If You Own A TV, You MUST Buy A TV Licence
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2024
- Judy Finnigan made some good points in a recent article, but even though she must have done some research for it, she still believes if you own a tv you must buy a licence
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They're desperate to hold onto their highly paid jobs and platinum pensions.
They are like the mafia, billions of pounds at stake, they won't give up without a fight...
Not.... They Intend Keeping The Pay Packet,and we all have to cought up wether we have tv or not...tis a democracy dont yopu know
@@bexhill8777hmm. You don’t need a tv licence if you don’t own a tv. Glad to clear up your confusion
Let me get this straight. If you dont pay for a tv licence, you could go to prison, where you can have a tv in your cell, and dont have to pay for a tv licence. we are being treated like mugs.
Totally false, that's what they want you to believe. Nobody in the history of tv licencing has ever went to jail for not having a licence. People go to jail because they refuse or can't pay the fines imposed in court if it does that far. 2 separate things.
@@stuartb4525 so you are saying if you don’t pay the t.v. license or the fine for not having one isn’t related to the t,v.license when jailed ? 😊
@@user-vt5yd4od8m It's simple, if you admit by talking to goons your were watching EastEnders, on the doorstep, they can take you to court. Most cases the courts will simply just fine you. How you deal with it is up to you. Pay it job done. That is over and done with. However, not paying the fine imposed by the courts, is classed as contempt of court, and at that point they can put you in prison for not paying the fine. That's why people end up in jail. Not for not paying the licence. Hope that makes sense?
To add you are not getting jailed for no licence, but for not paying the fine. Technically they are related, would be the same for any fine the court imposes, potential jail time. Doesn't matter the original offence, but in the case of a TV licence, if you pay the fine, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO JAIL. Having no licence is not a custodial sentence. This is where people think, or are led to believe that no licence= jail, it's not the case. All the courts can do is fine you, not even a criminal record.
Plus I’m 💯 percent sure you’ve never been inside an actual jail prisoners do pag a tv license
You have to pay for a TV licence in jail. A pound a week I think...
More propaganda. If I want to buy a 60 inch OLED TV; hang it on my wall and run a fish-tank screen-saver on it then I DONT NEED A LICENSE
But do you have a fishing licence ? lol.
@@Pete1965 ...... 😂
@@Pete1965 you beat me to it! but if he has a image of a fish he needs a fishing license!! 🤣
Not for sea fish @@jfdomega7938
Or a fireplace.. hmmm free heating too 😂
We need a referendum on the future of the BBC.
i took my own referendum and decided not to pay 7 yrs ago only had one mild letter no trouble since, im not paying them to tel me how bad i am for being white in my own BLOODY country,
Just don’t pay…simple
Need a referendum on the future of the government ,especially now we have 3 none unelected non british plonkers in charge
Providing the BBC pays for the referendum!
We don't have control over the BBC.
The Royal Charter - they have breached repeatedly - is their safety net...
Judy I’ve not paid for a licence for 12 yrs you don’t have to pay if your not watching live TV .
Just to be clear the law says you need a licence to watch BROADCAST TV, not LIVE TV. No streaming service is broadcast, it is all on-demand, even when it is called live and so no licence is needed in law.
@@ditch3827 So if you just have a TV to run a PS1 or N64 on (consoles with no integrity capabilities) where the Ariel slot is being used up with the 64, that's fine?
@@Roadent1241 yup - the communications act 2003 says you need a licence to watch broadcast TV (ie signal that is broadcast). You don't need a licence to watch anything that is not broadcast.
@@Roadent1241 Yep - the law is 'watching or recording at time of transmission' - or thereabouts - owning a set capable of receiving transmissions is NOT (as far as I understand) a reason to get a licence?
I always thought if you have a receiver that is capable of picking up a TV signal and displaying it then it needed a licence
Have four TVs and had no licence for last 25+ years, legally don't need one.
Have you had much hassle at the door, out of interest?
Judy Finnegan wouldn’t say (or wouldn’t be allowed to say) these things if she worked for the BBC.
BBC preach anything MYTHICAL - their photocopier must be overheating sending too many red letters and wasting money using packs of paper!
Thinking the same thing. Richard and Judy (the show ) was on ITV.She's safe on independent media.
Is Judy well?
Richard on ITV Breakfast was talking about the tv licence being outdated.
@@MultiSueHand you know it is. It was introduced in 1946. It’s not 1946 anymore it’s 2024
Im 64 now and havent watched TV since December 2009
You can’t beat a decent book !
61 and only watch UA-cam, don't miss TV either.
