News Broadcasts Exempt From TV Licence?

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I’ve found some odd TV licence advice online in the past, but I have no idea where they got this information from
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@marknestbox 11 ай бұрын

The only important detail here is that people need to defund the BBC by boycotting the licence. Period.

@antonyeastham4564 11 ай бұрын

Agreed. Full stop.

@MYBIGKINDHEART 11 ай бұрын

Especially when they want to edit out calling a black man a black man on question time !!! ABSOLUTELY ABSURDITY!!! If I'd of still had a licence that would've made me cancel for sure from all this WOKE NONSENSE But aside from all this, the licence con fee is soooooo stuck in the dark ages its beyond a pisstake

@pjcnet 11 ай бұрын

Wrong information is much worse than no information at all, in this case following their bad advice could potentially get you fined. People should always do their own research. You've rightfully earnt the trust of thousands with accurate and clear TV licence information and advice.

@ukkev7290 11 ай бұрын

Around the time a TV licence was first required to watch BBC iPlayer, I remember reading a discussion about watching BBC News and other news channels live online. Apparently, it's our Human Right to be able to watch any news channel without a TV licence. But at the time, no had ever tried it. So at the moment, you need a TV licence to watch live news channels. But if someone told the TV licence people they were only watching news channels live, and the TV licence people decided to prosecute, a court COULD rule that people don't need a TV licence to watch the news live.

@enkisdaughter4795 10 ай бұрын

Hi John I’ve cancelled my licence today. Thank you very much for all the information you provided which helped me do this. All the best.

@EvenBigger-Brother 11 ай бұрын

Not allowed to alert the fire brigade if you spot a BBC employers house on fire as its a public service announcement , therefore you need a tv licence .

@jack1d1XB 11 ай бұрын

Here's my Q: How does the BBC ( License ) over any other company IE: Amazon/Netflix/Ch4 etc etc, as it's my understanding they're not OWNED by the BBC or is it they 'OWN' those airwaves IE: transmission frequencies, because if they don't then licensing on them is Fraudulent at best! It's no different than explaining why, If a Investigator comes to your home, if you have the capacity to 'receive' a 'live' broadcast, they'll 'attempt' to get you to turn on the 'channel' on you're device and, Bingo, they've got you by the short and curlies!!!!! Isn't it about time people investigated this Odd phenomena of 'apparently' owning EVERY frequency and I would say this could generate Serious Court cases across hundreds of platforms such as various Channel companies after all, there's NO licensing in America or, other Countries so why UK????

@glassowlie 11 ай бұрын

UK isn't the only one with a television licence, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Africa and many more have a television licence.

@Thurgosh_OG 11 ай бұрын

They don't have a monopoly over the Streaming services like Netflix or Amazon but do appear to have power over the other Broadcast channels like Ch4, Ch5, ITV, SKY etc. via Ofcom, the so called 'independent' UK communications regulator, that controls broadcast licences for those channels and punishes them (apart from the bbc) when they step out of line (a line which is moved as and when the bbc tells them to move it). There are many other countries with forms of TV licencing, some countries have removed it and added it to general taxation, a few scrapped it completely (yeh! those few) and others are very similar to the UK.

@qbarnes1893 11 ай бұрын

Just like the mainstream news, it’s up to us to decrypt what’s real and fake. Ignorance is no excuse, especially these days.

@rayro999 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for clearing up the KZbin question. I thought that ANY live broadcast on KZbin needed a licence but it now seems it is only a live boradcast from a recognised TV Channel. so, Starbase live does not need a licence but GBNews live does need a licence.

@tommiller1315 11 ай бұрын

I recall the BBC on demand content WAS watchable without a "TV licence tax payment", however, that loophole was removed some years ago. The article you found may well be from that point in time?

@TVLicenceStop 11 ай бұрын

Yeah possibly right there, the article isnt dated but I got a google alert about it, so most likely just published. Cant find anything about it on the wayback machine

@marionmoore665 11 ай бұрын

@TV Alert Stop. Strange You had an Alert from goggle. 😮 perhaps they are playing You. Beware.

@MYBIGKINDHEART 11 ай бұрын

And yet no doubt anyone else in the world can watch it lol without having a goon upon their door

@davestroud1499 7 ай бұрын

@@MYBIGKINDHEART - Well yes at least in France. The BBC and all other live TV broadcasts can be watched for free now (via satellite) because the French TV Licence was withdrawn by Macron two years ago. It was taken every year with the annual taxes (like poll tax) and cost around 150 Euros but to be fair, the French government always sent a form in the previous spring asking if a Licence would actually be needed - plus the elderly were free.

@RevJock 11 ай бұрын

They're trying to muddy the waters

@fredbloggs8072 11 ай бұрын

People SHOULD be allowed to watch the news live without paying for a TV licence. That SHOULD be a fundamental right. But, as you say, this is not the case.

@MYBIGKINDHEART 11 ай бұрын

Who'd want to watch the news even too, I wouldn't and I don't

@wjansen3276 11 ай бұрын

they will get alot of people fined !

