TV Licensing bosses launch appeal to find Huddersfield’s 110 black and white TV users

Apr 23 2010 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

ARE you one of the 110 households in Huddersfield still getting your fix of TV in black and white?

If so TV Licensing bosses want to hear from you.

But there’s nothing to worry about – it’s all for a survey of those who prefer their telly fix in monochrome.

As of last year more than 28,000 households across the UK stubbornly refused to upgrade to colour sets and telly chiefs say they want to know why.

A spokeswoman from TV Licensing said they were really keen to hear from people who were still hanging on to the old fashioned black and white boxes.

She said: “We find it difficult to find people who have black and white TVs still.

“We don’t know who exactly has them and we want to find out why they have kept them all these years?

“Especially with the 40th anniversary of the World Cup being filmed in colour coming up, we really want to know why they’re hanging onto those old tellys and not changing to colour?

“Whether you don’t have the heart to get rid of your black and white set or simply prefer the old to the new, TV Licensing would like to hear from you.”

Despite many developments in new ways of watching TV and sales of flat screen sets soaring, the figures show black and white sets are not ready for the dump just yet.