Ditto!@@jonathansteadman7935
Congrats. I've only just come to my senses, stopped paying last December. One other benefit: started getting free bog roll in the form of TV licensing mafia letters, threatening to send the boys round.
2015 , quit once newsnight became terrible, with that awful woman , kunesberg
I still have arguments with people who insist that you need a license to OWN a tv. Some people just won’t listen. 🤷🏻♂️
Point them at TV licensing web site.
Believe it or not, it does actually state the rules.
I wouldnt waste your time and energy with those kind of people. They are far too programmed and unable to apply logic and sense to basic life situations
It did used to be that way, that's probably why some people still think it.
Ignorance comes to mind
That's because stupid is a permanent condition. It's like my neighbor that said you had to be 28 to buy. Cigarettes, but what it said was if you're less 28 be prepared to show ID when buying cigarettes. We argued for 20 minutes about it before we went to the sign.
Now you know why I dont buy a newspaper
Full of misleading BS merchants they call journalists.
Because you can’t read?
its a dead media why would you want yesterday's news? (propaganda) n they got rid of page 3 aha
Because it is all mind controlling propaganda and BS. Same reason as me.
@@halosrusty don’t be a prat 😂
Judy needs to get her facts straight, that’s my thought.
She knows the facts, but MSM hack will tell us the facts we need to know.
I thought she was a journalist. She should get her facts straight.
@@peterallen2904 -She's probably a drunk.
She needs to stop chewing Wasps.
"If you own a TV, you must buy a TV Licence" is about as stupid as saying "If you drink a beer, you need an Alcohol Licence".
Different charter. But I agree its stupid.
@@CubicSpline7713 The point is, licences are often much more specific than their names imply. Some are fairly straight forward, like driving licences, hunting licences and fishing licences.
While others are a lot more specific, like music licences, alcohol licences, and of course, TV licences.
There was a time when this was correct.
FANCY A FREE BOTTLE OF WINE,.
"If you own a beer glass, you need an alcohol licence."
I don't know why government don't scrap the TV licence
It's a vote winner.
You scrap it yourself. No obligation to have one.
98 million for eastenders set just to update for 4k lol, was nothing wrong with old one.
No vote winner needed. The corporations select who's in power. You just have the illusion that our votes count.
@@allanallen1835So the BBC isn’t short of money then! Why do they think we’re stupid?
What politicians want and what voters want don't overlap much.
Why dont these people stick to reading an autocue instead of pontificating about subjects that they seem to know very little about! The other 3% work for the BBC.
Because the ones writing the autocue scripts are pushing the same agenda.
why would anyone believe the bullshit she and her husband say
Both as woke as fuck imho
@@carolinehuguk6394 yep
Isn't he a shoplifter?
@@AnalogueInTheUK shoplifter. or shirtlifter? Who gives a toss😛
They were the biggest bores on TV at one time, so full of self importance.
I've not had a license for about 3 years. When I first stopped it I got loads of letters so I rang the number to explain why I never needed a license. I had to sign a form to stop the harassment. The letters have started again and I'm not responding. If the salesman catches me in he will get the door closed in his face. Job done.
Yes the computer generated harassment letters start up after two years. I’m waiting for the latest one for April. (Jon normally gets his first and reads it out).
@@MultiSueH Is that jilted Jon?
I haven't had a licence for 2 years but I don't watch any TV at all. I contacted them and told them I no longer need a licence and that was the end of it. No threatening letters no knocks on the door nothing. A tv licence is for watching everything. You can't turn round and say I am only watching ITV and channel 4 and not the BBC. They don't know that. That's why people get letters from them because there is every chance someone might say I don't need a licence but are still watching the BBC. That's why the licence is there to cover everything and covering all bases incase people are still watching the BBC without a licence.
@@lizvickers7156wrong, a tv licence is only required for watching LIVE ‘As it’s being broadcast tv’ and IPlayer. Any other channels, Netflix, Amazon Prime, On demand is paid for by subscription and advertising so no licence is required. Listen to what Jon is saying here then you’ll get the idea.
That’s the way to deal with it.
Say nothing to them and close the door in their face.
I done that to one of them a few years ago and the idiot climbed on my dodgy back garden fence (that had not long been hit by a whole ass tree that fell on it in a storm) to attempt to see into my main room and the entire fence came tumbling down on top of him 🤣.
I heard the noise and just seen his wee legs sticking out under the fence.
7 years licence free for me. No regrets. Had over £1000 to spend on myself. Just went online to TV licensing and made the declaration. I don’t watch any LIVE broadcast. Never had a letter, never had a visit.
That’s exactly what we done.
