Did you know British people need a license to own a TV?

[1srelluc]

The difference between being a mere subject or a US Citizen.



Oi! you got a loicense for that, mate?

They even used to have TV detector vans driving around cross checking emissions from the tube driver circuits against a list of who didn't have a loicence m8.

 

[shockedcanadian]

I call B.S. They pay a licensing fee on their cable bills so you may be confusing the two.

 

[1srelluc]

I call B.S. They pay a licensing fee on their cable bills so you may be confusing the two.

Weird but true:

Television licensing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Do I need a TV licence? Explaining the new laws

The TV licence is changing. Our handy guide can help prevent you from getting caught out.

rts.org.uk

 

[ReinyDays]

Yes ... British is totally weird ...

 

[Concerned American]

I call B.S. They pay a licensing fee on their cable bills so you may be confusing the two.

TV Licence - GOV.UK

You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer

www.gov.uk

 

[shockedcanadian]

Britain is like Canada, Big Brother and stuck in the Stone Age. This is why America should have been demanding changes to their allies but instead you follow our path. I recall a British guy saying he liked to visit HK back when the British owned it because he could find some freedom there. They are probably worried that spies will communicate via tv channels and plan a coup.

 

[Concerned American]

Britain is like Canada, Big Brother and stuck in the Stone Age. This is why America should have been demanding changes to their allies but instead you follow our path. I recall a British guy saying he liked to visit HK back when the British owned it because he could find some freedom there.

You're as confused as the duck. Canada is like Britain (there I fixed it for you.)

 

[shockedcanadian]

You're as confused as the duck. Canada is like Britain (there I fixed it for you.)

I don't need a license to watch TV. I pay the TV company, they proviede cable services. I connect my tv and watch thenbrain numbing signal being delivered through the air at my leisure.

 

[JGalt]

The difference between being a mere subject or a US Citizen.



Oi! you got a loicense for that, mate?

They even used to have TV detector vans driving around cross checking emissions from the tube driver circuits against a list of who didn't have a loicence m8.

That image is poignant.

There is no England anymore. The Kinks stated that succinctly all the way back in 1984. I feel nothing but pity for the Brits, even though they voted themselves into their predicament.

This song makes me want to open my gun safe, and lovingly caress and reassure my old No.4 Mk I Lee-Enfield that its service was not in vain.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

The difference between being a mere subject or a US Citizen.



Oi! you got a loicense for that, mate?

They even used to have TV detector vans driving around cross checking emissions from the tube driver circuits against a list of who didn't have a loicence m8.

As I understand, at least how it used to be (I don't know if it still is), that was how TV programming was paid for. Not by advertising, as has traditionally been the case here in the U.S., but by a tax that you were required to pay in order to have a TV. Government collected the tax, and government produced all the TV broadcasts, paid for by that tax. No such thing as TV commercials like we're used to here in the U.S. Of course, you'd only get content produced and approved by the government.

That model would never have flown here in the U.S., where the media was supposed to be separate from government. The traditional model for TV broadcasting here is that private companies produce and broadcast the content, and they get get their revenue, not from a government-collected tax on TV owners, but from other private companies that pay to have their advertisements place in the programming.

 

[luiza]

We are hugely proud that the BBC is independent from the influence of advertisers .
It is just one of the many advantages enjoyed by living in God's favourite -- never an advertisement on BBC Channels 1, 2 and 3 .
The horror of living in a country where adverts interrupt programmes .
Quaint maybe . But definitely horrific .

 

[Crepitus]

The difference between being a mere subject or a US Citizen.



Oi! you got a loicense for that, mate?

They even used to have TV detector vans driving around cross checking emissions from the tube driver circuits against a list of who didn't have a loicence m8.

Actually you don't need a license to own a TV. The fee is basically the same thing HBO is charging you for, only a whole lot less.

 

[JGalt]

We are hugely proud that the BBC is independent from the influence of advertisers .
It is just one of the many advantages enjoyed by living in God's favourite -- never an advertisement on BBC Channels 1, 2 and 3 .
The horror of living in a country where adverts interrupt programmes .
Quaint maybe . But definitely horrific .

I'd sit and watch commercials 24/7 before I'd ever live in that God-forsaken socialist shithole called the UK.

You people should be dick-slapped for allowing your country to become a pale, pitiful version of what it used to be. You've sold out your own national heritage, your birthright, your culture, and your history to globalists who want to replace you with the lowest common denominator of refugees from your past colonial exploits. A national heritage, birthright, culture, and history your fore-bearers fought and died to create, support, and defend.

Having some British heritage in my bloodline, you shame me.

 

[yidnar]

The difference between being a mere subject or a US Citizen.



Oi! you got a loicense for that, mate?

They even used to have TV detector vans driving around cross checking emissions from the tube driver circuits against a list of who didn't have a loicence m8.

leftism dream for the dem party in the US.

 

[okfine]

It's a tax and I can own 1000 TV's there without paying the tax. Installing a TV, now that's a different story.

At 75 you old timers can get a license for free.

 

[Captain Caveman]

The difference between being a mere subject or a US Citizen.



Oi! you got a loicense for that, mate?

They even used to have TV detector vans driving around cross checking emissions from the tube driver circuits against a list of who didn't have a loicence m8.

Incorrect. Try again.

 

[Captain Caveman]

In some rural areas of the United States, broadcast translator districts exist, which are funded by an ad valorem property tax on all property within the district,[157] or by a parcel tax on each dwelling unit within the district. Failure to pay the TV translator tax has the same repercussions as failing to pay any other property tax, including a lien placed on the property and eventual seizure.[158] In addition, fines can be levied on viewers who watch TV from the translator signals without paying the fee. As the Federal Communications Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over broadcast stations, whether a local authority can legally impose a fee merely to watch an over-the-air broadcast station is questionable. In some areas the tax is charged regardless of whether the resident watches TV from the translator. In other areas the property owner may certify that they do not use the translator district's services and get a waiver.

Cable television franchise fee agreements are added to cable TV bills to fund public, educational, and government access (PEG) television for the municipality that granted the franchise agreement. State governments may also add taxes. These taxes generate controversy since they sometimes go into the general taxation fund, or there is "double taxation" where public-access television is paid for by taxes but the cable television operator has to pay for equipment or facilities, or has to pay for local municipality projects that are not related to television.

Television licence - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

You only pay for a TV licence in the UK if you watch a live streamed TV programme on a device such as a TV, computer, phone, BBC iPlayer etc..

For example, my eldest son subscribes to and just watches Netflix, so he doesn't buy a TV licence.

 

[zaangalewa]

Did you know British people need a license to own a TV?​

Do not let hear this our politicians.

 

[zaangalewa]

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What a luck: This would ruin our language.

 

[zaangalewa]

Britain is like Canada,

1/6th of the size of Québec but with an East coast and West coast?