"PDR" wrote in message
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> "Arfur Million" wrote in message
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>> Yet another TV Licence post, I'm afraid, but I'm not sure if this
>> particular variation has been discussed.
>>
>> Virgin Media, and no doubt others, provide "Catch-up TV on Demand" and
>> "Movies on Demand" services. If I were to use only these services, and
>> not watch any of the broadcast TV channels directly, would I require a
>> TV Licence?
>>
>> I don't really see why I would, but perhaps it could be argued that
>> using the menus even to get to the services constitute broadcast TV,
>> but that seems a bit of a stretch to me.
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> I believe you will find that they do not offer these services seperately
> from the live broadcast explicitly to get around this issue - the service
> they provide requires a license - period. In a similar way I believe it is
> not possible to subscribe to a satalite or cable service within the UK
> which doesn't include the normal broadcast channels as part of the basic
> package, so there is no question that you have to have a license. Whether
> you ever view them or not is immaterial, although it could be argued that
> as the system's EPG obtains information from all the channels so your
> SYSTEM is accessing the channels even if you don't watch them.
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The criterion is whether the streamed video is in time coincidence or near
time coincidence with a public broadcast of the same programme. If it
isn't, which these services appear to be, then no TV licence is required to
view them. This has been duscussed to death in this forum on many
occasions.
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