Tv licence changes

LJ1

Daughter off to uni and I think I'm right in saying she would need a licence if she was watching live Tv or iplayer.

She is confident she won't watch either of those But will watch Netflix or stuff from youtube...so she will be fine..

Does anyone know if you need the licence to watch other catch up programmes e.g itv player...

Also I'm sure I read you needed a licence to watch anything recorded live onto a DVDs .....she has quite a lot of DVDs she plays from time to time which were recorded on Tv years ago....does anyone know f it would still be OK to watch those or is this a big no...
Could she watch these on a portable dvd player as long as it as not plugged in
If stuff was recorded prior to 1st September does that come under new or old rules?

worried_jim

If she watches any live transmission or uses iplayer she will need a licence.

For other streaming services and catch up none required.

Swipe

Disregard all you have stated regarding DVDs as it's incorrect. Your daughter is fine. She can watch whatever she likes and be covered by your licence as long as her laptop is not plugged into the mains while watching live TV or iplayer. Everything else is fair game with the power plugged in.

jadziad

Swipe wrote: »

Disregard all you have stated regarding DVDs as it's incorrect. Your daughter is fine. She can watch whatever she likes and be covered by your licence as long as her laptop is not plugged into the mains while watching live TV or iplayer. Everything else is fair game with the power plugged in.

In case people reading that try to think of workarounds, for example USB power bank chargers, this is the full wording for it:

They won’t be covered by their parents’ licence either, unless they only ever use devices that are powered solely by their own internal batteries, and aren’t plugged into an aerial or the mains.

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/students

LJ1

ok...so she can be covered by my licence if she watches as long as computer or phone using its own power.....not plugged in.
This is what I read and thought it might relate to DVDs...only cos I have a old recordable DVDs player in one of my rooms and I do use it to record programs

If you record any programme on live TV, you need a TV Licence. It doesn’t matter when you watch it, how you record it or what device you use

over the years I've recorded some stuff films and series she liked....and she wanted to take some of these with her.....all recorded years ago......before these changes... She can't play these on lap top as no disc drive...but she has a portable DVD player....if she was watching one of these old recorded from from tv DVDs would she also have to make sure DVD player not plugged in....

Marvqn1

LJ1 wrote: »

over the years I've recorded some stuff films and series she liked....and she wanted to take some of these with her.....all recorded years ago......before these changes... She can't play these on lap top as no disc drive...but she has a portable DVD player....if she was watching one of these old recorded from from tv DVDs would she also have to make sure DVD player not plugged in....

No, it doesn't matter whether a DVD player is plugged in or not. That rule about the device being plugged in only applies for when watching live TV.

LJ1

thanks.....think I'm a bit clearer....if she is watching live tv or iplayer device must NOT be plugged in....Netflix is fine no problems....portable dvd s fine even with the DVDs recorded from tv years ago......

Forex_Fred

So you can't watch iPlayer on a laptop or tablet that isn't plugged into the mains?

LJ1

You can if you have a licence....but if student away from home you are only covered by parents licence if watching while using device battery and not plugged into mains...live tv or Iplayer......

Forex_Fred

Thanks for that. I'm not a student. I just raised the question because I saw someone arguing that you could watch iPlayer at home if you didn't have a licence as long as the machine was running off it's battery. It would save all this confusion if you just had to input a code to use it. Are they leaving it vague as a way of "trapping" people I wonder?

onomatopoeia99

The battery powered exclusion has always been there so people could use portable TV sets in their caravans when on holiday and be covered by their home licence. You still have to have a licence at home though.