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Subject: Re: UK TV Licence & Broad Band question. Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2008 13:31:01 +0100

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).

You don't need a TV licence for iPlayer, as it is Video on Demand, not
broadcast TV. However, you do need a TV licence for the live streams such
as News 24, which uses Windows Media Player or Real Player, rather than
iPlayer.