Cancelling TV licence

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Ours runs out in November, we are planning to go without.
Apparently we have to fill out some form.
One word of warning though if you move house and use Royal Mail redirection, they inform TV licensing authority.
How this is allowed under GDPR I have no idea!

When we didn't renew our school TV licence, we kept getting harassed by the Licensing Authority. The fact that we had no TV and did not watch live TV on the Internet, made absolutely no difference at all. They persistent wrote to us.
They did give up in the end.

We haven't wanted or needed a licence for 18 years. We don't feel we've missed out.

Mind made up! Thank you 🙏

Sago

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Ours runs out in November, we are planning to go without.
Apparently we have to fill out some form.
One word of warning though if you move house and use Royal Mail redirection, they inform TV licensing authority.
How this is allowed under GDPR I have no idea!

It's allowed as you can clearly opt out of Royal Mail sharing your details with other organisations when completing the online form.

Not just BBC all terrestrial Channels are rubbish in the evening the repeats are watchable but not a lot else.

I'm of a different opinion to the posters so far. I feel I get my monies worth for the licence. We don't watch many programmes live, but record Politics Live, Laura Kuenssberg etc, Sewing Bee, lots of dramas. I also dip into BBC News and (pop head below parapet) GB News. There's lots of really interesting programmes on IPlayer and I watch some on my computer in my sewing room.

Same here, twinnytwin. I still find lots to interest me on the terrestrial channels.

You can still get all the interesting programmes on Radio 4 without a licence..

I don't think we are ready to give up the TV license even though we only seem to watch streaming channels. It was painful enough giving up the landline as DH says its unnecessary. I miss having a phone in the hall and sitting on the stairs yakking to friends and family.

LaCrepescule

I only ever watch on demand these days - Now, Netflix and Apple TV+. There doesn’t seem much point in having a licence but what’s really made me want to cancel it is the fact that TV licensing has been harassing me and threatening enforcement officer visits regarding my mum’s licence. She died 9 months ago and advising them of this simply wasn’t top of mind! I did cancel her direct debit so I can’t see why they couldn’t have left it there.
If they’d been a bit more sensitive and made an enquiry as to why she didn’t have a licence, I’d feel differently. But to be threatened with fines etc has made my mind up that I now no longer one. I used to love the BBC but what with this and the Huw Edwards business feel that it’s an anachronism that is no longer needed.
Do any of you not have a licence?

Yes we don’t have one, cancelled after putting Cliff Richard through the wringer. They are like the gestapo!
Fill in your form stating you don’t watch live tv or record- you can still watch catch-up but not the I-player- they should leave you alone for two years.
There is a guy on YouTube called chillijoncarne (he does info on the tv licence, very interesting)

I think lot of the dramas on the bbc do end on Netflix ?

Probably should have informed them but I get you have a 101 things to sort out when a death occurs- they probably think she’s just cancelled & still watching 😞

I know a surprising amount of people who do not have a licence. Ways of viewing, especially amongst the young, has changed dramatically.
Young parents especially, are time poor.
And they certainly do not sit down at 6pm or 10pm to watch the News!

Personally, DH and I are not cancelling. Though he wouldnt mind doing so, sometimes.

OldFrill

Sago

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Ours runs out in November, we are planning to go without.
Apparently we have to fill out some form.
One word of warning though if you move house and use Royal Mail redirection, they inform TV licensing authority.
How this is allowed under GDPR I have no idea!

It's allowed as you can clearly opt out of Royal Mail sharing your details with other organisations when completing the online form.

We did that, as did my daughter!

I think the licence is very good value to receive such varied in depth programmes. The BBC in the main offers far more variety and excellent standards of production than other providers in my opinion and no adds! We do subscribe to only one on demand provider. There are so many these days and it is so expensive to subscribe to them all and much of the content would have little appeal to me. We rarely watch the one we have as we always find something of interest.

Also what would we do without BBC New? OH has to have to have access to that!

LaCrepe, I am interested as to why you hold the Beeb responsible for Huw Edwards despicable actions?

Just an anachronism really.

I shall be getting rid, after they are spending our Licence Fee on giving Huw Edwards a £300,000 a year golden handshake. Seems David Jason may also be of the same persuasion. There's a rumour going around the Jill Dando knew about some of this and had taken it to the BBC bosses, and we know what happened to her ...

What? Him out of fool & horses?

Some of the TV licence pays for listening to BBC radio programmes, does it not?
There was a You and Yours programme (radio 4) last Monday. Worth a listen if you plan to ditch your licence.

David49

Not just BBC all terrestrial Channels are rubbish in the evening the repeats are watchable but not a lot else.

Get shut then 👍🏻

Think you can listen to the radio for free. Stop listening to bbc radio years ago, can’t do with vine

“The TV licence fee is currently £159 a year, external (or £53.50 for black and white TV sets).
Money raised from the licence fee pays for BBC shows and services - including TV, radio, the BBC website, podcasts, iPlayer and apps.”
From the BBC website.
Yes, you can listen for free, but those paying for the licence are paying for the radio programmes that others are listening to.

BigBertha1

I don't think we are ready to give up the TV license even though we only seem to watch streaming channels. It was painful enough giving up the landline as DH says its unnecessary. I miss having a phone in the hall and sitting on the stairs yakking to friends and family.

It’s really easy to get rid of the license, if you miss it you can easily purchase another one