(Telecompaper) The latest data from industry ratings body BARB shows that UK ownership of traditional TV sets has fallen to its lowest level since 1972, reports the Sunday Times. A total of 1.72 million households declared that they did not have a TV set in Q1 2015, up by 150,000 from Q4 2014. This means that 93.7 percent of homes have a TV set, the lowest proportion since 1972 and down from more than 96 percent in 2013. The fall comes as more viewers exploit a legal loophole by watching only catch-up TV services, rather than live programmes, to avoid paying the GBP 145.50 licence fee.