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Originally Posted by mklynds
is that fee incorporated into your cable/satellite or is it part of your property tax or income tax? Or is it some other way I have yet to conceive?
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It is actually a separate fee you pay for a license - every TV that is sold by any store must be reported to the licensing authority so that they can see if a license for the sales address. There is a bit more info at the
TV Licensing website. They are reasonable though. I called them and explained I had no cable/satellite service, and no other way to receive a broadcast and they said ok - you don't need a license even though you have a tv (mine is hooked up to a dvd player and a media streamer). They did say they were going to send someone around to check my setup but they have not done so yet.
oops, sorry Harry for jumping in there.
Edit: Just read iain_benson's post above. I think the key is to ensure they mark your address as not needing a license in their database. They have, this year, updated their guidence on when you need a TV license and made it a lot clearer :
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp - Using this I explained I sometimes used BBC iPlayer and they said - thats ok it doesn't count unless you watch simultaneous live broadcasts on your computer - I don't so I was ok.