Do I need to inform that I don't need a TV licence?

Chief_of_Staffy

Next year I think I'll set up an amp in the garden and play my guitar through it. I will charge my neighbours an annual fee if they elect (for some strange reason) to listen to me. Any that don't pay but leave their windows open, I'll sue through the courts, and those that close their windows and clearly have no interest in listening to my appalling cacophony I will bombard with threatening letters. On occasion I'll send people round to demand entry to their houses in order to ascertain if they can hear my guitar through the walls. I think this is a great business plan that has something for everyone.

Cornucopia

B0bbyEwing said:

Out of interest, what's so special about BBC player that you need a licence? 

No need for it, C4 or C5 catchup etc but iPlayer you do. 

Why that and not the others? 

iPlayer (for BBC TV) was added to the Licence in 2016 as part of the horse-trading with the government of the day.

The BBC were keen to close the previous exemption whereby people without Licences were lawfully able to consume BBC on-demand content.   They claimed that 1 million households(?) were doing this, and they believed that the majority of those would buy licences when the exemption was removed.   They were wrong on the last point, and possibly on the size of the group, too.   AFAIK, they have never been held to account on the issue.

In return for changing the rules around iPlayer, the government transferred the costs of the Over-75s free Licences to the BBC, and gave them discretion on the scope leading to the current restrictions.  

Nick_C

B0bbyEwing said:

Out of interest, what's so special about BBC player that you need a licence? 

No need for it, C4 or C5 catchup etc but iPlayer you do. 

Why that and not the others? 

If you use BBC iPlayer, then you are watching BBC content.  It is only right that you should pay for it.  C4 catchup etc is paid for through advertising.  

forgotmyname

Nick_C said:

B0bbyEwing said:

Out of interest, what's so special about BBC player that you need a licence? 

No need for it, C4 or C5 catchup etc but iPlayer you do. 

Why that and not the others? 

If you use BBC iPlayer, then you are watching BBC content.  It is only right that you should pay for it.  C4 catchup etc is paid for through advertising.  

WRONG!   S4C on demand is on Iplayer AND totally FREE to use without a licence.

Google's AI answer gets this wrong also but that is not surprising when you look at the TV Licencing website.

"You must be covered by a TV Licence (including a free TV Licence) to use BBC iPlayer. This applies to any device you use. You don't need a licence to watch S4C programmes on demand"
Copied from the TV licencing website.

They have to get in first with the "YOU MUST" before the next sentence contradicts themselves. Oh and a rabbit hole
of misleading statements about what that actually means for S4C users. Waffles on about the website which was not the question asked.