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TV Licensing Website Down
It appears that the TV Licensing website is down yet again.By our reckoning it's about the fourth time the TV Licensing website has experienced unplanned downtime this year. In a similar situation we'd...
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TV Licensing Threatogram: You Risk Being Taken to Court Again
An organisation as despicable as TV Licensing never misses an opportunity to capitalise on the misfortune of other people.Today we have become aware of a new format of TV Licensing threatogram, which...
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BBC Boss Faces Awkward Questions Over "Incestuous" Programme Spending
The Controller of BBC2 and BBC4 is at the centre of a conflict of interest row after overseeing payments for a show made by her husband.Kim Shillinglaw, whose £227,800 salary is one-and-a-half times...
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Capita TV Licensing Goon Recruitment
Browsing around cyberspace we noticed that TV Licensing operations contractor Capita has started a new recruitment website.The new site is jam packed with the snippets of information Capita want...
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LBC Discusses TV Licensing's Disgusting Behaviour
LBC's Nick Ferrari discussed the thorny subject of TV Licensing on his show earlier today.TV Licensing is a trading name used by the companies contracted by the BBC to undertake the administration and...
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BBC Boss Accused of Frivolous Expenses
A senior BBC executive has been accused of claiming frivolous expenses, after it emerged he'd spent £800 on just seven taxi journeys.The BBC's Controller of Entertainment Commissioning, Mark Linsey,...
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Historic BBC Boss Paid Prostitutes TV Licence Cash
A former chairman of the BBC Board of Governors reclaimed his prostitute expenses, according to an official historian working for the Corporation.Recounting her discovery at the Hay Festival, Jean...
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TV Licensing: What Is Wrong With These People?
JUSTtheTalk forum member SharkPatoo recounts their experiences of dealing with TV Licensing on behalf of a confused, elderly neighbour receiving an unnecessary stream of...
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15 TV Licensing Goon Recognition Tips
Over the years it's no exaggeration to say that we've seen literally hundreds of different TV Licensing goons plying their immoral trade on doorsteps across the land.Much to the BBC's continued...
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BBC Spends £3.6m on Executives' Health Insurance
The BBC has been criticised for spending more than £3.6m on BUPA private health insurance since 2010.The figure, released in response to a Freedom of Information request, means that senior managers are...
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BBC Faces £500m in Cuts as Government Targets TV Licence Fee
The Government plans to extend a freeze in the cost of the TV licence for another five years, according to reports in today's Mail on Sunday.The move, which could cost the BBC £300m in lost revenue, is...
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Dimbleby: Powerful Interests Seeking to Deprive BBC of TV Licence Fee
Jonathan Dimbleby has hit out at the BBC's enemies and warned against future cuts in the TV licence fee.Speaking to RadioTimes ahead of this evening's The BBC at War series, which he presents, the...
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Reader Letter: What to Expect After TV Licensing Goon Threats
In today's post we respond to an email received from one of our readers.Our reader writes:Dear TV Licensing Blog,A TV Licensing officer called at my home the other week to ask why I didn't have a TV...
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Photographers Manhandled by Intu Derby Security
Intu Derby security guards Darran and Stuart.Recent video footage shows a pair of amateur photographers being manhandled and detained by security staff at Intu Derby.Here at the TV Licensing Blog we...
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BBC Boss: Ditching TV Licence Fee Will Cost Viewers More
Like rats desperately clambering to safety from a sinking ship, BBC bosses are trying their utmost to protect the guaranteed income afforded by the TV licence fee.Earlier today it was the BBC Director...
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Broken BBC Trust Facing Ofcom Replacement
The BBC Trust could be scrapped and replaced by Ofcom within two years, according to plans being considered by the Government.The Trust, which is tasked with overseeing editorial standards and value...
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A Complaint to the BBC
In response to the BBC's recent announcement that it plans to axe 1,000 jobs due to a shortfall in TV licence revenue, our reader Rik has written an email of complaint.In particular, Rik is concerned...
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BBC Boss Outlines Plans for "Simpler and Leaner" Organisation
The BBC Director General, Tony Hall, has sent an email to workers outlining his plans for a "simpler and leaner" organisation.Lord Hall, whose £450,000 annual salary is more than three times that of...
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Chancellor Forces BBC to Pay for Over-75 TV Licences
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP, is to announce that the BBC will pick up the tab for "free" TV licences for the elderly.The move, to be phased in from 2017, will force the...
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BBC Suppresses Director General's Wining and Dining Expenses
"We still need to bring proper transparency, accountability and control to the way we spend licence fee payers’ money", bleated Tony Hall, the recently installed BBC Director General, during a speech...
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