No TV licence: how to watch television legally

[@MarkFitzgerald2014]

As a former TV repair engineer, it is impossible to detect who is watching a TV with any equipment. As the Television apparatus is a receiver not a transmitter. There are ways of detecting a single T.V. has been used, however in this modern day and age we live in most people have 2 or 3 bedrooms, with T.V's in them then 1 in the Lounge and some even have 1 in the kitchen. So that would 3, 4 or maybe 5 T.V's in a house hold. How can you detect with 100% accuracy that a T.V and which T.V was used to break the law and have proof of the program they where watching? For legal purposes in a court of law they would need to. Do not forget that you are allowed to watch catch up T.V without a T.V licence, just not allowed to watch live broadcasts.

[@artful1967]

not "impossible" but the tech required for doing so is not something tv licensing have. If MI5 want to check on you for more serious reasons ( and have a warrant ) I assure you they CAN see if your tv or pc is on and what is on the screen. I think this is widely known now as we had this tech 20 years ago when I was an EW Engineer in the armed forces. I dread to think how much better it is now.!

[@MarkFitzgerald2014]

@@artful1967 Without attaching something to the TV receiver or Brute forcing a Smart TV with a virus or specially modified Malware / Spyware software. Only other way would be to use surveillance techniques used by Military Intelligence and Scotland Yard which would require special court order and warrants. Again it would not detect you where watching T.V. illegally with 100% guarantee of a conviction in a court of law in the UK.

[@MarkFitzgerald2014]

@@kpaxxapk6397 My main comment was about Antenna way of receiving TV, signals and that the so called TV licence detector vans are a big myth as the TV receiver only receives signals, so unable to confirm by any equipment which TV in a household is receiving the broadcasted signals through a TV aerial. The other forms of receiving TV through an ISP or Internet or satellite are straight forward common sense as you are connected to the ISP or Telecoms company servers through an account that is in your name etc... You are bang on right with the information you have stated, I should of been more specific in my answer, I do apologise, as I presumed it was obvious what I was referring to.

[@MarkFitzgerald2014]

​@@kpaxxapk6397 It has always made me very suspect of any company or government that allows lies and miss information as a bases of deterrent especially with this TV detector vans. I would always recommend people get the hard facts from real electrical engineers or TV Service Engineers especially TV aerial Installers. they would confirm to you, that you need to attach a piece of equipment to the aerial to confirm the best signal being received by that TV receiver, it can not confirm you are watching the TV signal though. I do not understand legally how they get away with this? thank you ​@Samuel Snerden, I could not of explained it better myself.

[@James-zu1ij]

Can you not tell if an areal is absorbing energy at a certain wave length?

[@gino2465]

Sir you mentioned tv detector vans, as far as I am aware they have no such devises

[@spokes1018]

Exactly right, there has never been a prosecution brought about with evidence of detection equipment. A TV is a receiver, a receiver does not transmit.

[@MatthewLenton]

@@spokes1018 Back in the days of CRT TVs and analogue TV, they could feasibly detect a signal, but the vans were of course a myth I can't see how it's physically possible for them to detect a signal with digital signals and modern TVs no matter how much they try to claim they can

[@mrv5801]

DETECTOR VANS HAVE NEVER EXISTED....JUST A SCARE TACTIC!!!!!

[@maniahmed4219]

Loool this guy is a joke. TV detection vans lmfao what a knob head. Ofcourse he is brain poisoning the masses through KZbin so they are trying to get everyone on all platforms with their brain dead agendas.

[@davidhoward1235]

Does he work for the BBC it sounds like he does the TV detector vans do not detect televisions being on televisions are receivers not transmitters so they don't know if they're on or off there's something I don't know anybody would technical advice please put a comment on that's why I think he works with the BBC because he's scaring people

[@fatnacker8931]

Been over a year without live TV. I feel 10 yrs younger.

[@shuggiemcg1]

Nice one im almost 30 years with out one

[@TheSuperBoyProject]

My grandfather went 104 years without a TV

[@eileenpritchard9154]

@@shuggiemcg1 Me too.

[@lesleywillis6177]

@@shuggiemcg1 Jees how much younger do you feel 😂

[@Alin001]

Fantastik comm.😂

[@happyfeet4506]

Show the BBC plenty of love by cancelling your licence. The best best move I ever made. The BBC ain't worth £1.59p a year let alone £159.

