tosullivan
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Can anyone tell me if you have a TV but cannot receive RTE1 or RTE2, do you have to pay the license fee?
The licence fee is payable to the government via An Post.But isn't the license fee payable to RTE? ...
If you don't recieve transmission and you have a tv you don't need a licence. If what you were saying was true you would be paying for a licence even if you didn't have a tv.And even if you don't actually receive a transmission, you must have a licence - the wording (if I remember correctly) is if you have equipment capable of receiving TV transmisssions.....isn't that where the grey area re TV licences & mobile phones or PCs arises?
The coat hanger doesn't work everywhere, they need proof that you can recieve a signal before they can tell you to get a licence.If you can recieve a transmission of some kind, any kind, and have a tv, you have to have a license, even if its only with a coat hanger stuck into the tv aerial. If you don't have a tv, you are not capable of recieving a transmission. Simple.
If you don't recieve transmission and you have a tv you don't need a licence. If what you were saying was true you would be paying for a licence even if you didn't have a tv.
Why then did they add RTE to sky digital when people were refusing to pay their TV licence because they weren't recieving RTE?That's incorrect. The legislation specifies equipment capable of receiving a signal. It does not at any point mention RTE.
Leo
They are more than welcome to see if they can get an RTE reception with a coat hanger where I live.They really don't! Try it and find out whether that works as an argument...I can assure you it doesn't.