Finally....it's Over!!

[moonwitch]

I haven't watched any of the olympics...one of the benefits of having 2 weeks away from the TV is the discovery that I don't need to watch any live programmes so don't need a licence

[Gill]

I haven't watched any of the olympics...one of the benefits of having 2 weeks away from the TV is the discovery that I don't need to watch any live programmes so don't need a licence

Quite agree moon. I haven't watched the olympics either although OH was besotted by them and apparently I'm unpatriotic. My answer was, I don't like sports so how does that make me unpatriotic? LOL

You need a license for owning a TV and watching progs whether live or not.

[moonwitch]

You need a license for owning a TV and watching progs whether live or not.

Not according to the TV licencing site...nor their staff that have told me and several people I know that we only need a licence to watch live TV.

Here is the info

"You need to be covered by a valid TV Licence if you watch or record TV as it's being broadcast. This includes the use of devices such as a computer, laptop, mobile phone or DVD/video recorder."

"Watching TV on the internet
You need to be covered by a licence if you watch TV online at the same time as it's being broadcast on conventional TV in the UK or the Channel Islands."

[astral276]

You need a license for owning a TV and watching progs whether live or not.

Showing your age?

Back in the olden days it was the TV equipment itself that was licensable. That has long since changed (due to the myriad ways TV broadcasts can be received) and it is now the reception of those broadcasts that is licensable.

You need to be covered by a valid TV Licence if you watch or record TV as it's being broadcast. This includes the use of devices such as a computer, laptop, mobile phone or DVD/video recorder.

[moonwitch]

I only have a television so that I have a big screen for PS3 gaming and using the PS3 to watch programmes and for watching DVDs.

I don't have cable channels nor freeview either

All of the visual stuff I watch is through websites

[astral276]

There's an echo in here...

Hello...Hello...Hello...Hello...Hello...Hello...Hello...

[Oldandintheway]

I'm also glad it's over - now I can get some sleep!

Fortunately we don't have TV licences down here any more - & believe me, no one would pay to put up with the carp we get foisted on us.

[astral276]

Must admit that I have done pretty well avoiding it - apart from the odd moments while trying to watch the news. TV News seems to have an odd idea of what the most important events in the world are.

Personally, as the licence pays for the BBC^**, I think those of us who have no interest in the Olympics are due a rebate.

I suppose now we are back to the bleedin' football.


** Actually it doesn't any more - it is just another tax revenue stream.

[Gill]

Showing your age?

Yep, no teeth.

Please tell me in no uncertain terms where the regs state we don't. You need a TV license to recieve TV signals.

[astral276]

Please tell me in no uncertain terms where the regs state we don't. You need a TV license to recieve TV signals.

Yes, you do. Which is what we said, but not what you said in your original post:

You need a license for owning a TV and watching progs whether live or not.

Ref: http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/