[@16blockheads]

Let the archaic Government mouthpiece the British BS Corporation go down the subscription route, if you want to watch then you pay for it otherwise let the rest of us get on with our lives without this extra restrictive tax. Notice the government could get rid of the TV licences but is not in any rush, MPs can just claim it back on expenses. Just like the Lord-inspired keep Sunday special shopping restrictions, if you do not want to shop on a Sunday fine then stay home but let the rest of us have the choice!

[@ronmullard5718]

not even worth 59p....

[@RedBull.RedBull]

@@ronmullard5718 not even worth a penny..

[@Susan-vy8et]

I cancelled mine last year.. I'm only in my house for six months at a time usually..Asked for a rebate ..still waiting!

[@biankamiddleton2741]

I agree, I only watch KZbin, yet when they came out,they said watching KZbin I need a license

[@choppercam01]

Here's a simpler explanation: you only need a TV licence if you watch live TV, as it is aired. You do not need one for Netflix or Prime, providing you don't watch anything live like sports on Prime. There are no such thing as TV detector vans, that bit was misinformation which I find worrying coming from a barrister

[@R-K61]

And LIVE is real at the moment true defined time, which given a signal is never instant can it ever be Live?

[@mrmeg01]

Also how can watching a movie on utube be live

[@licencefreetv]

@@mrmeg01 You don't need a Licence to watch KZbin content, except for the small amount of live streaming by broadcasters e.g. Sky News.

[@artful1967]

you ignored the "recording anything live to watch later" also I-Player. please don't give advice if you are not Sure

[@artful1967]

@@mrmeg01 if i have a camera pointing at the TV and stream it

[@scaryfakevirus]

Having been a police officer for 30 years (now retired) I have never attended any address with a TV licence inspector to execute a warrant and I have never heard of anyone who has.

[@DAVIDE-bk8by]

Like the youtube username and pic by the way, 100% accurate

[@mrb3483]

So the Police are stretched to the limit,but have the resources to plod along to your house to check if you have a TV,mean while scammers killers roam and do as they like,the cops have enough on there plate,in my opinion.

[@phil4893]

Yet we see plenty of KZbin videos showing that some officers do turn up and assist these goons.

[@scaryfakevirus]

@@phil4893 We do, but they are not acting legally or lawfully. They aren't aware what their powers are. As I said, I have never attended a call like that and if I had it would ONLY be to prevent and Breach of the Peace. Their legal presence would have to be verified.

[@scaryfakevirus]

@@mrb3483 If police receive a call for assistance they should attend if they can.

[@FrankyHindamrsh]

I don’t watch TV and cancelled my licence. How dare the TV companies charge £169 per year to watch repeats? I am 80 but I have a small private pension which precludes me from Pension Credit and now the winter fuel payment. People my age paid into the NAT in’s scheme for 40 years only to find we are being treated like a nuisance. If the government treats us badly, the younger generation will follow suit. It’s sad really

[@CarolWoosey-ck2rg]

If I lived on my own I'd bin the licence too🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@ksumar]

If you are 75 or above , you don't need a TV 📺 license! If you have paid for the last 5️⃣ years please get a refund!🙏

[@lala77uk]

@@CarolWoosey-ck2rg Thsy cant prove you watching live TV, the same as BBC i player.

[@rocktapperrobin9372]

we are treated like a nuisance! Also, if y,ou’re not on pension credit, you can no longer claim a free licence over 75. They changed the rules, previously you watch on catch up without a licence, now illegal. Also you are banned from watching TV from anywhere in the world.

[@freddyeverready]

Only self admittance will get you prosecuted. Say nothing🤫 Sign nothing❌ ✍️ Seeing or hearing a TV in your home will not get you prosecuted. TV licence detector van 😂 behave yourself.

[@david1731048]

I keep reading that there are 200,000 prosecutions a year for licence evasion - how do they do this when it's so difficult to prove/catch you at it? Are that many people really letting them in the door or stupidly answering questions and admitting it? Even when you do they only want you to buy a licence and use prosecution as a last resort. Are the numbers perhaps false?

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

@@11oyd77: Are you a foreigner ….. rubbish comment full of mistakes and bad grammar. Feck off !!!

[@MEERU_K]

WELL SAID

[@aldeshotoffice]

My cousin had a knock on the door by a rather rude 'inspector'. He said he had proof she watched TV as she had an ariel on the roof. She replied 'I have loads of birds on the roof but I don't have an aviary they just come and go as they please

[@girafficparkgaming]

Thats just scare tactics. The aerial could be the neighbours

[@Anna-jg5br]

😅 brilliant answer

[@theresamills5095]

Ha ha ha love that retort. It’s open to ridicule. I’m going to cancel my license. Waste of money.

