Had a Visit from TV Licence Man

Cornucopia

It's worth saying that iPlayer has a challenge pop-up box for the live streams regarding TV licences. It's not something that you could stumble into by accident.

Just reconfigured my Youview box to attach an aerial and hide all the TV channels - right on the edge of legality. :eek:

katejo

sniggings wrote: »

you can watch I player on TV or a laptop without a licence, just not if it is streamed at the same time it is on TV, oh no here we go again...

Yes I know but I wrote this in response to the suggestion that watching saved programmes on iPlayer should require a licence.

oldgrumpygit

sniggings wrote: »

Move to the US and enjoy BBC USA for free, not sure how you want to get there, fly sail or swim that's up to you, similar services to other countries too, not to mention the Iplayer is accessable to other countries too.

BBC America (a commercially supported station) is not the same as "The BBC being free"

BBC Advertising (part of BBC worldwide) sells advertising on the BBC worldwide commercial channels.

The BBC puts adverts on its website for users outside the UK

It is possible I suppose that you believe that television programmes/stations/channels funded by advertising are "free"

oldgrumpygit

Cornucopia wrote: »

It's worth saying that iPlayer has a challenge pop-up box for the live streams regarding TV licences. It's not something that you could stumble into by accident.

Just reconfigured my Youview box to attach an aerial and hide all the TV channels - right on the edge of legality. :eek:

Or in others words, perfectly legal.

sniggings

katejo wrote: »

Yes I know but I wrote this in response to the suggestion that watching saved programmes on iPlayer should require a licence.

right so you meant recorded from a live stream of iplayer...is that even possible?

sniggings

oldgrumpygit wrote: »

BBC America (a commercially supported station) is not the same as "The BBC being free"

BBC Advertising (part of BBC worldwide) sells advertising on the BBC worldwide commercial channels.

The BBC puts adverts on its website for users outside the UK

It is possible I suppose that you believe that television programmes/stations/channels funded by advertising are "free"

Yes if they don't pay it's free.

Jamie_Carter

sniggings wrote: »

right so you meant recorded from a live stream of iplayer...is that even possible?

Yes it is. There are various programs that can do it.

oldgrumpygit

sniggings wrote: »

Yes if they don't pay it's free.

And ITV is free too:cool:

sniggings

Jamie_Carter wrote: »

Yes it is. There are various programs that can do it.

well that's different, you said "saved" not recorded, if you record a live stream or watch a live stream then yes you need a licence but you statemnet was misleading as you do not need a licence to watch a saved iplayer program, recorded and saved are not the same thing.

we are arguing over words here but with the TV licencing it's needed

oldgrumpygit

I suspect "saved" was used in the context of saved onto your device aka downloaded aka recorded as the programme was being transmitted aka streamed live.

That was my understanding anyway.