TV Licensing

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23 May 2013: Keep your boat afloat with a TV Licence; TV Licensing and the Residential Boat Owners’ Association have come together to help to raise awareness among boat owners of TV Licence rules.

14 May 2013: TV Licensing launches student refund campaign; As students across the UK prepare for their exams, TV Licensing is reminding those moving home for the summer to claim a refund on their TV Licence, worth £36.37.
17 April 2013: TV Licensing marks 35 years of home recording; Nearly a third of UK households (29 per cent) are still using the very first ground breaking “timeshifting” TV technology – the humble VCR, TV Licensing today reported. TV Licensing marks 35 years of home recording
15 March 2013: TV Licensing Reveals TV Elation Across The Nation; We are TeleHappy: A look at the UK’s changing viewing habits from TV Licensing reveals annual viewing trends and the nation’s TeleHappiness Index.

Around 25m licences are currently in force, a record number.
TV Licensing's database contains approximately 31m UK addresses.
TV Licensing enquiry officers made about 4m visits in 2011/12.
Enquiry officers together catch an average of over 1,000 evaders every day.
TV Licensing collected £3.7bn in revenue in 2011/12, up £19m from the previous year.
Collection costs in 2011/12 were £126.1m, just 3.4 per cent of total revenue.
In the last year 2.5m licences were sold online, an increase from 2.3m last year and representing nearly a third (31 per cent) of sales excluding direct debit renewals and Over 75 licences (which are renewed automatically).
TV Licensing produces literature in 18 languages and offers 180 languages via translation services at its call centres. The website offers information in 16 different languages.

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