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The television licence fee is collected by the BBC and primarily used to fund the radio, television and online services of the BBC itself. Licence fee collection is the responsibility of the BBC's Finance and Business division. [5] The BBC also operates as the TV Licensing Authority in the UK, as one of its trade names.
The licence fee was introduced in June 1946, when television broadcasts resumed following the Second World War. It is now reported to be worth over £3 billion to the BBC.
As of April 2024, the licence fee is £169.50 for a colour and £57 for a black and white television Licence [63] As it is classified in law as a tax, evasion of licence fees is a criminal offence. [ 64 ] 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 ...
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 ...
Currently the TV licence fee costs £169.50 per year (just over £14 per month). Under the previous government, it was agreed that the TV licence would increase in line with inflation each year ...
When television broadcasts in the UK were resumed after a break due to World War 2, it was decided to introduce a television licence fee to finance the service. When first introduced on 1 June 1946, the licence covering the monochrome-only single-channel BBC television service cost £2 (equivalent to £104.79 as of 2023). [2]
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 with the post-war resumption of the BBC service the same month. Television licences always included a licence to receive radio broadcasts.
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 ...