Question about TV licence

silverwhistle

If I were a cat I'd be worried. Is that a killer tit?

billn

Perhaps the OP should let the cat watch the computer it could play with the mouse if it didn't like the programme.:D

teddysmum

There are quite a few parrots using Alexa, nowadays.

igorjenz

I wonder why I have to pay for the TV licence, if I don't watch UK channels at all, I'm using my TV for a streaming kids channels from my country, and it is in Russian.
The question is, why I have to fund TV licence, and in the end fund British TV channels.

MovingForwards

The tv licence pays for BBC and Iplayer. Not all the other channels.

Sky/virgin etc are able to pick up BBC and therefore a licence would be payable.

Netflix doesnt pick up BBC and therefore no licence is required.

Just to give a little guidance

[Deleted User]

All the facts at https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/tv-licence/

igorjenz

Watching live foreign TV in the UK does require a licence
If you watch 'live TV' from a channel that isn't broadcast in the UK (including those picked up via satellite or online), you need to be covered by a valid TV licence.

This is regardless of the country of origin or the language of the broadcast.

That's what the facts say, so live channels, even if they are streamed online needs a TV licence. Just don't get the point, why I have to fund BBC, if they don't have anything with channels from other countries.

Cornucopia

The way that the TV Licence works in the UK (and in various other countries that have one) is that they are set up to be permission from the Government to watch TV broadcasts. (In certain countries, like Ireland, they are a permit to own a TV).

So, you need a Licence to watch TV Broadcasts - any broadcasts. There is more detail behind that rule, though, which may or may not help you...

- If you receive TV broadcasts by traditional means (Terrestrial, Satellite, Cable TV) you always need a TV Licence. If you watch the live streamed equivalent of these UK channels, you need a TV Licence.

- If you only watch catch-up services or video-on-demand, you do not need a TV Licence unless you are using BBC iPlayer.

- If you watch live streamed programs from abroad (which is what I assume you are doing), then the BBC says you need a Licence. This is the advice that MSE has followed. However, I have read the legislation and I am not so sure. But IANAL. I have also asked the BBC for a more detailed explanation, and they have refused to provide it.

HWW

Nasa TV - via the internet, would you need a TV licence, to watch that?? (For example)

Cornucopia

HWW wrote: »

Nasa TV - via the internet, would you need a TV licence, to watch that?? (For example)

Good question (thanks a bunch! )

I would say no, because it isn't a channel that is broadcast via traditional means in the USA. At least, I assume not.

This area of TV Licensing law (or should we say lore) is a mess and the BBC is not helping at all in its refusal to provide additional explanation.