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**Chris** · Today, 10:46

Oh don’t get me wrong, I agree there is a lot less of interest on the BBC these days. A brief glance at any of the many ‘on this day’ twitter accounts or tv nostalgia websites will leave you open-mouthed at just how much good new stuff there was especially at this time of the year when new series of drama, sit coms etc were all getting going for the new year.

The point is, the narrative has become so focused on the TV licence as effectively a BBC subscription that people forget it’s a legal requirement to have one to watch *any* broadcast TV channel from ITV, Channel 5 or anyone else. Actually it’s a licence to operate TV receiving equipment so technically you need a licence even to channel-hop through the dross you get with a sky or VM subscription.

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Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,303	Re: TV Licence “Unenforceable”? Oh don’t get me wrong, I agree there is a lot less of interest on the BBC these days. A brief glance at any of the many ‘on this day’ twitter accounts or tv nostalgia websites will leave you open-mouthed at just how much good new stuff there was especially at this time of the year when new series of drama, sit coms etc were all getting going for the new year. The point is, the narrative has become so focused on the TV licence as effectively a BBC subscription that people forget it’s a legal requirement to have one to watch any broadcast TV channel from ITV, Channel 5 or anyone else. Actually it’s a licence to operate TV receiving equipment so technically you need a licence even to channel-hop through the dross you get with a sky or VM subscription.