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01/05/2018

BBC Licence Fee Waived For Royal Wedding

The BBC has announced that it will waive the licence fee so people can tune in to watch the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on 19 May 2018.

It is understood that the licence fee can be waived in exceptional circumstances, allowing premises to forgo the requirement of a licence to access live TV or on-demand follow up sites, such as BBC iPlayer.

Pipa Doubtfire, Head of Revenue Management for the BBC, said: "I'm delighted to announce that we have decided to offer a one-off dispensation for the Royal Wedding on May 19. This will allow the public to enjoy live coverage of the occasion at special events like street parties, where TV is not usually watched, without needing to buy a licence.

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"By law, if live television or iPlayer is viewed on any premises, those premises must be covered by a valid TV Licence. However, in exceptional circumstances, the BBC can grant a dispensation for the temporary viewing of television, so long as the viewing is for the sole purpose of screening an event which is judged by the BBC to be of national importance. The BBC considers that the Royal Wedding is such an event."

Aside from one-off dispensations, a TV licence is needed to watch or record live TV, on any device including a laptop, tablet or mobile phone. You need to be covered by a TV Licence to watch or record live TV programmes on any channel or device, and to download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer.

(MH/LM)

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"The BBC has announced that it will waive the licence fee so people can tune in to watch the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on 19 May 2018."