You Now Need A Television Licence For BBC iPlayer
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 12:18 pm
You Now Need A Television Licence For BBC iPlayer or catch-up TV.
The new rules came into force from September 1st 2016.
Prior to this you only needed a licence if you watched live broadcasts.
Apparently there was some form of loophole which allowed you to watch these without paying for the TV licence.
The changes do not affect other streaming and on-demand media, such as ITV Hub, All 4, Amazon Prime and Netflix.
But, if you access iPlayer through another provider, such as Freeview, Freesat, YouView Sky, Virgin Media, BT Vision, Apple, Roku or Amazon, you will need their licence.
Its only the use of iPlayer apparently, that requires you to have a licence.
if you’re not watching or recording live TV, you don’t need a licence so you can still watch on-demand and catch-up TV as long as you don't use iPlayer.
Its just the BBC channels that you need a licence to view live or otherwise now.
To sum up, according to the licensing people, you will need a TV licence if you have a television and watch anything broadcast 'live'.
However, don't use iPlayer and you do not need a licence to watch catch-up television and on demand stuff like ITV catch-up or on-demand films from Sky etc.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/right-now ... ce-7953841
The new rules came into force from September 1st 2016.
Prior to this you only needed a licence if you watched live broadcasts.
Apparently there was some form of loophole which allowed you to watch these without paying for the TV licence.
The changes do not affect other streaming and on-demand media, such as ITV Hub, All 4, Amazon Prime and Netflix.
But, if you access iPlayer through another provider, such as Freeview, Freesat, YouView Sky, Virgin Media, BT Vision, Apple, Roku or Amazon, you will need their licence.
Its only the use of iPlayer apparently, that requires you to have a licence.
if you’re not watching or recording live TV, you don’t need a licence so you can still watch on-demand and catch-up TV as long as you don't use iPlayer.
Its just the BBC channels that you need a licence to view live or otherwise now.
To sum up, according to the licensing people, you will need a TV licence if you have a television and watch anything broadcast 'live'.
However, don't use iPlayer and you do not need a licence to watch catch-up television and on demand stuff like ITV catch-up or on-demand films from Sky etc.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/money/right-now ... ce-7953841