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Letters from BBC Television
Licensing
From the beginning of 2006, I decided not to renew my television
licence. I found that my television viewing consisted almost entirely of tapes
of old programmes purchased off Ebay, and that my watching of broadcast
television was less than an hour a week. I therefore decided to stop watching
broadcast television and now spend the £142.50 saved from the TV licence
fee on video tapes and DVDs. It is a good decision; I now pay for what I watch,
and not for what I don't watch.
The only fly in the ointment has been aggressive letters from TV
Licensing (TVL), which collects the licence fee on behalf of the BBC. TVL/BBC
sends millions of letters every year to people who do not watch broadcast
television, demanding payment. For many people, these letters can be very
frightening.
But the letters are a bluff; they are computer-generated.
TVL/BBC have none of the powers their letters imply and, with a little
knowledge, people can stand up to the bullies. The purpose of this website is
to share my TVL/BBC letters as I receive them, and to provide useful
information for people who have no time for the BBC.
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January 2009
I enter my fourth year as an
unlicensed person. I have now saved £546 by not paying TVL/BBC and,
assuming 50p a letter, cost the BBC a further £16 in postage. Here is
January's letter:
February 2009
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Stay tuned for another TVL/BBC letter next
month.
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