The price of your TV licence is rising again in just a few days' time - but not everyone needs to pay for one. There are some scenarios where you could be entitled to a free or heavily discounted TV licence. The TV licence fee will rise from £174.50 to £180 from April. You need a TV licence to watch or record live TV, or to watch anything on BBC iPlayer . You need a TV licence for BBC iPlayer even if you are watching catch-up programmes. For other streaming services - such as Netflix , Amazon