Do I need a licence?

ididgetwhereiamtoday

I noticed on the official site you don’t need one to watch bbc iPlayer if you are in a vessel, boat, train or car. 

Does this mean you would have to be moving or could you park up some where and fill your boots?

Also it’s not clear if you could watch bbc at work in your own mobile device if work has a tv liscence? 

Cornucopia

ididgetwhereiamtoday said:

I noticed on the official site you don’t need one to watch bbc iPlayer if you are in a vessel, boat, train or car. 

Does this mean you would have to be moving or could you park up some where and fill your boots?

You don't need a Licence to watch TV away from home if you have a Licence at your home.   It's irrelevant whether that remote location is a vehicle or not.  

If you DON'T have a Licence at home, then it remains illegal to watch TV broadcasts, anywhere in public.   Having said that, there is no enforcement (actual/possible) for use in vehicles.

ididgetwhereiamtoday said:

Also it’s not clear if you could watch bbc at work in your own mobile device if work has a tv liscence? 

Yes - you can watch on your own device anywhere that is already Licensed.

prowla

ladruid said:

400ixl said:

As soon as you switch on your Sky box you have the ability to watch live TV as that is the mode if fires up in so as I understand it need a TV Licence.

This is not true. You do not need a licence because you have equipment capable of receiving live broadcast TV.

A Sky (or Virgin cable) box can also be used for Catchup, Apps and VoD which can all be used without a TV licence.

The only time you need a TV licence is when you either watch/record TV programmes live or use BBC iPlayer. What equipment you have is immaterial.

Regards
La

Can you use a Sky box and guarantee that it will absolutely not receive live broadcast?

km1500

yes disconnect the satellite feeds

tightauldgit

HillStreetBlues said:

Thank you for your detailed reply.
My opinion agrees with yours,  that a 10 minute (or longer) delay couldn't be classed as "virtually the same time"

I wonder when the legislation will catch up with this issue, and make it clear what is allowed.

I don't think you will get clarity until it's tested in court, which may never happen.

My opinion tends towards, if you are watching something while it's still being aired then that's not catch-up.

I think once you are in 'i'm watching delayed by 8 minutes' territory then you're just trying to get the benefits of a tv license without paying for one 

Cornucopia

tightauldgit said:

HillStreetBlues said:

Thank you for your detailed reply.
My opinion agrees with yours,  that a 10 minute (or longer) delay couldn't be classed as "virtually the same time"

I wonder when the legislation will catch up with this issue, and make it clear what is allowed.

I don't think you will get clarity until it's tested in court, which may never happen.

My opinion tends towards, if you are watching something while it's still being aired then that's not catch-up.

I think once you are in 'i'm watching delayed by 8 minutes' territory then you're just trying to get the benefits of a tv license without paying for one 

If you go in to the All4 catch-up app, you'll find that many programs are available to "catch-up" before their scheduled broadcast slot.   That's just how things are now, with much content being repeated on-air, and catch-up libraries being continually added to.

It seems that even the name "catch-up" is becoming outdated, and what we really mean is "video-on-demand" which is a question of technology not scheduling - and that's probably how it ought to be.