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RainbowSix · 21-09-2015, 12:17

I can categorically state that "if you are watching streaming TV that is not live (at the same time as it is broadcast) then you do NOT need a license."

So if it is delayed or catch,up then it does not need a license.

Can you point to a section of the act that says you do?

Streaming TV is only covered by the license when broadcast TV is being watched "at the same time it is being broadcast".
This is nothing to do with where the source is, it is the timing of it.

For instance, if someone records TV then plays it back so that you can watch it - you do not need a license because it is not being watched at the same time it was broadcast.

STudio25 - you seem to be confusing what I have said, I said nothing about what constitutes a TV?

21-09-2015, 12:17	#64
RainbowSix Full Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 427 Liked: 115 times Rep Power: 7025	Re: Should the TV License be scrapped? I can categorically state that "if you are watching streaming TV that is not live (at the same time as it is broadcast) then you do NOT need a license." So if it is delayed or catch,up then it does not need a license. Can you point to a section of the act that says you do? Streaming TV is only covered by the license when broadcast TV is being watched "at the same time it is being broadcast". This is nothing to do with where the source is, it is the timing of it. For instance, if someone records TV then plays it back so that you can watch it - you do not need a license because it is not being watched at the same time it was broadcast. STudio25 - you seem to be confusing what I have said, I said nothing about what constitutes a TV?