Interesting. Every interaction I've had with TV Licensing has prompted two to five years of laughable 'red' warning letters. Telling them you don't need one seems to are them open an investigation (their term for a junk mailing list). My mother used to get terrified when she came to my house and would see the 'red letters' to the point of tears. Eventually I just kept them in a sleeve next to the calendar, checking off each deadline that came and passed without any police raids or court cases. It took almost a decade to convince her I was right, included going through the fine print with her.
She still buys a license. She doesn't need one but she's too terrified to 'risk it'.
I have a total of six tvs and I neither need or want a tv licence.
I have a tv in the bedroom for watching dvds on. There is no aerial connection in my bedroom so I cannot watch broadcast tv on if I wanted to. But as far as any tv inspector goes - the only thing I keep in the bedroom is a punch in the head.
Same. I don't have any connected to an aerial, I don't watch live or catch up TV, Use BBC iPlayer and I only use paid for streaming services.
I don't want or will ever need one.
Uk prisons are full
Still rooms available at 4* hotels...
... of foreign criminals.
And they got TV in the cell
@@sinjohnsmyth8301 And prisoners don`t pay a licence for TV
@@williamgardner2739 they could give them an extra month or so lol. Whole life sentence for habitual TV watching?
Not had a TV license for over 20 years. Once when i went to Argos to buy a TV, the sales assistant asked for my address, i obliged and gave her the wrong one and took the TV and left. Never had a knock or letter in all the time i’ve refused to pay!
Bravo ! 😁👏👏👏
I'm 55 this year and remember being in one of those vans when I was 8 or 9 as my uncle used to drive one. It had a huge antenna on the top and a light on a bench in the back to give the appearance of doing something. I'm VERY into tech (lift engineer) and remember laughing when my uncle told us they were fake. He's no longer with us but remember a conversation with him about 10 years ago saying he had to sign an NDA to drive it.
Yep as a kid about 12 yrs old i remember looking inside whilst sliding door was open. A desk and reem of paper on desk with lamp and a chair. 😂 They knew from records which address had or had t got a licence and with just three channels at the time they detected by the glow in the window floor flickering. No dvd or vhs those days 😂
lol they told me on the phone they can detect radiation from tvs that are on, after i told them to contact nasa as im sure they would love a system on that scale that does that,they went on to ask me why and i said if you can detect radiation from thaat distance emmiting from my tv im gonna need a hazmat suit to watch corry. they abruptly hung up.
if yoou live in a village you probbably wont ever get a knock from them,its not worth the petrol lol.
So he broke the NDA tut tut tut....
The funny thing is the BBC got a tiny slap on the wrist for those vans about a decade ago.
Chilli, I'm 61 and my husband is a very young 70 and we haven't watched broadcast TV for four years. Don't miss it.
I use TVs as my computer monitors because of them having built in speakers. The thought of someone trying to charge me a fee for that is infuriating.
Great to see such dedication to journalistic integrity, never letting a fact go unresearched. Oh, hold on.
I do my weekly shopping at Asda and Lidl, yesterday I got a threatening letter from Sainsburys saying I owed them money for being allowed to shop. 😂😂😂😂😂
Wow, I got the same from Tesco's.
That ought to be a the top! Made me laugh - and hit the point home!
Next they'll be a licence/tax to turn our phones on! 🙄
dont give them ideas!!!!
@@andygozzo72
'They' have already thought about it, do not be surprised, 'They' will find a way to implement it.
Phones lines are going. To make a phone call you need voice over IP and internet access.
TV licence for DVB-T2 tuner dongle for Android phones and tablets (MyGica PT362) ??
@@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
Yes, any device that allows you to receive TV programmes while they are being broadcast, your dongle is just a form of smart aerial, It's just like using an internet router & WIFI for the same purpose.
I had a friend on benefits. He was a psyzophrenic, his house was full of damp and his tv aerial didn’t work. All he did was watch DVD’s. He wouldnt let the licence guy in and was worried about his little benefits that he had being taken away so he agreed to pay about 500 quid fine coming out of his benefits. This was about 7 yr ago I didn’t really have a clue back to help him out properly. I told him to appeal but he just let em have it. How many cases l similar to this will there have been I wonder? Awful carry on the man’s passed away now
7 thumbs down on this video. Must be those 3% you were talking about, that actually thinks the licence fee is a good thing. 🤦♂
Or they work for the shysters
@@Nighthawk-rk6wo Nobody works for the BBC. They might be employed there, but they don't do any work.
They will be BBC employees on the gravy train.
You can see thumbs down?
