Editing Television licence (section)

==Television licensing by country==

Usage and costs of television licences vary greatly between countries. The [[Museum of Broadcast Communications]] in Chicago<ref name="Encyclopedia of Television">{{cite encyclopedia
| title = License Fee
| encyclopedia = Encyclopedia of Television (1st Edition)
| publisher = [[Museum of Broadcast Communications]]
| location = Chicago
| year = 1997
| url = http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/L/htmlL/licensefee/licensefee.htm
| access-date = 21 November 2006
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130904131244/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/L/htmlL/licensefee/licensefee.htm
| archive-date = 4 September 2013
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> reports that two-thirds of countries in Europe and half of countries in Asia and Africa use television licences to fund public television. Television licensing is rare in the Americas, largely confined to [[British Overseas Territories]]. In some countries, radio channels and broadcasters' websites are also funded by a licence, giving access to radio and online services free of advertising.