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Re:NBCOlympics’ Opening Ceremony Tape Delay: Stupid, Stupid,... by mike_esspe on Friday July 27, 2012 @08:31PM (#4304213)
And if you don't pay, you'll get regular visits from TV licensing agents:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing_in_the_Uni...

Re:NBCOlympics’ Opening Ceremony Tape Delay: Stupid, Stupid,... by viraptor on Friday July 27, 2012 @09:41PM (#4304395)
Which you can completely ignore, because the agents are just standard salesmen really - they have no special rights. It also costs you money to report that you don't have a TV, so the simplest way is just throw the notices straight into the bin.

(Unless you do have a TV of course)

Re:NBCOlympics’ Opening Ceremony Tape Delay: Stupid, Stupid,... by rcgs on Friday July 27, 2012 @08:39PM (#4304249)
* If you don't pay and watch live TV.

You can choose not to have a TV and not pay the license. Without the license you can still watch BBC iPlayer (although not the live bit).

Re:NBCOlympics’ Opening Ceremony Tape Delay: Stupid, Stupid,... by teamonkey on Friday July 27, 2012 @09:18PM (#4304340)
Believe me, you still get visits and threatening letters from the TV licencing people.
Re:NBCOlympics’ Opening Ceremony Tape Delay: Stupid, Stupid,... by halfasleep on Saturday July 28, 2012 @06:18AM (#4305225)
You just need to fill in the form at https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/no-licence-needed/ every three years. I've done that before and it's stopped the letters.
Re:NBCOlympics’ Opening Ceremony Tape Delay: Stupid, Stupid,... by teamonkey on Saturday July 28, 2012 @03:17PM (#4306215)
It didn't work for me, they still sent threatening letters every few weeks that all but accused me of lying.

I love the BBC (even though I didn't always own a TV) but in my experience the TV licencing company are bullying scum.