@rog3833 11 ай бұрын

Only if your a mug - and let them in. The only thing that is going to incriminate your IS IF YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH.

@thatslife13 11 ай бұрын

I’ve looked around that site and there are about three places where it states that you can contact them at … and then nothing. 🤷‍♀️

@Thurgosh_OG 11 ай бұрын

I tried to search it to and came up with the same result.

@spiritusinfinitus 11 ай бұрын

Years ago (probably somewhere in the early 2010s) I remember reading something along these same lines that receiving the news was a right rather than something that required a licence - it wasn't the site you're reading - no idea where it was though. At the time, I thought it sounded a bit silly because people could just listen to the radio if they wanted news. The main problem with that same advice nowadays is that "news" programs are actually entertainment programmes, not news and are thus definitely covered by TVL rules! I'm thinking I might've seen this gem on the TPUC forum. It definitely had a TV licencing section. Anyone remember that gem? It was full of a mix of useful stuff and a bunch of nonsense!

@mikeo9863 11 ай бұрын

I believe there is/was a requirement that news channels have to be transmitted unencrypted (e.g. Sky news) so they may have got confused with that.

@grahamroberts1702 11 ай бұрын

How can these people expect you to pay for a license to watch live shows on KZbin ? They don’t own the internet or KZbin

@sydsaturn3337 11 ай бұрын

I had Polish neighbours who only watched Polish language tv on satellite and they were forced to buy a licence coz its classed as live tv

@rog3833 11 ай бұрын

@mollienight Cobblers, Your computer is not classed as a tv recieving device. They have no right to access it. Thats if your an idiot, and let them in, in the first place. I wouldnt even with a warrent - cos they usually walk off anyway, cos actually TVL have a policy not to force the issue. I had a warrent 9 years ago. And i still didnt let them in - and they bogged off.

@dodge1496 11 ай бұрын

@@sydsaturn3337That’s right. It’s not a licence to watch a TV Set. It’s a Broadcast Receiving Licence. You only need one to watch receive, record and watch any live broadcast from any Country plus BBC I Player. You don’t need one for all other on demand or live steaming on line etc.

@barrystubbs983 11 ай бұрын

because their desperate for YOUR money

@dcarbs2979 11 ай бұрын

@@rog3833 Actually it is. Under the law, 'any device' that can recieve live broadcasts counts as licensable. The law is worded as such to allow for technologies not yet invented too. Current technology it includes are TVs, laptops, PCs and smartphones to name a few. Legally it's also your duty to 'help' them in the investigation if you let them in because of the warrant (e.g. turn the TV on to show shows). Although in practice, this law is rarely applied.

@GG-kp4gy 11 ай бұрын

The owner of the website (introduced in the about me section as being called clay) is now probably wondering why so many Britishers are trying to access his site all of a sudden!

@Thurgosh_OG 11 ай бұрын

Britishers? We are British, no ers. However if you have found out who the site is run by let John know please.

@MYBIGKINDHEART 11 ай бұрын

@@Thurgosh_OGha Britishers that was a good one

@GG-kp4gy 10 ай бұрын

@@Thurgosh_OG I had a good look around but it just circles round when you click the links. I like to think that some 19 year on on his laptop in his mums box room is panicking, thinking GCHQ are lurking round his website because of the explosion in hits.

@necropink9200 11 ай бұрын

This is the worst article about tv licensing advice I have seen. Some people who aren't familiar with the rules could get into trouble if they read this. In fairness some years ago you could watch iplayer without a licence. So this could be an old article or the author got information from an out of date source. Apart from that this report is nonsense and could get somebody in trouble.

@jenniriley482 11 ай бұрын

Sounds like someone coming from the "common law" side of things but got themselves confused. 😂

@SimonJM 11 ай бұрын

Part of the issue may be the 'overloading' of the term 'channel' - where that can refer both to at TV channel and a KZbin channel and they do not make iit clear which is being referenced.

@ParanoimiaUK 11 ай бұрын

Wait, you're telling me that something published on the internet is factually incorrect? Nnnooooo... I don't believe you! 😜🤣

@kevanembleton2030 11 ай бұрын

so if I need a licence to watch ch4 live on my tv, do ch4 get a cut of the money from the BBC????

@TonklinFallen 11 ай бұрын

My only worry about the inevitable defunding of the BBC is looking st the history of what has become of other public funded organisations going to private hands. Look at the Gas and Electricity companies for example. Most water companies are useless. Public transport? It costs more to train to London than it costs to hire a car and drive there. Congestion charges and all. No doubt the Conservatives will retain the legal requirements for what eill be called a BBC subscription.

@phillipwilliams4674 11 ай бұрын

Sounds like the only research done for this article was done the night before, in the pub.

@GlennPowell-ls3lg 11 ай бұрын

Do rail operators,bus or coach companies etc that provide free wifi need a liscence.I could watch live content if I wanted much as I could in a bar or a hospital.If they do just how many liscences does a rail company need to own if they run many trains with multiple occupancy the same as most bus and coach companies that have free onboard wifi?

@Thurgosh_OG 11 ай бұрын

As long as you are not 'plugged in' to a power source on the train or bus (edit: or premises that are open to the public, like a hospital), they do not need a licence but you still do.

