Have you got a licence

[Venod]

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co....artphone_users_watch_live_broadcasts/?ref=rss

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Maybe this will trigger the end of the absurdity of the TV licence fee,

 

[summerdays]

I have but only at home when I presume the TV licence covers it. Anywhere else would use my data allowance up in one chunk I presume!

 

[talisman50082]

I havent. I dont own a tv or a smart phone.

 

[EltonFrog]

Maybe this will trigger the end of the absurdity of the TV licence fee,

I am curious to know why you think the Licence fee is absurd?

 

[guitarpete247]

I have but only at home when I presume the TV licence covers it. Anywhere else would use my data allowance up in one chunk I presume!

I'm pretty sure that your TV license covers you to watch TV away from home. Such as caravan owners can have a TV in the caravan on their home license. If not there are a lot of middle class law breakers out there. My dad being one .

 

[brand]

I am curious to know why you think the Licence fee is absurd?

Because the BBC is unbiased. That is the point of paying a licence. You are garunteed an unbiased opinion of world events.

 

[the_mikey]

The licence will be of the home address of the viewer.

While I have a smartphone I neither have a good 4g connection, good data plan nor the battery capacity to waste watching BBC iplayer on it. Give me unlimited data and a big battery, maybe I'll reconsider

 

[CopperCyclist]

I'm pretty sure that your TV license covers you to watch TV away from home. Such as caravan owners can have a TV in the caravan on their home license. If not there are a lot of middle class law breakers out there. My dad being one .

Technically you need to fill in a forum declaring "the TV at my home address will never be in use at the same time as the one in my mobile home". If you can't declare that you have to buy a second licence! Realistically though, I don't very much a TV detector van roams around caravan parks searching for prey and checking for declaration forms

 

[chriswoody]

I watch the iPlayer all the time for both live and old programs, though I don't have a license. Why? Well as an expat there is no provision for me to have one, though I wouldn't object too much. I currently use a vpn tunnel to access all regionally restricted content like the beeb and 4od.

 

[ufkacbln]

It is only required if you watch "live TV"

If you use IPlayer, 4OD etc and watch after the original broadcast there is no requirement for a license at all.

This came up a few years ago when there was a suggestion that because a device was "capable" of receiving live TV then it should be licensed

However this was correctly deemed absurd

All that is needed is to set the site so that live TV can only be watched if a valid license number is entered

 

[numbnuts]

TV licence, not any more

 

[glasgowcyclist]

FFS, it's licence!

GC

 

[AndyRM]

Because the BBC is unbiased. That is the point of paying a licence. You are garunteed an unbiased opinion of world events.

Probably your funniest post ever. Chapeau.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

No Smart Phone here but I have a licence for the box in the corner of my sitting room. Not sure I'd want to watch telly on a Smart Phone anyway I waste enough time with the telly I have.