Live streaming and TV licence

juraj.kecso

Hi, 

Could someone explain how would TV licencing know if someone without a licence watches live TV through apps like ITV hub or iplayer?

MikeJXE

I don't think you can watch on either of them apps unless you sign in. I don't watch tv at all and don't have a licence, I like to read the news that way i get what I want instead of being force fed. When reading articles on BBC news there are often videos with them, to watch them you need to sign in so I don't watch them either

Cornucopia

juraj.kecso said:

Hi, 

Could someone explain how would TV licencing know if someone without a licence watches live TV through apps like ITV hub or iplayer?

Generally, they don't.   They rely on catching people watching, or asking people and them confessing.   

In the case of iPlayer, the BBC/TV Licensing undertake email address matching between "No Licence Needed" submissions and active BBC IDs used for viewing/downloading BBC TV content from iPlayer.   That's not robust evidence of evasion and is only used to trigger other enforcement activities.