new proposals, announced yesterday by the BBC’s director-general Lord [Tony] Hall will mean that from June 2020, only over-75s who receive pension credit will be eligible for a free TV licence.
The BBC's new ruler to scrap free TV licenses for over-75s has been widely condemned. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
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 ...
A coupon-eligible converter box (CECB) was a digital television adapter that met eligibility specifications for subsidy "coupons" from the United States government.The subsidy program was enacted to provide terrestrial television viewers with an affordable way to continue receiving free digital terrestrial television services after the nation's television service transitioned to digital ...
99-year-old World War Two veteran Victor Gregg has hit out at the BBC for scrapping free TV licenses for over-75s, just two days after the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
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]