@@jendrizzyy They are still there, UA-cam just hides them, you can get an addon for your browser called something like show dislikes
This was implied to me when I cancelled my tv licence. TV Licensing implied that as I had a tv and “devices” that I needed a licence. Obvious nonsense. This ‘discussion’ went on for a time until they got fed up and transferred me to what they said was their “special” department 😂 That ‘special’ said the previous people were “over stepping the mark”. Of course, what was really happening was they were trying their best (unsuccessfully) to prevent another licence cancellation and they were doing it by hook or crook and failed, miserably.
see, the only thing a detector could detect is a transmission, not reception. get it out of my house i don't want it. you couldn't pay me to watch that crap.
Old TVs (the analog kind) did emit a specific frequency as a side effect of demodulating the received analog TV signal.
That is what an old fashioned detector could detect, and it was proven to work to determine that you were demodulating a live signal.
BUT, the problem was it was no good if you lived in a block of flats, or even a row of terraced houses. The detector antenna wasn't accurate enough to pinpoint which flat that specific frequency was coming from. So because of this, no one was ever prosecuted for watching TV without a license.
Anyway, that's all irrelevant now if you watch live broadcasts via your broadband connection. They cant legally snoop on that, and if they did, they would be hauled over the coals in court.
A thermal camera could easily detect any kind of TV (as long as it's on), since they all produce a heat signature. Not only could they determine you had a TV, but they would know exactly where it is in the building.
@@CubicSpline7713 Tempest radiation was a serious national security concern years ago, and Van Eck phreaking is one of the reasons they began adding shielding to various hardware that were used for sensitive information. Without the shielding, people could literally steal information through a brick wall in a sealed security room. A lot of high security clearance rooms now have lead shielding to prevent tempest scanners from being used.
You do realise that there are NO detector vans, nor have there ever been any that can show what you are watching on TV.
@@India51A What are you basing that claim on?
The whole article was just to advertise missinfomation part about needing a TV licence if you own a TV
missdirection like that should become a crime
I wonder if the BBC's Corporation Verify department, the new 60-journalist team to counteract fake news, will have a word with Judy and set her straight on the facts 🤣
No, it's probably just the poor, lazy journalism we have come to expect. If Ms. Finnegan thinks that the mere presence of a TV in the house means a TV licence has to be purchased, she needs to check her facts. Doesn't anyone at the "Daily Express" check what nonsense its "contributors" put out? Someone like an editor, perhaps? I don't think I'll bother reading the whole article.
They sent me a letter saying they were visiting and they never turned up. I’m insulted. 🤬
you USED to need a TV licence if you had a television eqipment or a video recorder capabile of recieving a television signal or if you had a radio (the television licence also covered listening to radio as well) but with streaming services the requirements were changed, but a lot of older people are still unaware of the new requirements and BBC dont publicize it in case a lot of people realise they dont need a licence any more
I remember that being introduced along with requirement for shops selling TVs to collect buyers details. Loads of publicity. I have no idea when that was scrapped as it must have been done very quietly....
@@lektrikzz8763 I remeber that happening when I was buying a new telly from argos, the woman asked for my postcode, I told her I didnt need a delivery as I was taking it with me right now, she told me that when selling a new telly they need the buyers details to pass onto the BBC, I told her I dont have a licence so she told me just to give her ANY postcode as she isnt paid to check its the customers real details
@@lektrikzz8763 ended in 2012
Radio Licence ended in 1971
The requirement to have a licence just for owning a TV, ended in 1980.
Haven't had a TV Licence since 1993 and the only reason I bought it then was because a guy turned up at the door and heard my TV playing in the background. Paid it for 6 months on direct debit at twice the price and then cancelled because I'd paid enough for a year as far as I was concerned. Do I watch BBC occasionally? Yes. So what!? Prove it. I live in the northern Highlands of Scotland these days and get the standard letter telling me an "enforcement" officer is coming round from their "Dundee" office. Bash on. A 200+ mile trip just to be told to piss off at the door. Needless to say, no-one ever turns up. In the last 30-odd years an enforcement officer has come round twice since the first instance of being caught watching TV. It's real simple: tell them to piss off and that you're denying them any future right of access. Problem solved.
If you stop paying without informing them after you've paid double for the first 6 months you are 6 months ahead and you will still be licenced, after a few reminders they'll usually write to you with a new expiry date. If you let them know however you can get a rebate on what's left. I strictly play a straight game, but if your licence expired years ago I don't recommend writing on social media that you watch live TV or the BBC on BBC iPlayer.
