harikeo wrote:
>
> johannes wrote:
> >
> > harikeo wrote:
> >> David wrote:
> >>> Does a computer user hooked up to broad band (no tv card in the pc)
> >>> require a TV licence?
> >>>
> >>> I'm not sure if it's possible to watch television programmes in real time
> >>> these days via broad band but even if it was would I still need a TV
> >>> licence if NOT watching those (I don't have or want BBCiPlayer installed
> >>> either).
> >>>
> >>> Thanks.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >> You don't need a TV licence for a PC with no TV card in it.
> >>
> >> I don't think you need a licence to watch programs downloaded using
> >> iPlayer as they're pre-recorded and only available after the program has
> >> been aired. I could be wrong on that given how controlled the UK is
> >> becoming and what TVLA is like :)
> >
> > I thing it is very ambiguous indeed, most TV programmes are pre-recorded,
> > and repeated, sometimes in the same week or even hour as for BBC24. Hence
> > it is difficult to distinguish with (same time as transmitted on TV),
> > especially since I have no TV receiver. I assume that TVLA is deliberately
> > obtuse in order to frighten people to cough up the TV Tax, AKA TV licence.
>
> You're probably correct about the TVLA frightening people. Their latest
> advert is more like a trailer to a horror movie!
No, I haven't seen the advert since I have no TV. In still worried because
of what I can (potentially) get from broadband. I would need a TV to know
whether this is simultaneously sent on TV and thus require a TV licence. |