TV Licence article Discussion

lisawaters

If you watch a 'live' TV programme on a terrestrial TV, a cable box, Freesat, Freeview, a mobile, a laptop and a radio at the same time, you will find they are way out of sync.

Who'd like to say which is live, and which is 'delayed' even by a few seconds?

SallyinYorkshire

I never, ever watch TV but I do read the BBC news on my computer. Do I need a licence for that?

Cleopatra

Maybe I'm missing the detail here but, if I ONLY watch CatchUp TV and never programmes at the time of broacast, does that mean I don't need a Licence? I have a BT Vision box and can't remember the last time I watched anything when it was actually broadcast but, since the live service is available to me, how would I prove that I never use it?

TKW

Does using a television set to listen to a radio channel broadcast over DVB (ie Freeview, eg channel 704 for Radio 4) require a TV licence?

TKW

Cleopatra wrote: »

Maybe I'm missing the detail here but, if I ONLY watch CatchUp TV and never programmes at the time of broacast, does that mean I don't need a Licence? I have a BT Vision box and can't remember the last time I watched anything when it was actually broadcast but, since the live service is available to me, how would I prove that I never use it?

You don't have to prove that you're not watching live TV, "they" have to prove that you are. Bear in mind that watching any live TV-over-IP services, such as the live BBC streams on iPlayer, will leave a log to prove that someone using your broadband was watching live TV.

TKW

lisawaters wrote: »

If you watch a 'live' TV programme on a terrestrial TV, a cable box, Freesat, Freeview, a mobile, a laptop and a radio at the same time, you will find they are way out of sync.

Who'd like to say which is live, and which is 'delayed' even by a few seconds?

The law covers this with wording along the lines of "real-time or near-real-time". You would have to waste a court's time to decide on the meaning of "near" if you wanted to take it to the wire.

TKW

[deleted quote removed]

This forum needs a down-vote button and when a daft comment receives enough down-votes, it should disappear!

Steve059

TKW wrote: »

This forum needs a down-vote button and when a daft comment receives enough down-votes, it should disappear!

A nice idea, but DT would be blank.

ferret

so for clarification ...

I never watch live TV - I am never around at the right time!

I do download TV Shows and watch them at a later date on a USB key plugged into my TV

My TV is a working TV ... I *could* watch live TV if I chose ... i just don't choose to do so and have not for probably 9-10 months now.

I do have a TV licence. Should I cancel or just not renew? Or do I have to do some disabling of my ability to watch live TV before I can cancel?

agnomen

Interested to read that licence covers viewing outside home. What about in other homes without a licence?

1. Can I watch live TV in a home without a licence on my laptop?

2. Conversely what if I don't have a licence and watch in a home with one, on my laptop?

I have always assumed it's the licence status of the home where you're watching is the factor. If (1) Not OK (2) OK