@gmo4250 11 ай бұрын

@@Thurgosh_OG If you have a licence, you can plug into the mains on a vehicle like a train, boat or bus. This is from TVL: However, if you’re away from home and plug one of these devices into the mains and use it to watch live on any channel, TV service or streaming service, or to use BBC iPlayer*, you need to be covered by a separate TV Licence at that address (unless you’re in a vehicle or vessel like a train, car or boat).

@MYBIGKINDHEART 11 ай бұрын

Tbh the connection would be too slow

@mda5003 11 ай бұрын

Are they confused with BBC News' own website showing the day's news which sometimes broadcast live video clips?

@laurastrele 11 ай бұрын

I realised recently that only bbc app asks for license.. if it was really needed for others, they should ask if i had one just like bbc .. recently declared that don't need it. So far no harassment, fingers crossed it stays

@Larry1000 10 ай бұрын

Can you imagine showing this to one of the goons he'd have you up in court laughing 😂😂😂

@LeeStewart 11 ай бұрын

I guess you could say that people who work in steakhouses get discounts for steaks. So it makes sense that BBC people help themselves.

@gavingray5275 11 ай бұрын

Not sure if im right or not, but i have an inkling that the Queens funeral was tv licence exempt. Maybe that could be the reason for the news exempt error?

@zodzod9378 11 ай бұрын

Unless he is talking about Gibraltar as they have scrapped the tv Licence out there ? Little john from chichester UK

@mpol701 8 ай бұрын

And like I can watch say Washington times live news as they aren't a broadcaster showing content on the tv at same time

@grahamtew3902 11 ай бұрын

It's basically a site about gaming. There are twitter and FB pages of the same name.

@mpol701 8 ай бұрын

How can someone get it so wrong, freeview actually state on there website u need a licence

@knightswhosayni 11 ай бұрын

This is confusing me as ITVX has both on demand and a live section so if I only watch the on demand section do I need a TV license.

@MYBIGKINDHEART 11 ай бұрын

I doubt it, but what's there to watch

@tony_w839 11 ай бұрын

Broadcast not only in the UK, but whilst in the UK, watching Broadcast TV live from anywhere in the world needs a TV licence.

@MYBIGKINDHEART 11 ай бұрын

No it doesn't

@mpol701 8 ай бұрын

Yes u can't sit in uk and watch cnn, or any foreign live broadcasts it's still covered by bbc licence

@mpol701 8 ай бұрын

Yes you do. You need a TV Licence to watch live on any channel, TV service or streaming service, no matter where it is broadcast or distributed from. This includes satellite or online streamed programmes from outside the UK or Channel Islands, such as sporting events and foreign shows

@mpol701 8 ай бұрын

The above is from tv licensing website

@barrystubbs983 7 ай бұрын

as you would expect

@qanon_qanon 11 ай бұрын

So times radio which has a youtube channel is not a TV broadcaster but a radio station what's the situation?

@mpol701 8 ай бұрын

That's fine again my one was Washington times live, these a media but not broadcast stations

@ianodonohue842 7 ай бұрын

Can I watch pluto TV without a license, they receive no licence money so do the BBC feel they deserve money from someone else's hard work

@MarvellousLookingBeggar 11 ай бұрын

Think of broadcast television as a format like DVD or VHS and the BBC own right exclusive UK rights to VHS. If you choose to watch content the BBC do not own, on a format the BBC do not own, like streaming, then no amount of royal charters can change the fact that the only part of the internet the BBC have any dominion over are there own websites and that TV Licencing are are lying when they say people need a licence to watch someone else's live streamed content via the internet, which the BBC do not own.

@glassowlie 11 ай бұрын

You can watch DVDs/Blu-rays with no licence needed.

@Thurgosh_OG 11 ай бұрын

However the current licence does give the bbc rights to claim income (via the bbc licence fee) over the other UK Live broadcast channels and also any foreign channels that happen to be able to be watched from the UK, even by satellite. Who was mad enough to give them that right? Politicians.

@MarvellousLookingBeggar 11 ай бұрын

It was an analogy, television is just another format.@@glassowlie

@dcarbs2979 11 ай бұрын

A person 'livestreaming' on e.g. KZbin, requires no license to watch. A streaming service that shows live TV broadcast does.

@MYBIGKINDHEART 11 ай бұрын

@@Thurgosh_OGabsolutely farcical

@peterspindley5965 11 ай бұрын

that article sounds like it was written by chatgpt.

@anonnemo2504 11 ай бұрын

Here are the contact details, CJ. You'll have to write. They don't have internet or telephones. Maximum Security Home for the Terminally Bewildered C/O The Head Warder Foula, Shetland Islands, Scotland.

@Thurgosh_OG 11 ай бұрын

Sounds like, you've found some fake details about the channel. Foula only has 22ish residents and there is no Warder job on the Island. Also Foula barely has an Internet service with a 0.5mb broadband connection to the island.

@MYBIGKINDHEART 11 ай бұрын

@@Thurgosh_OG22 residents ha 😂