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As of April 2024, the licence fee is £169.50 for a colour and £57 for a black and white television Licence [64] As it is classified in law as a tax, evasion of licence fees is a criminal offence. [ 65 ] 204,018 people were prosecuted or fined in 2014 for TV licence offences: 173,044 in England, 12,536 in Wales, 4,905 people in Northern ...
Satellite television. South African-based MultiChoice's DStv is the main digital satellite television provider in Sub-Saharan Africa, broadcasting principally in English, but also in Portuguese, Hindi, German and Afrikaans. In May 2010, On Digital Media launched the TopTV satellite television service. [99]
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]
In 2008, additional pay-TV licenses were granted to various companies in South Africa. As of January 2010, none of the companies granted a license have begun providing services. However, On Digital Media (ODM), have stated that they are on track to begin sale of their product in May 2010, and that prices will be significantly cheaper than their ...
Pensioners on low incomes will be able to more easily apply for their free TV licence under new Government plans. The reforms laid in Parliament on Thursday would mean that over-75s on pension ...
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is an independent regulatory body of the South African government, established in 2000 by the ICASA Act to regulate both the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors in the public interest. Traditionally, telecommunications and broadcasting services operated separately and so ...
On 20 October 2020, SABC and the government were in discussion to get TV and streaming providers in South Africa to collect TV licence on their behalf. [ 21 ] On 27 March 2021, SABC and eMedia Investments expanded their partnership which allowed OpenView customers to receive 3 additional channels as well as their 19 radio stations.
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 ...