TV Licence Query

[tosullivan]

Can anyone tell me if you have a TV but cannot receive RTE1 or RTE2, do you have to pay the license fee?

 

[Darthvadar]

Re: TV License Query

I'm afraid you do...

Once you've got a TV, the licence fee applies!...

Darth...

 

[tosullivan]

Re: TV License Query

But isn't the license fee payable to RTE? I can't receive it where the house is and I don't even try to receive it. I just have a dish with the Free channels

 

[mathepac]

Re: TV License Query

Yes - the licence has nothing got to do with the channels you can see or want to see. The licence is for the receiving equipment.

 

[mathepac]

Re: TV License Query

But isn't the license fee payable to RTE? ...

The licence fee is payable to the government via An Post.

 

[cleverclogs7]

Re: TV License Query

ONCE YOU RECIEVE ANY TRANSMISSION YOU MUST HAVE A LICENCEoops soorry caps on.

 

[gipimann]

Re: TV License Query

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?

 

[allthedoyles]

Re: TV License Query

Only good news is that you can pay by direct debit and it works out at around € 13 per month.

There is no point in challenging the tv licence .............you won't win .

 

[tosullivan]

Re: TV License Query

so its for receiving ANY TV transmissions? even if none of them are RTE?

 

[jackswift]

Re: TV License Query

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?

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.

 

[jackswift]

Re: TV License Query

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.

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.

 

[Lilly2099]

Re: TV License Query

Its so frustrating paying a TV licence to find RTE even if you dont watch the C**p they show everyday!

 

[Leo]

Re: TV License Query

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.

That's incorrect. The legislation specifies equipment capable of receiving a signal. It does not at any point mention RTE.
Leo

 

[jackswift]

Re: TV License Query

That's incorrect. The legislation specifies equipment capable of receiving a signal. It does not at any point mention RTE.
Leo

Why then did they add RTE to sky digital when people were refusing to pay their TV licence because they weren't recieving RTE?

 

[jackswift]

Re: TV License Query

They really don't! Try it and find out whether that works as an argument...I can assure you it doesn't.

They are more than welcome to see if they can get an RTE reception with a coat hanger where I live.

 

[csirl]

If the equipment is capable of showing a TV broadcast from anywhere, then you require a TV license. Whether or not you actually use it for this purpose or whether or not you have an aerial, cable or satellite attached makes no difference.