Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Steve B]

as i was saying to record  or watch program live on iplayer im not disagreeing about catchup tv but as it says any device caperble o watching live tv needs a licence im not saying its a good thing i dont see why you have to pay twice if you have sky or virgin thats not fair

what do you mean ozzycat

[ozzycat]

im not diputing that and have never done so but you explain that when my daughter was away at collage she took her tv with her there was no way they could watch tv because there was no tv signal or an areil so she could only watch dvds but she got a sumons  for no tv ljcence because her tv was caperble of recieving one evan though there
was no tv signal so i had to pay fo a tv licebce foe 3 years for no tv just because it could recieve one

[ozzycat]

as i was saying to record  or watch program live on iplayer im not disagreeing about catchup tv but as it says any device caperble o watching live tv needs a licence im not saying its a good thing i dont see why you have to pay twice if you have sky or virgin thats not fair

what do you mean ozzycat

if you have sky or virgin you have still got to pay  for a tv licence aswell as paying for your tv service technicly you pay twice its not fair i dont use either so im not moaning about my self  you see what i mean

[albitz]

Iplayer is watched on a laptop or similar,and they arent capable of recieving a TV signal.

[ozzycat]

anyway how did a dicusion about bbc going on strick turn into a row about tv licence  i dont want to fall out with anybody over somthing as stupid as this

[Steve B]

as i was saying to record  or watch program live on iplayer im not disagreeing about catchup tv but as it says any device caperble o watching live tv needs a licence im not saying its a good thing i dont see why you have to pay twice if you have sky or virgin thats not fair

what do you mean ozzycat

if you have sky or virgin you have still got to pay  for a tv licence aswell as paying for your tv service technicly you pay twice its not fair i dont use either so im not moaning about my self  you see what i mean

looking at it the other way round..we all buy a tv license..thats it.watch freeview..if you want the extras like sky.virgin you have to pay for it

[ozzycat]

they can they can watch live tv though iplayer

[albitz]

Nope.Programmes are only available on iplayer after they have been broadcast on TV.

[ozzycat]

as i was saying to record  or watch program live on iplayer im not disagreeing about catchup tv but as it says any device caperble o watching live tv needs a licence im not saying its a good thing i dont see why you have to pay twice if you have sky or virgin thats not fair

what do you mean ozzycat

if you have sky or virgin you have still got to pay  for a tv licence aswell as paying for your tv service technicly you pay twice its not fair i dont use either so im not moaning about my self  you see what i mean

looking at it the other way round..we all buy a tv license..thats it.watch freeview..if you want the extras like sky.virgin you have to pay for it

true but i think they should nock the price of the tv licence of your subscription

[ozzycat]

Nope.Programmes are only available on iplayer after they have been broadcast on TV.

oh acording to iplayer you can ive just asked them weired

[albitz]

I couldnt watch top gear on TV on Sunday.It was available on Iplayer approx. 15-30 minutes after it had finished on BBC2.

[ozzycat]

I couldnt watch top gear on TV on Sunday.It was available on Iplayer approx. 15-30 minutes after it had finished on BBC2.

obviosly the prat i spoke to didnt know his arse from his elbow sorry albitz

[geoffr70]

Do we need a tv licence to watch iplayer ? 

Yes

According to the "regulations" as far as we can interpret.   That is because you are using a diggy box to watch the I-Player that is classed as a recorded programme and comes under the TV Licence mandate.

Completely wrong!!!!  you only need a TV licence if you watch TV as it is broadcast - Latency delay notwithstanding, if the programme being watched has already been broadcast, you do not need a licence to "catch up" with it. 

Better to read the rules, rather than scan them for words that prove your point.

Well said Albs. Too many people just quote what's been drummed into them over the years without knowing the full facts or bothering to find out themselves. In the end they themselves end up as agents perpetuating mis information for the benefit of the originator (in this case the BBC and TV licensing), without even realising! Of course this would benefit the BBC as they get more tax revenue

I notice Lizzie has gone quiet, perhaps she's realised her mistake and is plucking up the courage to apologise for assuming the worst, attempting to deceive me (poorly), and publicly calling me a criminal when I've done nothing wrong.

[STMO123]

Much as it pains me, I agree with Geoff here. Having read through a lot of tedious websites, it appears that if you only watch catch-up, through a device that is not capable of receiving live broadcasts, you do not need a tv licence.
You'd definately need unlimited broadband (if you watch a lot) and fair usage policy might come into it. But, technically,no licence.

[STMO123]

Then again, if your are connected to the internet, you are capable of watching BBC news live.

AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH. I don't fickin know.........