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Originally Posted by Psycho Dad
How the hell could this be enforced? Does a Bobby in one of those nifty helmets come knocking on your door calling out "We hear the bloody telly now open the door"?
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Evidently, yeah.
Here's how they enforce it: with <a href="http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/tvdetectorvans.jsp">TV Detector Vans</a>.
There's a fleet of vans trawling around with devices that can tell when a TV is operating, and triangulate on its position. I can only presume that the owners of unlicensed TVs are subject to a
Brazil-style SWAT team force insertion via large hole cut in their ceiling, and are carried off wrapped in industrial saran wrap.
A colour TV Licence costs £126.50 and a black and white licence costs £42.00. Per year. And that's at the GBP worth US$1.70!