I recently moved home.
We bought our new house and transferred the tv licence to the new address.
The old house was sold 3 months later but, in that short period I received 4 increasingly aggressive letters, each strongly implying that they would prosecute me for not having a tv licence.
I just ignored them as I wasn’t watching tv in the old house, but they were so threatening that I could see why a lot of people would fold and pay them regardless
They act like thugs, they use crude bullying tactics to intimidate people and it convinced me that I should do without a licence in future years, as a point of principle.
To that end we’ve completely weaned ourselves off the terrestrial tv. We watch everything online or through a fire stick and we don’t watch bbc or itv online content.
All I have to do is get out of the habit of listening to radio 4 (which is getting too right wing for me nowadays anyhow) and I’ll then cancel the licence for good.
Not like I can’t afford one, but for the little we’ve ever used the tv it’s not worth it and I don’t like dealing with organisations that act like thuggish twats.
It would wouldn't it."You're not coming in" would make more sense, but it would sound the same.
How could you block it when it's through an antenna.The bbc programs should be all blocked by the bbc then when you buy your bbc tv licence you get your individual username and password to activate the bbc!
This would be so easy for them to do, so I ask yourself why they don’t?
The government could make it law that the bbc need to do this or no one will be prosecuted and if any threatening letters are sent the bbc will have a hefty fine!
How could you block it when it's through an antenna.
You already have to register to use the iPlayer for catch-up on any device so I can't see why not.The bbc programs should be all blocked by the bbc then when you buy your bbc tv licence you get your individual username and password to activate the bbc!
This would be so easy for them to do, so I ask yourself why they don’t?
The government could make it law that the bbc need to do this or no one will be prosecuted and if any threatening letters are sent the bbc will have a hefty fine!
You already have to register to use the iPlayer for catch-up on any device so I can't see why not.
Well, I can see why not to be honest. Their income would plummet.
Because a very lot of people would choose not to have BBC and the organisation would implode in a very short time and they know it. The latest wheeze being discussed is that they stick the TV license fee on to your Poll Tax as an added percentage. Hey presto- it goes away and the bigger your house is the more you pay.The bbc programs should be all blocked by the bbc then when you buy your bbc tv licence you get your individual username and password to activate the bbc!
This would be so easy for them to do, so I ask yourself why they don’t?
The government could make it law that the bbc need to do this or no one will be prosecuted and if any threatening letters are sent the bbc will have a hefty fine!
You mean like all the other subscription media services do?The bbc programs should be all blocked by the bbc then when you buy your bbc tv licence you get your individual username and password to activate the bbc!
This would be so easy for them to do, so I ask yourself why they don’t?
The government could make it law that the bbc need to do this or no one will be prosecuted and if any threatening letters are sent the bbc will have a hefty fine!