DTT & TV Licences

[LCBXX]

According to the TV-License website, you need a TV license when you purchase a TV or any other device that has an analog tuner capable of receiving a TV broadcast signal.

Question: Will I be able to send the SABC in its moer when the Analog to DTT switchover happens? I wont be able to watch TV anyway using the built-in analog receiver, so why should I still pay a TV license for a spectrum that won't exist anymore? The SABC channels I will continue to receive via DStv, is [currently] already paid for with my monthly subscription.

The SABC will obviously enforce the payment of TV licences via the sale and activation of the DTT set-top boxes they sell.

 

[ipodmusicman]

There is a thread somewhere on this forum that goes into great detail regarding TV licences. Even if you're not receiving an over-the-air signal (analogue or digital), but you're receiving DSTV, you still have to pay your TV license. I don't have enough fingers on my hands to count the number of times this point has been made.

 

[LCBXX]

There is a thread somewhere on this forum that goes into great detail regarding TV licences. Even if you're not receiving an over-the-air signal (analogue or digital), but you're receiving DSTV, you still have to pay your TV license. I don't have enough fingers on my hands to count the number of times this point has been made.

Well if I have an LCD/Plasma monitor, without a tuner, I don't need a TV License even if I have DStv.

 

[LCBXX]

From the TV-Licenses Website:

Q: What is a television set, as defined in the Broadcasting Act?

A: Any device designed or adapted to be capable of receiving a broadcast television signal. That includes a PC fitted with a TV tuner card, or a videocassette recorder (VCR) connected to a monitor or TV screen

Q: How is a TV set “denatured” so that a TV licence is not required?

A: Removal of a television set’s "tuner" renders it incapable of receiving any TV signal and, consequently, exempt from the need to be licensed. Written notice to the SABC of such denaturing must be supported by documentary proof in the form of a letter/invoice/receipt from a reputable TV repairer or installer. A R300.00 payment must accompany such application to the SABC, after which an authorised agent will be despatched to inspect the applicant’s TV equipment.

On receipt of confirmation from the agent that the applicant has NO television receiving equipment [TV set(s), VCR(s) or PC(s) fitted with a tuner card] in his/her possession, he/she will be exempted from payment of licence fees for the rest of the current licensing period.

Should a licence holder thereafter require such exemption to be extended, written application by way of an affidavit confirming that the applicant still has no TV receiving equipment must be made on an annual basis three months before the end of each licence year. Should an authorised inspector visit an exempted licence holder’s premises and find that the receiving capability of his/her TV equipment has been restored, he/she becomes liable for payment of all applicable licence fees and penalties, plus a R300.00 inspection fee.

LOL, R300 for someone to come and "inspect" your TV/VCR/etc “denaturing”.

 

[sn3rd]

According to the TV-License website, you need a TV license when you purchase a TV or any other device that has an analog tuner capable of receiving a TV broadcast signal.

Question: Will I be able to send the SABC in its moer when the Analog to DTT switchover happens? I wont be able to watch TV anyway using the built-in analog receiver, so why should I still pay a TV license for a spectrum that won't exist anymore? The SABC channels I will continue to receive via DStv, is [currently] already paid for with my monthly subscription.

The SABC will obviously enforce the payment of TV licences via the sale and activation of the DTT set-top boxes they sell.

The spectrum will exist. You'll just be paying for the right to use it, even though you don't.

There is a thread somewhere on this forum that goes into great detail regarding TV licences. Even if you're not receiving an over-the-air signal (analogue or digital), but you're receiving DSTV, you still have to pay your TV license. I don't have enough fingers on my hands to count the number of times this point has been made.

DSTV is still over-the-air

Unfortunately, we still have to pay TV licenses. Sad fact of SA life

 

[LCBXX]

The spectrum will exist. You'll just be paying for the right to use it, even though you don't.

DSTV is still over-the-air

Unfortunately, we still have to pay TV licenses. Sad fact of SA life

1. How come you can buy a DStv decoder without a TV license....?

2. Our office has several plasma monitors about the shows the DSTV weather channel and Sky News. No TV license required for them either, just a DStv Commercial subscription.

 

[ipodmusicman]

Technically DSTV is over-the-air since the signal travels from the heavens above to our dishes, but in TV terms, over-the-air is commonly referred to terrestrial TV which originating from a land based transmitter to a TV, STB, etc. In SA, many people refer to it as free-to-air, which is a term I don't really agree with since M-Net is not free.

But in any case, even if you have DSTV and your TV does not have a receiver, you still need a TV license.

You must see how anal they are in the UK about TV licenses, but then again, you get top quality content from BBC which I'll be more than happy to pay a TV license for.