However, these are only proposals at the moment, so you should assume that failing to repay arrears could still lead to a fine and a criminal record. Contact us for free, confidential debt advice, or take two minutes to answer a few simple questions , so we can understand the best way to help you. If you have arrears on your licence you should contact TV licensing to come to an arrangement to repay them in instalments. You may be eligible for a new trial payment plan devised for people struggling with debts and arrears.
There are many ways to buy a TV licence. To find out more about how to buy a licence visit the TV Licensing website. In some cases you can apply for a reduction on the cost of your licence. This applies if you, or someone you live with are:. This should stop any letters being sent to the address for up to two years.
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We have a database of approximately 31 million licensed and unlicensed addresses. This tells us if your address has a TV Licence. You can buy a TV licence - or apply for a free or discounted one if eligible see below - on the UK's official TV licensing site.
You can set up a direct debit on the TV licensing website, choosing to pay the total cost once a year or a smaller amount monthly. Paying smaller amounts by debit or credit card is also an option if you apply for a TV Licensing payment card by calling You can use this card to pay weekly or monthly at any PayPoint, over the phone, by text or online.
PayPoints can be found in many shops, newsagents and supermarkets - you can find your nearest here. You can either pay the full amount at the PayPoint but if you want to pay in instalments you'll need to get a TV licensing card to do so, using it to to pay weekly or monthly by cash or debit card.
Watching live TV or anything on iPlayer without paying for a licence when you do need one is a criminal offence. Fortunately, there are ways to legally watch your favourite shows without having to pay the licence fee.
There are plenty of catch-up TV services, which allow the streaming or downloading of programmes after they have been shown on their respective channels.
If you only watch these you don't need to stump up - as long as you don't watch any BBC content. This exception was only introduced in September , and not everyone knows about it.
The concept of the TV licence was based on households, and has been extended to shops, offices and other business premises. Once you had a TV licence registered to your home address, it covered numerous people watching live TV on numerous TV sets. Things got a little more complicated once you could watch live TV on a mobile device, which meant you could watch it outside your licensed home.
The solution to this conundrum is battery power. Your home TV licence covers your mobile use outside the home, as long as you watch TV on battery power.
However, if you plug your device into a mains socket outside your home, that site needs its own TV licence. Technically, this should also apply if you plug in your device to watch TV or BBC iPlayer in a coffee shop or on a train, and so on, though that would be somewhat hard to control.
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