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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 ...
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 ...
The BBC's new ruler to scrap free TV licenses for over-75s has been widely condemned. Pensioners stage protest outside BBC against scrapping of free TV license for over 75s Skip to main content
The licence must be paid for premises that have any equipment that can potentially decode TV signals, regardless of whether they view RTÉ's content. The licence is free to anyone over the age of 70, to some people over 66, to people on a disability allowance, and people who are blind (these licences are paid for by the state).
The cost of the annual TV Licence fee will increase from £157.50 to £159 from April 1 2021, it has been announced. ... as well as the abolition of free TV licences for all over-75s. ...
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]
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 ...
Also, ABC Weekend TV loses all its franchises along with the rights to take over the Midlands, held by ATV, or the London Weekend franchise, awarded to the London Television Consortium. ABPC , the parent company of ABC and BET, the parent company of Rediffusion, created Thames as a separate entity.