@@pjcnet Yeah, but maybe I'm lying. Maybe I don't have a TV at all. There's no aerial, antenna or satellite dish outside my home. This is my home. I don't let strangers in to it. What if I am lying and they send the boys round with the police and a search warrant? I'm certainly not opening the door so they'll have to break it down. Two scenarios can come of that. Either they find out that I don't have a telly and are now gonna get sued for harassing me and destroying my property, or they do find a telly (which they have to prove I watch live TV on) and they cart me away, handcuffed to log solving the crime of the century. Either outcome is funny to me. "There it is officer. A telly! The man's a criminal." To which I reply: "It's a fair cop. Stick the bracelets on." The whole thing is nonsense and the only reason BBC gets away with it is because a scared majority have collectively agreed that this entertainment tax needs to be paid. So, to any licence goons reading this: Do I have a TV? Maybe. Maybe not. Sometimes I say things on social media that aren't true. Imagine that in a post truth world. Fake news!
And on the subject of playing a straight game... why bother? They don't play a straight game and I don't have the time to be communicating with them to inform them that I do not need a licence. They don't have my name on their records so why would I enter into a contract with them by informing them of my identity. This will just result in more harassment. I don't mind their monthly letters. I never open them anyway and I always need a little paper to get the fire going during the winter months.
@@mediasubway They need a warrant and that involves a warrant hearing at a local court. They generally don't bother; there are easier pickings to be had hassling naive people who let them in without a warrant.
To be honest I'm quite happy to keep things as they are. At the moment a TV licence is optional, most people know this now and more people are learning and can stop paying. If they scrap the TV license, you can bet they'll bring out media tax and then it will be compulsory for EVERYONE to have to pay.
Even if they do bring in a media tax, how are going to enforce it when we dont have a TV aerial or use the service? its not going to work as people will contest it, why should we pay for something we dont want or use?
I would think it's through the broadband and package deals. Most people get the TV deal when they buy a broadband package because it's something like an extra £5 a month. That's what it used to be 10 years ago, don't know as I don't have. So if you have that package they will put the tax on your bill.
ISP's monitor your network traffic. Wouldn't be much effort for them to detect your watching a live TV app and report you for evasion..
@@1738CreationsThey can't track you if you use a VPN 😉
Thats exactly why i make an effort to avoid live channels on youtube 😎@1738Creations they can try all they want but there's nothing to catch me out
@@philkasafir. to my knowledge this crap doesn't apply to youtube - have I missed something?
The same way as they currently enforce the payment of the tax to which it will be added, income tax, council tax or whatever. If they add it to council tax, it will still be per household.
So, Ms. Finnegan thinks that the mere presence of a TV in the house means a TV licence has to be purchased. Doesn't anyone at the "Daily Express" check what nonsense its "contributors" put out? Someone like an editor, perhaps? I don't think I'll bother reading the whole article.
I have a TV but I can't remember the last time I watched it!...I wouldn't be suprised If they did this...or make a tax. Why if I don't even watch it....Yep I really can't understand how many people defend them....
Gamers use TVs. I have one as a PC monitor.
What if you watch live tv on a monitor ? Monitors and tvs are 2 different devices.
@@animaltvi9515 You need a TV license if you watch live TV or iPlayer on ANY device (mobiles, monitors, ..)
@@animaltvi9515 You need a TV licence to watch live broadcasts on any device (mobile phone, tablet, PC, monitor, fridge, ....)
Me too I watch all my videos through my big tv.
@@animaltvi9515 if watching 'live' tv on anything you're 'supposed' to have a licence ....
I got a fine yrs ago and after I just stopped using it but got loads of letters but since I requested a no need licence online I've had nothing been 4 yrs now
Think how many bottles of wine Judy _won't_ have to steal with those licence savings!
lol long memory ha ha
I thought that was Richard who did that
😂😂😂
@@christinedavis5813 I used to shop at that very Tesco..
@@christinedavis5813 yes, you're right.
The licence fee needs to go for good! No ifs no butts no coconuts!
It's a protection racket!
Buying a TV licence to watch channels loaded with adverts is not on I cancelled my licence and my woman is 83 she is not buying a licence
If she is 83 and in receipt of certain benefit payments, she could get a free tv licence.
I haven't had a licence for a year now but can I get the crap of my TV, can I feck! Most apps I can only disable (iPlayer) and I got so fed up with the ads for shows I can't now watch that I HAD to replace my TV's launcher. The law needs changing so you can uninstall these flipping apps and get the storage back!!
I have a roku and I can add or delete whatever apps I want or don't. The bbc one was the first to go!!
