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Nearly 200 dodge TV licence payments
10:45am Monday 21st July 2008
ALMOST 200 people have been caught watching TV without a licence in High Wycombe in the last six months.
It means the number of licence dodgers in Wycombe is the third highest in the county.
Figures released by TV Licensing today showed 175 evaders were caught in High Wycombe in the first six months of the year, with only Aylesbury and Milton Keynes having more residents caught dodging payments.
The statistics showed 1,147 people in Milton Keynes avoided paying - making the town the worst for non-payments in the whole of the south east.
Nationally, nearly a quarter of a million people have been caught watching TV without a licence since the start of the year.
Joanna Pearce, TV Licensing spokesman, said: "TV Licensing's powerful database shows precisely which properties are unlicensed, meaning enquiry officers can target addresses where they suspect people are watching TV illegally.
"But we would much rather people buy a licence rather than risk prosecution and a fine."
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John, High Wycombe says...
11:39am Mon 21 Jul 08
I think it's time the TV license was abolished.
erm, ermsville says...
11:43am Mon 21 Jul 08
SBJones, Wycombe says...
12:05pm Mon 21 Jul 08
slacker, Flackwell says...
12:08pm Mon 21 Jul 08
erm wrote:No you do not need a TV license if you have a computer or a mobile phone. You do not even need a TV license to watch BBC iplayer.
even if you don't have a TV you need a licence these days as it covers computers, laptops, and mobile phones that can view TV via the web...it's a bleedin' cheek!
You only need a TV license if you are watching TV via a computer if the programme is being aired on TV at the same time. So if you have a computer with TV card inside and you are viewing TV then you do need a license.
Providing then television programme is not being transmitted at the same time as the programme you are watching on the internet, then you are safe.
erm, ermsville says...
12:44pm Mon 21 Jul 08
slacker, Flackwell says...
12:46pm Mon 21 Jul 08
erm wrote:Yeah check the faq on the TV license website, there is a section about computer usage. Its all based on whether a programme is viewed from a live transmission or not. That is the basics of it all.
ooh really? That is good news, they really need to make that clearer on their threatening letters
There is a lot of confusion about it all and yes they do need to be clearer.
Lo_Wycombe, Bowerdean Rd says...
2:37pm Mon 21 Jul 08
What a load of old rubbish, 30 years later they are still sending out threatening letters and using propaganda such as the BFP to scare people into paying.
llcherri, Wycombe says...
2:49pm Mon 21 Jul 08
happy blue, bucks says...
3:13pm Mon 21 Jul 08
No TV licence then confiscate the TV. !!!
Caroline, Tampa, Florida says...
3:30pm Mon 21 Jul 08
I get BBC America in the States (same lousy shows, mind you)with no licence fee.
Give it a couple of years and the licence will go away.
Franky, High Wycombe says...
5:38pm Mon 21 Jul 08
In days gone by, you only had the 4 channels and the BBC charging for affording us the privilege of watching TV without commercial ads may have been less nonsensicle but in this day and age when many of the top programmes (especially sport) are no longer on the BBC, then we are just being fleeced by the BBC. The license fee really should be abolished and if the BBC really think their programmes are worth paying for, then the government should force them to introduce a subscription service. Being forced to pay for something you may or may not use is not right in the vast majority of people's book!
yabbadabbadoo, wooburn green says...
6:11pm Mon 21 Jul 08
maybe if everyone paid thats meant to it may actually go down in price.
i know,i know !! nice thought tho hey??!
Observer, of Entertainment says...
7:30pm Mon 21 Jul 08
A student living in a house of multiple occupation needs a TV licence, as do all the other students in the house - they need a TV licence each.
A rich person living in a house with 5 television sets needs only one licence.
Where is the justice and fairness in that?
Plus ça change..., Our Very Own TV Channel? says...
8:25pm Mon 21 Jul 08
We'd be able to see it all LIVE - Bucks hedgehogs that can roll into a ball, Bucks squirrels that eat nuts & LIVE images of the empty blue Bucks skies over Wycombe showing vapour trails where a flyover took place a few hours earlier!
No more posting!
We would all be interviewed live in the High Street!
By Ivor...
And, hey, no more spelling msitkaes..!
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