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Welcome to the Media Centre
You'll find all the latest TV Licensing news right here in the Media Centre.
If you require any additional information, or to request a press release in Welsh, please email media.enquiries@tvlicensing.co.uk.
Latest press releases
- 08 November 2018
- New UK figures for black and white licences
- New figures released today by TV Licensing show that after more than 50 years of colour transmissions, over 7000 black and white TV Licences are still in force across the UK, although numbers are steadily declining.
Other news
- 10 October 2018
- TV Licensing: over 26,000 young people caught across the UK
- More than 26,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 were caught watching live TV or BBC iPlayer without a TV Licence in the past year, according to new figures released today by TV Licensing.
- 06 September 2018
- Debt, partying and TV Licence evasion top list of worries for Uni parents
- With A-Level results now in, parents of undergraduates across the land are fretting about their offspring leaving home comforts for life in student digs. Many students will be fending for themselves for the first time, often moving to a new city and taking on new responsibilities such as a TV Licence, needed for live TV on any channel and BBC programmes on iPlayer.
- 04 July 2018
- Students may be entitled to a £50 TV Licensing refund
- As universities across the country approach the end of term, TV Licensing is reminding cash-strapped students across the UK that they may be entitled to a refund worth over £50.
TV Licensing facts
For TV Licensing facts and figures, please visit the TV Licensing Annual Review. You can find out how the licence fee is spent in the BBC Annual Report.
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Media enquiries
The TV Licensing press office is open Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 5.30pm. Journalists with media enquiries can contact us on our press office number: 020 8752 6606.
Out of Hours: A duty press officer is available outside these hours (8am to 10pm) for urgent media enquiries. Accredited members of the media may contact the above number and the duty press officer will return your call.
The TV Licensing press office inbox is regularly checked during opening hours. Enquiries will be responded to as quickly as possible.
tt The press office is unable to assist with customer enquiries. For customer service enquiries, contact us (in step 2 of the form click the 'Contact us' button at the bottom) or use 0300 790 6112.
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For regional press enquiries, please contact the relevant press office using the numbers below.
- Midlands
- 01564 829024
- North
- 0113 887 3000
- Northern Ireland
- 028 9024 5691
- Scotland
- 0141 229 7638
- Wales and South West
- 0117 910 6379
- London and South East
- 0203 787 7981