You can only use the Iplayer with a valid email address, it has to be logged in to, so, If you`ve never done that dont worry
Yeah, the point I was trying to make is that I should have to do any of this. If I buy a TV I want to be able to UNINSTALL completely apps I have no use of; such as iPlayer, itvX. And the launcher should have options to turn stuff off... It shouldn't be recommending programmes and show I can't now watch!!
Used to make me chuckle when I used to work on a hospital ward for more permanent patients and the TV licencing would send an individual letter to each room of the one building, wanting every single person to pay individually
Imagine harassing people on their deathbeads for TV licence money lol.
I remember trying to buy a black and white portable TV in Woolworths and they would refuse to sell one to you unless you gave them you're i.d.
That must have been a while ago. You are 50+ years old?
@@CubicSpline7713 spot on ,Woolies was great ,simpler and happier times,a lot less stress about "stuff".We had less but were more content,made things last.
I remember in the early 1970s Detector Vans coming round, the funniest thing the team would knock on your door and ask to see the licence, if their vans were as clever as they said would they not of known before knocking & asking for proof.
Total con but at the time people fell for it, what happens if you were in a block of flats it could single out the flat on the 12th floor "yeh right" !
Jon I support his channel always. . Jon speaks the truth as ever .. we don’t need a tv if we watch everything on catch up tv on demand tv and you tube videos .. as long as you don’t watch live tv or record live shows or access bbc I player we don’t need a tv licence end of .. so bbc stop treating us like idiots like we thick and stupid people cause unlike THE BBC THAT ARE STUIPTED ..we are not idiots and we are not stupid people… we said Jon ✌️👍🙏
Hey Jon a friend of mine has recently lost his mum in law who used to live with them ,he's sorting out all the bills & things to swap over & the thing he is most worried about is the TV licence, I tried to convince him but he wasn't having it ,years & years of being brainwashed by the beeb outrageous
Well done Judy, BBC needs stop the licence....
No, Leave it this way I do not have to pay, I will go to prison if I have to I will not pay it ever again four years free coming up
That's not Judy. That's Les Dawson.
Sounds like mrs finnegan is talking absolute tosh, as far as the newspaper goes, newspapers ARE TOILET PAPER.
They turn your arse black though.
@@EnyawYorlig and are too rough!! 😉
Sadly the wax coating on the paper makes them less absorbent than they used to be...
A nice solution would be making the TV Licence required for watching the BBC TV output only.
That way you could watch live Sky, ITV, C4 and so on, and completely ignore BBC TV without a problem without a TV Licence.
I have not watched a BBC TV programme at home since 2002. I have when house sitting for friends, who had the necessary TV Licence.
The restricted times when I had the opportunity to legally watch BBC TV at home only confirmed that I am not missing anything important.
Best wishes from George
average wage in uk £25K
That's what I thought, that was so wrong from him
Wise words Jon 👍😂👍
Agreed, it is so surprising: 1. People still thing it's illegal not to buy a TV licence, and the goons they send around have some sort of legal powers. 2. People are not totally angered by the fact you have to buy a licence to watch any live TV, from any channel, yet all the licence money goes to the odious BBC.
We sadly have that model here in Sweden. If you have a tv or receiver of any kind, they will automatically assume that you are able to receive public service channels. But our license fee has been hidden within the tax bill. So everybody that works are automatically paying a fee to the public service every month. They kindly nearly halved the fee from over 2000 SEK a year to under 1300 SEK a year because so many are now paying through the tax bill that they felt that it was not necessary to charge a high fee anymore. It should be removed altogether.
i like that speech the average income is £35,000 year well let me as a pensioner we still have to pay the same ? on a income of £12.500 now somebody needs a good kick up the arse to get real
im on less than 6000. its cheaper to have Netflix than pay tv licence lol
This is another case of people speaking about things they know nothing about, Judy is a case in point.
I remember many years ago seeing a newspaper story about an old lady in Wales who, through a weird land topography, could only get ITV. She still went to court and was found guilty of not paying her tv licence!
My Dad was in the Royal Signals from 1954 to 1974, he always laughed at the TV detector Van infomercials, (Curiously shown on ITV) and said they were absolute bollocks.
What they did was look for TV ariels than check their clipboards to see if there was a TV License registered at the addresses.
Personally, I stopped paying a TV License in 2010.
