Do i have to pay my TV licence when all my TV viewing is thru SKY?

Question

Surely not as the license is for terestrial TV of old???

Answer 1

Yes.

This is my argument too, but unfortunately the Government have us by the short and curlys. If we don't pay the license we can be sent to court for non payment. The Fine is horendous.

Answer 2

Yes, you still have to pay for a TV Licence, which is a disgrace.

I also watch TV through Sky and I can't understand why I should have to have a TV Licence.

Answer 3

Yes you do

Answer 4

Erm, yes as you are still watching t.v. It's called a T.V licence, not a Sky licence for a reason.

Answer 5

Yes you do.

You need a licence if you own any recieving equipment.

The BBC are greedy dishonest and untrustworthy they waste money on training there staff sending them on courses on "telling the truth " after being caught fiddling premium rate phone in voting programmes.

If you buy a tv licence and then ask for a refund and return it they will only refund un used quarter of a years !

Answer 6

I'm afraid so.

If you have the ability to watch/record programmes as they are broadcast - even if it's only downloading them to your PC and you have no telly, you need a licence.

Answer 7

Yes. Any television that is capable of receiving live broadcast signals (that includes card enabled PCs) are required to be licenced.

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Answer 8

Yes you must pay even though you dont watch the basic 5 channels. Its the TV your paying for regardless of what type of scenery there is

Answer 9

yes u do, i know its a bugger, inever even watch the bbc channels and yet i still have to pay my tv licence each month as well as paying sky.

why cant bbc just do adverts like all the other channels and not make us pay for such dribble

Answer 10

Afraid so, yes. And it's a "broadcast receiving licence", not a "TV licence".

At present, you don't need a licence to download "podcasts", as they aren't "broadcast" at the same time as the original programme.

However, just wait until they start routinely streaming TV programs over the internet (like internet radio) and can argue that it is now a "broadcast medium", so receiving equipment (ie. modems) need to be licenced.

Answer 11

u do

Answer 12

Yes, I am afraid you do.......Sorry