akicif: Self as Cardinal of the Inquisition (inquisition)
([personal profile] akicif Nov. 25th, 2004 12:15 pm)
...that probably won't work, but....

Is there anyone reading this who is:
  • In/near Edinburgh
  • With access to a TV and video recorder
  • Who could tape today's BBC One O'Clock News
Please?

There's a story on one of our work conferences, but we've not got a TV license here at work, and there's no decent aerial for our TV, anyway....

From: [identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com

Re: So what happens...


They're detecting the UHF circuit, I think, or at least it used to work that way. Plus they get the address of anyone who buys a TV, video, digital receiver, or subscribes to cable services. But I suspect that their main technique is to look for addresses that aren't listed as having a TV, take a look to see if there's an aerial, and knock on the door if there isn't.

Case in point, a friend of mine who has never owned a TV but moved into a house that had an aerial and gets regular enquiries from the licensing people
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