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tinateaspoon

Does anyone have any experience of using this to watch BBC catch up? (We have no licence as we very rarely watch TV)

Inner_Zone

If you are in the UK you will require a TV licence to view BBC Iplayer.

giraffe69

We have no licence as we very rarely watch TV

so is there a limit? If you only watch occasionally are you exempt?

JJ_Egan

giraffe69 wrote: »

so is there a limit? If you only watch occasionally are you exempt?

Nope use once = a license .

debitcardmayhem

Inner_Zone wrote: »

If you are in the UK you will require a TV licence to view BBC Iplayer.

giraffe69 wrote: »

so is there a limit? If you only watch occasionally are you exempt?

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Nope use once = a license .

Same applies for any live streams eg ITV,C4,C5 etc
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/Live-TV-and-how-you-watch-it

debitcardmayhem

But of course if you have a TV license you still can't watch when abroad and you can't get a refund for the time you can't watch it .... Discuss that with your MP perhaps

shaun_from_Africa

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

But of course if you have a TV license you still can't watch when abroad and you can't get a refund for the time you can't watch it

Depending on which VPN you have, it's possible to watch BBC iplayer, 4 OD & the ITV hub.
I do this quite often and although I sometimes have to change vpn servers, this isn't much of a problem.

debitcardmayhem

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Depending on which VPN you have, it's possible to watch BBC iplayer, 4 OD & the ITV hub.
I do this quite often and although I sometimes have to change vpn servers, this isn't much of a problem.

So do I , but why do I, I pay the license fee ergo I should be able to watch wherever and whenever without messing about with VPNs. I have asked TV licensing for a rebate for when I can't , fat chance though:D

DoaM

But it's your choice to be (at times) in a location where "broadcast" is not available, so why should TVL give a rebate?

Do you expect your car insurance to give a rebate just because you're overseas and can't drive your car?

Do you expect DVLA to give a rebate likewise? (This analogy is probably closest to TVL).

debitcardmayhem

Nope , we take the car with us often, I just object to the BBC penalising the people who pay the bulk of their revenue