tv licenses....

**dessa14** · 06-03-2005, 02:03

How to pay and more information
The colour TV licence costs just over £10 per month - about 34p per day for each household. It is free if you are over 75, half-price if you are registered blind.

lol...
this is true information, half priced for blind people... coz they only get half the entertainment...lol
thanks,
dizzy

**IrishMike** · 06-03-2005, 04:35

You have to have a license to watch t.v. in Australia? Crazy!

**dessa14** · 06-03-2005, 04:35

no we don't have tv licenses, the poms do.
thanks,
dizzy

**LittleGrizzly** · 06-03-2005, 04:45

you pay the license fee for BBC, not to watch tv.

**IrishMike** · 06-03-2005, 04:46

Oh ok, my bad, just showing my ignorance here.

**Spetulhu** · 06-03-2005, 05:13

Originally Posted by LittleGrizzly

you pay the license fee for BBC, not to watch tv.

So do we. Well, we don't pay for the BBC but our own state broadcasting company. It's called a TV license anyway, since they demand everyone pay it if there's a TV in the home. A nice case of "you can watch it if you want, so cough up the money for it". If I tried to bill people on the same grounds I'd be in court sooner than you can say "fraud".

No, I don't pay.

**Krusader** · 06-03-2005, 08:07

Originally Posted by Spetulhu

So do we. Well, we don't pay for the BBC but our own state broadcasting company. It's called a TV license anyway, since they demand everyyone pay it if there's a TV in the home. A nice case of "you can watch it if you want, so cough up the money for it". If I tried to bill people on the same grounds I'd be in court sooner than you can say "fraud".

No, I don't pay.

Same in Norway. Exactly the same system. Pay for the state channel, but even if you don't watch it you still got to pay if you own a TV.

**Ja'chyra** · 06-03-2005, 10:43

Originally Posted by LittleGrizzly

you pay the license fee for BBC, not to watch tv.

Strictly speaking true, but realistically if you watch any TV including Sky or cable you need a license even if you never tune into BBC.

Don't you also need it to listen to the radio? I would rathe they done away with the license fee and went to advertising, let's face it we all need a toilet break during a three hour film.

**TonkaToys** · 06-03-2005, 08:44

Originally Posted by dessa14

half priced for blind people... coz they only get half the entertainment...lol

Crazy but true... used to be cheaper if you had black and white TV. You used to have to pay if you only had a radio!
The argument for the blind having to pay

is that someone else in the house might bee watching the telly instead.