I am anti-TV licence but I do have a TV licence. You need to be covered by a valid TV Licence if you watch or record TV as it's being broadcast - this means that if you download or stream programmes, but not as they're being shown that you DON'T need to be covered by a licence. This includes the use of devices such as a computer, laptop, mobile phone or DVD/video recorder. For a while we didn't have any TV so didn't require a licence as we just flat out refused to be ripped off to the tune of £145 per year - or £45 if you have leaped back in time to the 1970s and have a black and white TV. You can also pay monthly and quarterly (every 3 months.) ...  Read the complete review

I hate TV License with a passion as I receive no benefit from it. ABOUT A TV License is required by anyone that watches or records television programs, whether it is on a TV set, computer or mobile phone. The money from the TV License goes towards the BBC and as a "thank you" they do not have breaks half way through shows like ITV. If you are caught watching TV without a license then you will be fined and the enforcers are quite active in surveying neighbourhoods and sending out letters. THE PERKS The only advantage that I can see personally do this license is that if BBC are showing a film then you get to watch the whole film ...  Read the complete review

I own and pay for my tv lisence because i know its the law, and i face a huge fine if i dont. My problem is i dont watch sports and i hate adverts. Yet i pay for this! Sky tv is much much better you get a choice of what kind of media channels you want but still you get adverts pushed onto you, Now i feel cheated in a way because they get payed for the advertising theres big money in advertising. But do consumers really want to see it?? let alone pay for it? yet every year the tv lisence fees continue to rise. Why is the british public charged for every little thing they can possibly squeeze? The usa ...  Read the complete review

I would first like to point out that in my view the tv licence is an outdated expensive alternative tax that should have been done away with a long time ago (just so you can get the idea of where I am coming from). Of the charge of £120 you get the pleasure of watching a handful if BBC channels most of which you don't really watch not to mention radio, iplayer etc etc. In the day and age of skyplus where adverts can be fast-forwarded I would gladly do away with this fee in return of kellogg's advertising rice crispies in the middle of match of the day (just so long as they don't start employing andy townsend for the punditry!). The fact that they ...  Read the complete review

I find the tv licence a really strange bill. Mine is set up on direct debit so I virtually see nothing of it, and forget about it until the annual statement arrives, telling me how much the next year will cost. I think at the moment it's about £12.00 a month, which doesn't sound a huge amount but that works out at £144 a year, which is a lot for some people. I know that some people think they have the right to not pay the licence and run the risk. I think this is actually a bit silly, because if you get caught without one, there are massive fines, and I don't think it's worth the risk. I think you can get discount from your tv licence if you only ...  Read the complete review