My teens aren't even slightly interested in broadcast TV, they are 24/7 on their phones, PC or game consoles.. Just a thought Jon over 90,000 subs. I assume saving the licence fee, that's more than a few million quid down at the BBC😂😂😂They must love you😂😂😂😂
Maybe you should change your backdrop to a scene from porridge 🤣
I remember if you brought a new television at supermarket they asked you for your postcode so they can tell Television Licence that you brought a new television so they can send people around to see if you have licence or not. My late mum let them in and not knowing they had no power to enter, after giving her a caution ‘you do not have to say anything……..’ and saw that we never watch live tv only catch up, they said ‘sorry to bother you, as you watch live tv you don’t need a licence’, then they left with a tail between their legs
As a fomer TV engineer the detector van was fake, some vans did exists but they had no real tech to detect if a television was being watched.
A detecter what a load of crap a TV is receiver not a transmitter, have not had a license for years. The bbc is absolutely completely ridiculous. Keep up the good work 👍
Old TVs (the analog kind) did emit a specific frequency as a side effect of demodulating the received analog TV signal.
That is what an old fashioned detector could detect, and it was proven to work to determine that you were demodulating a live signal.
BUT, the problem was it was no good if you lived in a block of flats, or even a row of terraced houses. The detector antenna wasn't accurate enough to pinpoint which flat that specific frequency was coming from. So because of this, no one was ever prosecuted for watching TV without a license.
Anyway, that's all irrelevant now if you watch live broadcasts via your broadband connection. They cant legally snoop on that, and if they did, they would be hauled over the coals in court.
Thank you Jon as always 🤗
To be fair, in Judy's day even video recorders that were only used to play pre-recorded tapes had to be licenced, solely because they contained a TV tuner. I also seem to remember that retailers had to inform the licencing authority the details of every person buying a TV.
So grateful for this video. I've not had a TV for 10 years but have just bought one to use as a larger monitor screen for my computer. I was concerned that I would now need a licence even though I NEVER watch TV programmes and don't even have an ariel connection. You have put my mind at rest, thank you.
I was born in England and lived there for 16 years. I live in Canada now where you don't need a TV Licence. There are hacks like running a cable as a antena to hack into TV. It is now digital and harder to do. And you can get shows on Internet as mouvies and TV.
Is probably something to do with her age when she was younger you used to have to register your television with the TV licence well the shop did 😅
I think we need to be careful in case we get more than what we asked for eventually.
What I mean is, if you don’t watch live TV, you’re not under any obligation to pay for it.
But what will we do if they get rid of the licence fee in favour of a media tax that we all HAVE to pay by law no matter what media we access. I could just see it happening 🤦♂️
We are both in our sixties and only watch, Netflix and UA-cam no licence nice❤ ps nearly forgot our neighbour thinks she needs a TV licence for the RADIO she's only in her forties unreal!
I've got 11 grandchildren from age 6-19 and not one of them watches any tv. Even when they stop over at mine, all they do is watch UA-cam on tv. The only reason i have a tv set is for them because i never watch it myself.
But they're missing out on Beyond Paradise
Sounds like propaganda to me. I have TVs and I use them to show my home made films or DVDs so no licence needed. The only reason I keep the licence is I look after grandchildren Friday evening to Sunday morning so the parents can work in retail. There are a couple of things they do like to watch.
Judy Finnigan, that fountain of knowledge.
An expensive means of watching garbage. ..
Most under 35s don't watch TV, increasingly more people are switching off from the mainstream channels, therefore they have no future. I don't own a TV, just watch UA-cam, but when i see TV round friends or family i realise i don't miss it. Yeah, i don't think antideluvian is relevant to her argument.
Years ago if you bought a tv they wanted your address to give to tv licence, i always gave wrong addresses, i refused to buy a tv licence back then to watch videos,
Back in the 60s you apparently required a licence if you installed a TV. The courts ruled that fitting a plug on the end of the power supply lead of a TV in itself was sufficient to constitute installation even if you never plugged it in. In sum, possessing a TV was sufficient to incur liability to buy a licence.
Whether broadcast costs come from a licence fee, adverts, or subscriptions, the cost ultimately gets passed on to us.
Nah, I saw a TV detector van raid in the 1980s, a grey Sherpa van. I didn't have a licence then, the van pulled up, and 4 or 5 men jumped out running towards my house. I thought,"Oh shit!" But they ran past my house and raided a neighbour who was a mate of mine. He was a portly fellow, and was laid out on his sofa watching his telly in just his Y fronts, these goons banged on his door and his wife let them in. He wasn't in a position to argue, almost naked with the telly on. He was taken to court and fined, must admit I thought my time had come. I haven't watched TV in years so now don't need a licence.
Old TVs (the analog kind) did emit a specific frequency as a side effect of demodulating the received analog TV signal.
That is what an old fashioned detector could detect, and it was proven to work to determine that you were demodulating a live signal.
