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From June 2020 Britons aged over 75 will no longer be entitled to a free TV licence. The BBC confirmed the shock cut yesterday which campaigners argue could leave thousands of pensioners without TV access. Here's whether you can still have a TV without a TV licence.

From next June only households with someone in receipt of Pension Credit will be able to claim a free TV licence. This means around 1.5 million households could be eligible. Announcing the news, BBC Chairman Sir David Clementi said: "Copying the current scheme was ultimately untenable. It would have cost £745 million a year by 2021/22 - and risen to over one billion by the end of the next decade. “£745 million a year is equivalent to around a fifth of the BBC’s spending on services. “The scale of the current concession and its quickly rising cost would have meant profoundly damaging closures of major services that we know audiences - and older audiences in particular - love, use, and value every day.”

TV licence: Can you have a TV without license as BBC scrap free license for over 75s

Can you have a TV without a TV license? If you own a TV and are at risk of losing your free TV license because of the new rule, then here's what you need to know. If you watch TV as it is being broadcast live, then you need a TV licence – on any device (this includes laptops, tablets and mobile phones. READ MORE: 'Arrogant' BBC scraps free TV licence for over 75s in ‘disgraceful decision'

TV licence: You can watch subscription services without a TV license as long as they are not live

If you watch or record shows as they're being shown on TV in the UK then you need to be covered by a TV licence. You also need a TV license to download or watch programmes on BBC iPlayer - even if they are not live. Any programme you watch or record as it’s being shown on TV or live on an online TV service, you need a TV license for. As well as live events like sport, news and music, the license also covers soaps, series, documentaries and even movies. You need a TV licence if you do the following: if you’re watching on TV or on an online TV service

for all channels, not just the BBC

if you record a programme and watch it later

if you watch a programme on a delay

to watch or record repeats

to watch or record programmes on +1, +2 and +24 channels

to watch live programmes on Red Button services

even if you already pay for cable, satellite or other TV services

TV license: From June next year the TV license law will change