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The BBC last year limited the free TV licences to over-75s in receipt of pension credit, which is designed to help with daily living costs for people over state pension age and on a low income.
The TV Licence Management Team, which is part of the Finance and Business division of the BBC, oversees the television licensing system. [16] The TV Licence Management Team is based in the BBC buildings at White City Place in London. The majority of television licensing administration and enforcement activities are carried out under contract by ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The licence must be paid for any premises that has any equipment that can potentially decode TV signals, even those that are not RTÉ's. The licence is free to anyone over the age of 70, some over 66, some Social Welfare recipients, and the blind. The fee for the licences of such beneficiaries is paid for by the state.
Committee chairman Lord True said benefits must be rebalanced towards the young to prepare the country for 100-year lifespans.
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 ...