Black and white TV still watched in Bromsgrove (From Bromsgrove Advertiser)

Black and white TV still watched in Bromsgrove

4:10pm Tuesday 15th January 2013 in Local

BLACK and white television is still being watched in Bromsgrove, the TV Licensing authority has revealed.

After nearly 46 years of colour television 58 monochrome licenses are in use in Worcestershire including in the town.

The figures released show more than 13,000 households nationally still watch television in black and white, nearly 46 years after the first colour transmissions.

The cost of a black and white licence is £49, while a colour licence costs £145.50.

John Trenouth, a television and radio technology historian, said: “The numbers of black and white TV sets in regular use has fallen dramatically over the last few years, hastened by the fact that it's now almost impossible to replace them and by the need to buy a suitable set top box to continue to use them after digital switchover.”