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Is there any point in having a TV aerial installed?
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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 1153066" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>Which introduces the other cost of fitting an aerial, the 'license' of which Capita take - the last time I checked, around 3% to cover 'costs' to keep their shareholders happy.</p><p></p><p><em>The BBC has renewed its controversial licence fee enforcement deal with the outsourcer Capita amid a squeeze on the broadcaster’s finances.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The contract, scheduled to last until the end of the BBC’s current Royal Charter in 2027, is worth £456m to Capita, making it one of the company’s most valuable.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>It comes as Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/23/bbc-licence-fees-days-could-numbered-two-thirds-britons-want/" target="_blank"> casts doubt over the future of the licence fee</a>, following criticism of the pursuit of pensioners through the courts over non-payment. Last month she froze the fee for two years, saying it would help households cope with rising inflation.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Following the BBC's decision to end licence fee exemptions for the over-75s, an estimated<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/20/no-over-75-have-ever-faced-licence-fee-prosecution-admits-bbc/" target="_blank"> 260,000 pensioners at risk of enforcement actions from Capita.</a></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Previous statistics have shown Capita receiving around £60m a year for collecting the licence fee, with fees increasing when over-75's were asked to pay in 2020.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/02/17/bbc-renews-licence-fee-collection-contract-capita/[/URL]</em></p><p></p><p>Include the tax on top of the install to keep live tv within the property, or consider catch up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 1153066, member: 175144"] Which introduces the other cost of fitting an aerial, the 'license' of which Capita take - the last time I checked, around 3% to cover 'costs' to keep their shareholders happy. [I]The BBC has renewed its controversial licence fee enforcement deal with the outsourcer Capita amid a squeeze on the broadcaster’s finances. The contract, scheduled to last until the end of the BBC’s current Royal Charter in 2027, is worth £456m to Capita, making it one of the company’s most valuable. It comes as Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries[URL='https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/23/bbc-licence-fees-days-could-numbered-two-thirds-britons-want/'] casts doubt over the future of the licence fee[/URL], following criticism of the pursuit of pensioners through the courts over non-payment. Last month she froze the fee for two years, saying it would help households cope with rising inflation. Following the BBC's decision to end licence fee exemptions for the over-75s, an estimated[URL='https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/20/no-over-75-have-ever-faced-licence-fee-prosecution-admits-bbc/'] 260,000 pensioners at risk of enforcement actions from Capita.[/URL] Previous statistics have shown Capita receiving around £60m a year for collecting the licence fee, with fees increasing when over-75's were asked to pay in 2020. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/02/17/bbc-renews-licence-fee-collection-contract-capita/[/URL][/I] Include the tax on top of the install to keep live tv within the property, or consider catch up. [/QUOTE]
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