Re: Licence fee?

Naked Gonad wrote:
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Do Americans have to pay a TV licence fee like we do in
the UK?

Gonad

What do you mean by License fee?

Like a license to use or buy a TV? Nope. Unless it's a electronics
disposal fee, which is required by some States.

I mean that in the UK, it is illegal to use a TV without a licence.When
a TV is purchased in the UK,it is compulsory to fill a form out, stating
where you live etc.Detector vans ensure that no-one is cheating.
The fee at present is £150 per year.
It's the BBC basically that we are paying it for because they have no
advertising whatsoever on all their channels.It's definitely worth it
when you can watch a complete program without adverts every 10 mins
or so.

Gonad
Neither Canada (where I'm from) nor the US has ever had television
licensing fees.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licensing
.

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