[@BedsitBob]

Haven't had a licence in over 12 years. In that time, I've had close to 140 letters, and at least a dozen visits. I'm delighted to have cost them some money.

[@dee121dee121]

🤣

[@happyfeet4506]

Brilliant .I write return to sender on all my letters now.The quality of there letters has dropped so they no longer make good toilet paper either

[@BedsitBob]

@@happyfeet4506 I've never RTS'd any of the letters, nor contacted them about the visits. No Contact/No Response is my approach. My home is a black hole to them.

[@artful1967]

I prefer to just send the exemption email every 5 years or do. never had any mails. End of the day why bother wasting MY time with letters to prove a point.

[@ianl1052]

@@Fionnladh Silence is golden. There is no legal requirement to interact with them unless they produce a valid warrant.

[@willspin9572]

From what I've read the average fine if it goes to court is approx the cost of the licence fee. Apparently the £1k is for people earning over £50k. Nearly all cases are people talking to much at the door or inviting them in. When someone knocks on your door asking who you are/are you the homeowner etc your response should always be who are you? Then close the door.

[@mickeymouse4897]

U can't be fined, it's a scam, it's never been illegal, it's an "ACT" not law.

[@daisysunshine1324]

An act is law & I was fined £380 for first time offence through the courts.

[@stevesas632]

@@daisysunshine1324 Can you explain how this came about, & why you ended up in Court?

[@JohnSalmon]

Are we entitled to a partial refund if the BBC continues to show repeats of old programmes?

[@JimLem]

It was for this reason that I stopped paying for a licence over ten years ago. I was only seeing repeats. Surely that means their original "live broadcast" has already been paid for. Why am I paying for it again? TV Licence fee is nothing more than a legalised protection racket.

[@vinnyganzano1930]

You wish.

[@ross8474]

True

[@gilaliz1970]

And can we claim compensation for being traumatised bt Saville and Ro;lf in the 1970's????

[@simonlevett4776]

No.

[@chrisgironde6669]

You don’t need to physically cancel license, just don’t pay You don’t need to speak to TV license goons. They are just salesman

[@Lee_303]

More like Mafia goons, leaning on people, intimidation. It's criminal behaviour. A salesperson you can politely decline; these goons don't take no for an answer & they're kinda insisting people do watch terrestrial tv in order to pay the license. It's obtaining money with menaces.

[@chrisgironde6669]

@emsspacex you are not forced to pay for a TV license in the U.K. If you don’t watch live tv, you don’t have to pay. If you have Netflix you still don’t have to have a tv licence

[@licencefreetv]

- "Enforcement officer" is just a Job Title - they have no statutory powers in their day-to-day work. - There are no TV detectors or Detector vans in routine use, and they have never been used to provide evidence for Court. - TVL Warrants are extremely rare (around 100 per year in England & Wales). There are none in Scotland.

[@doru10922]

I think he meant, they park in front of the house and watch tru the window the TV :))) and about the warrants do they need a name? Hiw do they get the warrant?

[@licencefreetv]

@@doru10922 I don't think they generally look through windows - it would be unlawful, and it wouldn't be practical to do at all for a significant number of properties. Camping outside the 15th Floor? I don't think so. TVL Warrants do not need a name. They are obtained by applying to a Magistrate (in England & Wales).

[@doru10922]

@@licencefreetv I'm not talking about the 15th floor, but normal houses, is not like spying, but passing by, hunting,plus you have the neighbors who can say that you watch TV, maybe illegally, thank you for the warrant explanation... I find it waste of money (police forces)

[@stu0508]

@@doru10922 He said they can "visit you OR they can use detection vans to establish whether your address is using TV receiving equipment" If he mean't they can park in front of your house and watch thru a window (from a van) then the "visit you" part would have been more than adequate. At best it is misleading and at worst it is absolutely incorrect false infomation.

[@Anakinuk007]

Warrants that are issued is because the householder becomes violent or difficult. So if you let someone in then abuse them, they can call the police to attend. Otherwise the police have no interest.

[@tjeffpowellful]

Thank you for an informative video. I stopped watching live tv over two years ago. Not only do I save money, but I am free from being brainwashed and can choose what and when to watch. It's very liberating.

[@simonlevett4776]

'Informative video ?, it's full of inaccuracies.

[@hollytreelodge]

I've recently stopped watching live TV. When I informed the BBC the online form states no tv even catch-up tv isn't allowed. I wondered how it would feel to give up tv in the traditional sense; relying on KZbin films and topics of interest and Amazon films but It has been liberating! I waste a lot less time and the freedom to choose my own menu is great.

