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You can get a free TV licence if you're 75 or over and you get Pension Credit, or a discount if you're blind or in residential care - who qualifies, how to apply
Government is seeking views on the proposed exemption of Ofcom-regulated IPTV services from online advertising restrictions on less healthy food and drink.
A report from Revealing Reality considering the future of TV distribution and the barriers, motivations, and preferences of TV viewers.
Statement on the future regulation of unregulated television electronic guides and channels.
You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer
The annual cost of a TV licence will rise to £180 from 1 April 2026, as required by the 2022 Licence Fee Settlement, in line with inflation.
Information published by the government on the 2022 TV licence fee settlement.
Understand why so called ‘Kodi’ and other illegal IPTV set-top boxes and sticks should be avoided.
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