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You need a licence if you use iPlayer; having iPlayer installed on your devices does not mean you require a licence.
by bovine3dom 7y ago
You need a licence if you use iPlayer; having iPlayer installed on your devices does not mean you require a licence.
- hardlianotion 7y agoYou need it if you use it to watch tv. Not for radio.
- ben_w 7y agoiPlayer is specifically the BBC. You can watch ITV’s or Channel 4’s catch-up (non-live) services legally without having a TV license, unless the rules changed since I left the country.
- sleavey 7y agoI'm not sure that's ever been true. You need a licence to watch any broadcast TV because it also pays for the infrastructure the other channels use.
- maccard 7y agoYou need a license to watch broadcast TV, or to watch content on BBC iPlayer. If you're watching archived content on 4od or itv player, you don't need a licence, but if you're watching on iPlayer you do
- DanBC 7y agoYou need a licence to watch any live tv service. The law was changed in 2016(?) to add BBC iPlayer catchup services. It doesn't include other channel's catch up service, so you don't need a licence if you only watch catch up on 4OD.
- ben_w 7y agoI think you may have misunderstood me. Broadcast TV does indeed require a license, but catch-up services are not broadcast TV, and I’m referring to that. To quote from the TV licensing website: ””” Do I need a TV Licence for all on demand programmes? No. You don’t need a licence if you only ever watch on demand or catch up programmes on services other than BBC iPlayer* (and you also never watch live TV programmes on any channel, including on iPlayer). You don’t need to be covered by a licence to watch any films or TV shows that you buy online. *You don’t need a licence to watch S4C TV on demand or listen to radio on iPlayer. You also don’t need one to watch films or TV shows on iPlayer that you’ve bought on the BBC Store.””” https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/bbc-iplayer-and-the-tv-licence https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/b...
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y agoIt's an interesting situation because Channel 4 are also classed as a public broadcaster and do benefit from some (albeit small) percentage of license revenue.
- sleavey 7y agoMy mistake indeed, thanks for clearing that up.
- DanBC 7y agoiPlayer has two versions, one for tv and one for radio. The radio iPlayer is being rebranded to BBC Sounds. You need a licence if you use the tv iPlayer. You don't need a licence if you use the radio iPlayer.