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- 27 February 2017
- Hairdressers given TV Licensing reminder
- Salon managers who attempt to cut corners when styling hair by not buying a TV Licence could be risking having a 'brush' with their local magistrate, which is why TV Licensing is urging managers to ensure their business is correctly licensed.
- 23 January 2017
- TV Licensing reminder for community run pubs
- Several communities have risen to the challenge of saving their ‘local’ with 40 groups already successfully taking on ownership of their pubs. A further 1,250 have been listed as ‘assets of community value’ which demonstrates the vital role pubs play in daily life.
- 18 January 2017
- TV LICENSING: How the Licence Fee increase affects your TV Licensing Direct Debit
- When the cost of the Licence Fee was fixed at £145.50 in 2011, TV Licensing wrote to the Direct Debit customers letting them know their licence would be automatically renewed and they would not receive any contact from TV Licensing as long as they kept up their payments.
- 27 December 2016
- TV Licensing reminds hotel owners to ‘Make sure you're licensed for 2017’
- According to the latest industry figures , the UK tourism industry is set to grow further after a bumper year of visits. In 2015/16, tourism brought in £22billion to the UK economy, with 36.1 million overseas visitors to the UK – up 5% on 2014.
- 15 November 2016
- TV Licensing reminds over 75s to claim free TV Licence
- As winter approaches, TV Licensing and Age UK are reminding those reaching this landmark birthday in the next 12 months, that they are entitled to claim a free TV Licence. Budgeting can become more challenging as you get older and so TV Licensing has made it easier than ever to apply for the free over 75 licence.
- 26 October 2016
- TV Licensing survey reveals over 100 names for the TV remote, with viewers wielding the ‘Panic Button’, ‘Fat Enhancer’ and ‘Ronnie Remote’
- The top moniker for remote control is simply ‘Remote’, with ‘Doofer’ or ‘Doofah’ in second place and ‘Zapper’ in third place. The survey also shows a marked increase in slang used across the country, with more than 100 regional variations identified. Names favoured in Scotland were ‘Gizmo’, the ‘Whatcha-ma-call–it’ in Wales and the ‘Zapper’ in Northern Ireland
- 25 September 2016
- RNIB urges blind viewers to take advantage of half-price concession, as ‘The Vikings Uncovered’ tops list of audio-described shows
- TV Licensing has been working with RNIB to make sure anyone who is eligible to receive the concession is aware and takes advantage of the reduced TV Licence fee. The number of blind concessionary licences has risen by 4% this year, with 41,392 blind concessionary licences issued in the UK1, up from 39,700, the previous year.
- 26 August 2016
- Some TV viewers baffled by TV terminology ahead of iPlayer law change
- TV viewers struggle to understand TV terminology such as 'streaming' and 'on demand' according to a new survey carried out by TV Licensing.
- 29 July 2016
- Students will need a licence for BBC iPlayer
- The start of the academic year will bring many changes for students, including, for the first time, the need to buy a TV Licence to download or watch BBC programmes on demand.
- 04 July 2016
- TV Licensing reminder to community groups ahead of Olympic screenings
- With more than 3,000 hours of live sporting action from Rio this summer, TV Licensing and the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action are joining together to remind community groups and charities to check they are correctly licensed to share the spectacular sporting TV coverage as it happens.