Today's post is more for the US readers to have something to feel good about. In England and many European countries plus other locations around the world a person needs to license their TV. When I first read about it the reason given was to pay for the BBC but it seems like it would be counterproductive to enforce once the TV police were paid and any other license collection costs. The cost is $200 per year for color TV and $65 for black and white. If you don't watch any live TV or are over 75 the license fee is waived. The fine for failure to pay is $1299.75 plus the risk of prosecution.
How to watch TV legally without paying for a licence
THE following services are still openly (and legally) available to you – as long as you aren’t using them to watch live TV:
On demand TV – like catch-up TV and on demand previews – which are available through services like ITV Player , All4 , My5 , BT Vision/BT TV , Virgin Media , Sky Go , Now TV, Apple TV, Chromecast , Roku and Amazon Fire TV
On demand movies - from services like Sky, Virgin Media, BT Vision, Netflix and Amazon Instant Video
Recorded films and programmes- either via DVD or Blu-ray, or downloaded from the internet
YouTube - On demand video clips through services like YouTube
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