How to stop paying for tv license

If you pay by direct debit the first thing to do is cancel it, even if you are due a refund you should do this first. Here is the number you need They will ask why you want to cancel, if you have read this website you will have the answers to that question.

You no longer watch live TV, you plan to watch everything you want to watch on catchup services, but you will never use BBC iPlayer. They should process everything for you there, many people are telling me that they are quite friendly on the phone lately. Hopefully you may even get a refund. But you should anyway, it will only take a couple of minutes to complete and you will get an email confirmation of your declaration of no longer needing a tv licence.

It can be confusing learning all the new information. If you want to speak with someone usually Jon, the bloke on youtube via email with your question. You can do that here on our contact us page. This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

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You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. What exactly do I need to do to stop paying a TV Licence fee? Is unplugging my aerial enough? In the old world of analogue broadcasting, this was an easy question. If you did that in the UK then you needed a TV licence. TVs and aerials are still common, but internet streaming means they are no longer required for watching television. The new licensing rules therefore cover not just TVs but PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones, games consoles such as the Xbox and PlayStation, streaming devices from Roku, Amazon and others, set-top boxes and personal video recorders PVRs.

The basic rule is that you must have a TV licence if you watch, record or otherwise consume live television. Indeed, recording, capturing and storing live TV also counts as watching live television. Briefly, if you start streaming a TV programme just before it ends, you need a licence. Logically, it must also include any live television feeds on Facebook or Twitter. I hope this alerts anyone who thought they were within the law because they watched TV programmes on their smartphones or via a Roku stick in the back of a monitor.

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