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The television licence is the instrument used to raise revenue to fund the BBC and S4C. Businesses, hospitals, schools and a range of other organisations are also required by law to hold television licences to watch and record live TV broadcasts. [1] The licence, originally a radio licence, was introduced in November 1923 using powers under the ...
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.
Television. The standard broadcast receiving licences covered reception of the BBC's 405-line television service between November 1936 and September 1939 at no additional cost. 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 ...
In April 2021, the licence fee increased from £157.50 to £159. In January 2022, former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announced the fee would be frozen at £159 for the next two years, until ...
The license fee, which helps to keep the BBC commercial-free, makes up the bulk of the public broadcaster’s income, which, in the financial year 2019/20 was £3.5 billion ($4.6 billion).
The physical licence is a document issued by An Post. In Ireland, a television licence is required for any address at which there is a television set. Since 2016, the annual licence fee is €160. [1] Revenue is collected by An Post, the Irish postal service. The bulk of the fee is used to fund Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the state ...
Television is one of the major mass media outlets in the United States. In 2011, 96.7% of households owned television sets; [1] about 114,200,000 American households owned at least one television set each in August 2013. [2] Most households have more than one set. The percentage of households owning at least one television set peaked at 98.4% ...
A broadcast license is a type of spectrum license granting the licensee permission to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses generally include restrictions, which vary from band to band. [1] Spectrum may be divided according to use.