In Britain to license is a verb licence is a noun, hence television licence is correct. In the USA license is used for both, but they don't need a TV license
Actually, although the spelling is licence in this country when used as a noun it can be used as a verb as well.
Would be more interesting than some of the films that certain posters have listed in their top 10 films.
I saw Reginald D Hunter last week and had to chuckle at his Dad having asked him if it was true that in England you need a licence to operate a TV.
Well strictly speaking it's not. Unless you are watching or recording LIVE television, as in as a programme is broadcast (or catch up on iPlayer now) you don't need a TV licence to watch something on a television (such as a DVD).
The Iplayer system is not about a license its about delivering targeted programmes. We have virgin media and it records all sorts of **** and tells us we want to watch it