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The licence fee in 1963 was at $24 per year ($2 per month), touted at the time as being "one of the cheapest in this part of the world". [139] The licence fees are channelled to the Singapore Broadcasting Authority where they would be used to fund minority and public service programmes. [140] As of 1991, the licence fee was at $100 per year. [141]
French senators approved controversial government legislation abolishing the country’s 89-year-old TV license fee in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a two-hour late-night debate. The ...
The French government’s controversial move to abolish the country’s 89-year-old TV license fee is due to be voted on by France’s upper house this week. The ending of the fee, currently set ...
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]
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 TV licence fee costs currently stands at £169.50 per year [PA Media] ... The UK government announced it would stop funding free TV licences for those over 75 in 2020, ...
A German mathematician who died 450 years ago was sent a letter demanding he pay long-overdue TV license fees, according to a Reuters story. The bill from Germany's GEZ broadcast fee collection ...
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]