BUT, the problem was it was no good if you lived in a block of flats, or even a row of terraced houses. The detector antenna wasn't accurate enough to pinpoint which flat that specific frequency was coming from. So because of this, no one was ever prosecuted for watching TV without a license.
Anyway, that's all irrelevant now if you watch live broadcasts via your broadband connection. They cant legally snoop on that, and if they did, they would be hauled over the coals in court.
3:43 hold up. You can't take someone to court and fine or convict them WITH OUT the evidence........
I have a TV licence and watch some BBC and live TV.
I do thoroughly detest the way people that I feel, are being harassed into getting a licence when it seemingly is not required. I also feel it's also quite expensive for what it is.
Looking forward to more of your talks and walks around your town Chills.
Judy knows BIG words.
It isn't hard to find the facts about tv licencing, what you can do and can't do. Surely a journalist has some form of qualifications to be able to research it for facts 😊
I remember being told as a child that if you have a TV, 30+ yrs ago, then you did require a licence.
I know when I got my first flat, I only had a B/W TV and licence to match. And it said on the back, if I wanted to watch my VHS tapes, then I had to get a colour licence too, as VHS had the ability to record in colour. So I left my VHS with my parents until I could afford a colour TV and licence.
Then I think things started to change with the DVD players. I know my cousin had a visit, and he had no aerial of any type, or cable, and was using his TV as a monitor for his player. And as he couldn't record or watch any live or recorded programmes, they let him be.
I think with the net, gaming, and later streaming services, I think that was where they changed the rules, that you could have a TV in your house without a licence as long as you don't watch...
I do remember mum saying to me that when she was a girl, before TV was around, her parents had to get a radio licence from the BBC, to listen to the World Service or what's now Radio 4. I then looked up if we still needed a licence to listen to the radio, and apparently your radio licence was included in with your TV licence, according to their Website 20 yrs ago! Lol.
So, although misinformed now, back on the day, you probably did need a licence to have a TV.
Gotta love the words they use to try and scare any uneducated folks.
Does the bbc wish to buy back people that have televisions before the new law 😳😳
Current and former BBC employees are really sweating about their pension plans, eh, Noel Edmonds, Esther Rantzen, etc., etc.
Just imagine how much a certain Savile would pick up if he was still alive?
Esther Ransom is dying.
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Not when Rantzen was at the height of her power and influence within the BBC/Childline, etc., next office to Savile - knew 'nothing'. Still, she left with her gold plated pension for keeping schtum ( like many others at the BBC). Footnote: Rolf and Parky were good friends, neighbours, on the banks of the Thames, in Bray. Hmm. Two more golden pensions there, folks.
About 20 or 30 years back, If you had a TV or video recorder CAPABLE OF RECEIVING any program over the air, you MUST have a TV licence. The TV and recorder (even if you only watched pre-recorded videos) must have a disabled aerial socket for exemption from the licence fee.
Fast forward to now (when did it change?) the apparatus can still be capable of receiving but you only need to tell them that you don't watch live TV.
Seems to me that the BBC tripped over their own feet on that one.
Judy Finnigan always talks sense - Its her husband that goes into bollocks talking mode on a regular basis - The woman deserves a medal
You're very careful with your words. Judy Finnigan saying you must have a TV licence if you own a TV is a statement that the public has a different word to describe.
Even when Detector vans existed, they could only detect when you were watching Columbo. 😁
Comment of the day!😂
We have the same in South Africa. Its a money grab. Buy a large monitor, attach it to the wall and cast from your computer. When the man in the Cat Detector van comes around tell him/her/undefined to get knotted.
Total and utter bollocks we need a licence to own a TV
A TV is a recieiver not a transmitter. Whilst modern TV will transmit a tiny signal, you have to be very close to it to detect that it's turned on, and that's all you can detect.
Old TVs (the analog kind) did emit a specific frequency as a side effect of demodulating the received analog TV signal.
That is what an old fashioned detector could detect, and it was proven to work to determine that you were demodulating a live signal.
BUT, the problem was it was no good if you lived in a block of flats, or even a row of terraced houses. The detector antenna wasn't accurate enough to pinpoint which flat that specific frequency was coming from. So because of this, no one was ever prosecuted for watching TV without a license.
Anyway, that's all irrelevant now if you watch live broadcasts via your broadband connection. They cant legally snoop on that, and if they did, they would be hauled over the coals in court.
Just like Netflix telling me I can't watch Prime if I don't pay for them. Nervous about being put on the council tax, paying for bad service is already bad.
How about using VPN for UA-cam ?
Well done
You do not need a tv license if you have a tv