• (and then my TV license).

    There's very few cases where you are legitimately exempt from paying the licence fee. If you watch any thing on a streaming site you basically have to have one.

    No cheeky cycling on eurosport?

  • "You need a TV Licence to watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they're broadcast, and to watch on-demand BBC programmes on iPlayer"

    "as they're broadcast" = so long as I don't watch live TV or anything on iPlayer, they can fuck off.

  • Live and anything on iplayer. It's just that 'live' covers a hell of a lot. Anything live streamed on YouTube, twitch etc.

    It's obviously not impossible to be exempt but when you talk to people you usually find out that there's something they watch that falls under the licence fee.

  • I thought it was live TV broadcasting that requires a license?

    if you watch any "live" video on any platform, then that requires a TV license.

    this includes BBC iPlayer, but also YouTube for "live" broadcasts.

    from the FAQ https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/watching-live-online-and-on-mobile

    Live TV means any programme you watch or record as it’s being shown on any channel, TV service or streaming service. It’s not just live events like football, cricket, news and music. It also covers soaps, series, documentaries and even movies.

    An online TV service is any streaming or smart TV service, website or app that lets you watch TV programmes over the internet. This includes services like Channel 4, Sky Go, Now, BBC iPlayer, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Netflix, Freely and ITVX

    so unless you firmly are not watching any live video at all at any point in the year... you need a TV license.

    it does not matter if the live broadcast you are watching is not even broadcast on UK television channels, if it's live and you're viewing it you will need a license.

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