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Originally Posted by First Prime
I heard that you guys in the U. K. have to pay an annual fee of about $200.00 USD to own a television. If you get caught not paying the fee the fine is about $1,000.00 USD. Is that true?
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That is the TV license and essentially it pays for the BBC which is a comerical free broadcaster. Some of the money goes to Channel 4 too but primarily the BBC. You have to have a license to watch tv and in that money is fed back into the public broadcaster. To me it is worth it for the BBC news alone but I am a news junkie
I believe you can watch for a lot less if you have a black and white tv..lol