To ask if you have stopped paying your TV Licence?

[GodDamnITBarbs]

Basically that?
I understand a lot of people have just stopped paying.

Correct
Tivo recordings of broadcasts recorded to watch later qualify as the originaly broadcast TV and fall within the licence

I haven’t paid for a tv license in nearly a decade. You have to tell them you don’t need one.

It is bloody stupid that you have to keep telling them you don’t need one, rather than buying one when you do. It’s like me having to let sainsburys know that I won’t be needing eggs this week rather than just buying them when I do.

It’s a pain in the arse continually getting letters and having to tell the buggers yet again that you don’t need a bloody tv license.

It's not. It's about 3-4 times the cost of any basic package of any one streaming service. Unless you're including the cost of broadband but I expect most people pay for broadband and a TV licence.

I still pay. I don't watch loads live (with the exception of Masterchef!) but whole it's flawed I think its largely a positive thing. I'd cancel Netflix / Prime / Disney + before the TV licence.

I pay because I watch the sports channels, no other live tv .

I pay even though we can only get live via iplayer etc. I find the bbc services really useful and would be gutted if we lost bitesize and news etc.

Never paid it, never will.

I don’t pay as I don’t watch live tv but there are people on MN who don’t believe people that’s say they don’t watch it 😅

I watch broadcast TV so I need a licence.

I pay and I don't know anyone who doesn't pay

I've been enjoying regular TV lately.

I also like bbc radio 6 😊

I haven't paid (or watched live tv/I Player) since 2012ish

I've never paid one. Voluntarily give money to the BBC? As if.

I've never voluntarily signed up for TV either, though had it in a few rentals but never bothered to give them my name. The BBC are corrupt and protected Saville.

Not had TV since I moved into my permanent address.

Which is really odd as it cannot be that unusual. Most of the people I know across a huge array of ages no longer watch live TV and in most cases they don't use the catch up services either. I know a handful who do but they are definitely in the minority.

Yes - we pay. We don't watch live TV but between us we watch something on iPlayer most days. I think it's excellent value for what you get.

I have a television, don't watch it but it's there if any visitor should want to (if it still works - haven't checked). I pay for a TV licence so can occasionally watch iPlayer etc with a clear conscience. Don't have Netflix or Sky anything at all - now THAT's a corporation to avoid giving money to!

We don’t have a licence. We don’t watch live tv or Iplayer etc we have Netflix , prime and Disney.

And I think that's going yo be increasingly common ,my ds hasent watched anything on live TV since he was young enough for c beebies ,my dh only watches Netflix, amazon prime and you tube and I watch mainly true crime box sets .

I havent since 2018, I moved into a property where I needed free sat rather than free view (due to reception, I live rurally) and I couldn't be bothered with the faff.

I informed them the first time I didnt need a licence and they still ended up sending someone out to check. So this time around when they are hassling me I can't be bothered to inform them, I will, just wait for them to send someone round again.

I dont have to tell the DVLA every few years I don't need a driving licence so I can't be faffed telling the TV licensing people every few years.

You don't have to justify why you choose to keep paying the license fee but your rationale is odd! Why would watching tv via streaming need more patience or take more time than watching it via a license?

Either way you turn tv on and click one icon - whether that be bbc1 or netflix it doesn't take any longer!

You don't need a tv license to listen to the radio and can have live news on in a variety of ways, for example sky news/aj jazeera live via youtube.

We still pay - but have thought about moving away from live TV services when current sky contract is up - and the using fire stick and subscriptions instead.

I think as need licence for iPlayer we may keep paying - but actual live TV we watch less and less.

And I think that's going yo be increasingly common ,my ds hasent watched anything on live TV since he was young enough for c beebies ,my dh only watches Netflix, amazon prime and you tube and I watch mainly true crime box sets .

Agreed. It certainly seems to be my experience. Plus despite people thinking no payment is normally some sort of moral stand in most cases its not done as some sort of protest against the BBC its that there genuinely isn't the content to justify the costs when compared to what other services offer.

I was thinking about it, but was really impressed by their coverage on the Queen and funeral. They redeemed themselves in my eyes and it reminded me why I pay my license fee

I still pay it.

Dont have an aerial so havent watched live tv in about 4 years. Only stream from netflix, disney and prime.

I watch bbc iplayer about 1/2 a month.

Really want to cancel and would be happy to never watch iplayer but I do not dare 😅

I agree. Although I wish they'd spend the money on worthwhile things like the World Service, rather than making programmes to live down to ITV.