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Sounded like they do have technology to tell what content you are watching, which is even more ridiculous.
by fourthark 7y ago
Sounded like they do have technology to tell what content you are watching, which is even more ridiculous.
- al2o3cr 7y agoIt would've been borderline-possible in the days of over-the-air television - the first local oscillator in the TV is going to be tuned to a frequency directly related to the channel being watched, so RF leakage would make the channel detectable.
- lilyball 7y agoIf you can get any light fluctuation reading at all from the room, you could correlate that with the live channel broadcast and get a match.
- _-___________-_ 7y agoWhich content you’re watching isn’t actually relevant, it’s where you are getting the content from. I could be watching a programme via an on-demand service at the same time as it’s shown on live TV, and I still wouldn’t need a license.
- djmobley 7y agoIf what you are watching is live TV, it doesn't matter what device or service you use to watch it. It doesn't matter if you're streaming it, watching it via a service like All 4, ITV Hub, etc. If it is live TV, you need a licence. See: https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/Live-TV-and-how-you-watch-it https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/L...
- _-___________-_ 7y agoI specifically used the word on-demand, which is not live TV...