Do I need to buy a license if I dont terrestrial TV?

Cornucopia

Swipe wrote: »

Will the new Britbox service still require a licence like iPlayer?

Difficult to say, as it depends on the detail of how the new service is operated.

If the BBC has editorial control, then it requires a Licence, and if not, then no Licence.

wild666

The last letter I had from them I wrote THE OCCUPIER NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS and sent it back to them haven't had a visit yet, if you count out the goon who turned up 6 months after I cancelled in 2016 he turned up in March 2017. This was June 2017 that I sent the letter back.

wild666

Zeesh wrote: »

Hi all

Could anyone please give me a bit of advise regarding this.

I dont currently have a TV license as I don't need one. I have recently bought a new TV after moving into a new home.

("Samsung UE40KU6400" - Sorry can't post links as I am new.)

This was to replace my old broken one. I only intend to use this TV for xbox and watching DVDs etc (no live content).

This TV has built in free view. But as I understand it needs an aerial connection to work. Please correct me if I am wrong. I didn't notice that the house that I bought has already an aerial installed on the roof and its connection into the living room. I can't take the aerial out by myself as the roof is not flat and its extremely hazardous for me to climb on it. I would require specialist e.g. rope access people to come and take the aerial out for me.

Although I have not plugged in any aerial cable from that living room connection, do I still need to buy the TV license if I don't watch live content or BBC iplayer?

Also, as my TV has built in freeview, do I need a TV license regardless if I have an aerial cable plugged in or not?

Thanks.

You can connect an aerial to the set and tune it in to watch catch up TV or radio channels but not BBC iPlayer

DCFC79

Smb3088 wrote: »

Do you have to have the fire stick to get the amazon tv shows and videos ? Or can you watch it on the tv without the fire stick ?

If the tv has the Amazon video app you can, same with Now TV.
Other options to get Amazon video.

Marvqn1

wild666 wrote: »

You can connect an aerial to the set and tune it in to watch catch up TV or radio channels but not BBC iPlayer

How can you watch catch up TV through an aerial?

almillar

How can you watch catch up TV through an aerial?

You can't - you watch or record through the aerial, and the internet provides the catch up part.

DigitalGypsy

Wondering if can someone help me out here. Like most of the other people on this thread, I am being harassed by the BBC to buy a license. Here is my situation...

I watched some episodes of the Apprentice on BBC iPlayer, on my laptop. Now, most of these episodes I watched at my parent's house who have a TV license. I actually can't remember if I watched any episodes in my own flat, of which I DON'T have a TV license. Can the BBC prove or know where I was when I used the iPlayer? I understand you consent to cookies on a website which I believe records your IP address...does the IP address give away your location?

I have not owned a TV for many years and certainly not since I have been in this flat since 2015. I also have no interest in owning a TV and am certainly watcher of television, BBC or otherwise. Any advice much appreciated? Unless the BBC can prove where I was when I watched the few hours of the Apprentice then I don't see what case they have.

Thanks,
Steve

Cornucopia

Yes, you would have required a Licence to stream content from iPlayer at your own address.

Rather than directly answer the remainder of your question (which might be construed as assisting people to break the law), I'll make a couple of suggestions about how you can legally access iPlayer without needing a Licence of your own.

1. You can take your Laptop to your Parents'/Friends' address and use the download feature of iPlayer to download content whilst covered by their TV Licence that you can then watch anywhere else at any time (perfectly legally).

2. You can use an app called "get_iplayer" to download content from iPlayer as MP4 files, again, using equipment located at a Licensed location. You can then access these MP4 files from anywhere, given the necessary tech.

3. When Britbox starts, it's likely to be fairly cheap (£5 has been mentioned), and is unlikely to require a TV Licence.

KorkyKat

Along with their goons at Capita, the BBC have been given a licence to print money. While most people are in the digital age they are still in the Stone Age. I give you this example:

Let’s say you never watch television or use iplayer. Let’s say you only like to watch live sports from an overseas, outside provider. Tough! The government, in collusion with the BBC, have decided that you should buy a licence even though the BBC nor the government fund either the content of a live stream nor the infrastructure - satellite, cameras, technicians etc.

If that isn’t digital robbery I don’t know what is!

And so. If for example you wanted to watch MotoGP you would pay Dorna - the rights holders £172.00 per season. Add to that the licence fee (new cost) £154.50 and of course your broadband fee for receiving the content.

Is it any wonder that the BBC staff are grossly overpaid?

I suggest those who don’t watch live television or use iplayer live programmes should contact your MP. Also write to the Chair of The Digital Media Culture and Sports Committee and ask if you too can be given a licence to print money for providing nothing.

Swipe

DigitalGypsy wrote: »

Can the BBC prove or know where I was when I used the iPlayer? I understand you consent to cookies on a website which I believe records your IP address...does the IP address give away your location?

TV Licensing cannot tell which premises you were at by your logged IP address when you used your iplayer account. Only the ISP who owns the IP address can know this by checking their logs. TV Licensing/BBC would need to put in a request to get this information from that ISP. Whether or not they would have the authority to do this is not something I can answer.