[@lynturner3343]

I thought you could watch catch up TV just no live TV or BBC iplayer

[@hollytreelodge]

@lynturner3343 So did I, but that's what the form, tick box questions said. If tick catchup tv, it said a licence was required!

[@lynturner3343]

@@hollytreelodge thanks for confirming that

[@DazDaz105]

Even a barrister didn’t get all the facts right. You do NOT have to let them in at all under any circumstances.

[@MEERU_K]

EXCATLY

[@DreSttarr-yi7lz]

Well just Look at the mug giving this advice"

[@danielforde-pogson]

No way he's a barrister. Probably a barister, mixing coffee in Gregg's.

[@terrorbilly5000]

Can anyone tell me what the issue is with letting them in if you genuinely don't need a licence? Surely it's easier than getting dozens of letters and threats to just say, yes come and see for yourself. Why does everyone insist on not letting them in? This genuinely confuses me.

[@lala77uk]

@@terrorbilly5000 They will turn you Tv onto BBC and then say your watching it, There even known to plug the TV in too and the areil, then they lie on the blank form they force you to singe filling it in later.

[@nickstevens7931]

Thank you - that was very clear and a comprehensive explanation. I didn’t buy a TV licence when I moved house (former licence was in someone else’s name) as I struggled to find anything to watch - miss the BBC news & current affairs programmes though but not on there own worth the annual fee.

[@johnxforce4]

Interesting you say ‘the use of detector vans’… many other KZbin channels that’s cover the license topic state the vans in question don’t exist..

[@MEERU_K]

THEY DONT

[@GarryJantzen]

@@MEERU_K Even when they were said to exits (videos, pics, etc.) they were "props" that didn't actually DO anything! Except try and scare people.

[@alanrace4156]

Forcing entry with a police officer present is meaningless if you are not actually using a TV at the time of their visit. You can have a 1000 sets in your house but if none are actually switched on during a forced visit then there is no offence committed.

[@robwatts9437]

Some goons who do enter with the police will connect the TV to any TV aerial cable he can see , bang your watching live TV. Police will take the side of the BBC goon

[@BelfastBiker]

@@robwatts9437 I bought an aerial, it was subpar quality (think I need a roof aerial instead), so refunded it, and uninstalled all the BBC,Sky News, Now TV etc apps from the new Smart TV. Now, my 75” TV is genuinely my new PC monitor…. Just like my old 49” one was.

[@Han-rw9ev]

I rarely watch TV and I don't think BBC's got anything I want anyway. What irritates me is that I paid for a TV licence for years before learning I never had to, partly due to some of the stuff implied in the BBC's letters at the time. What now also annoys me is that the BBC wants to add a BBC button on all UK remotes. I'd find that an absolute turn off.

[@digglertc800]

Dont waste your time watching this video. He just tells us that we need a tv licence.

[@jayjayfire8367]

Agree with all comments made regarding the detector Van.! even if such a Van existed, having TV receiving equipment DOES NOT mean you are watching "live TV" therefore you "DO NOT" need a licence unless you are watching live TV on said equipment... Be great if Daniel the Barrister can validate his detector van claim ? Unless he is on the BBC payrol??? 🤔😬

[@MEERU_K]

HE IS

[@rkselectronicmusic]

Excellent info Mr. B - charging Blind people is just terrible

[@keithhardy8513]

Yes, that is shameful. The BBC should totally exempt blind people from paying the TV Licence.

[@timpearce3314]

and rubbing the "salt in" by saying that if you are blind you get 50% off! that alone is enough to get people to "bin" their licence! what a bloody cheek! 😡😡😡,,,,

[@War_Piglet]

so UK residents have to buy a licence so BBC can make programmes, which it then sells on to other countries, do UK citizens get any cut of BBC sell on profits?

[@666ingz]

I would review this video. The point Daniel made about the 'detector vans' could be classed as misinformation.

[@wilfredwood2636]

Why, as a electrical and electronic engineer retired. You cannot detect a tv. As it is a receiver of signals, not a producer of signals. One of BBC's biggest lies for years.

[@666ingz]

@wilfredwood2636 Agreed. That's why I said it could be classed as misinformation... Because it's bo''ocks.

[@wilfredwood2636]

Sorry misunderstood

[@gherkamum]

The BBC TV Licence is the most unfair and unjust Tax there is and must be ABOLISHED.

[@jimdee9801]

Income tax is worse

[@robburrows2737]

What about the demanding money with menaces aspect of sending red letters to people in old people's homes? Steaming live content is not illegal if it's not being broadcast - to check this you have to search the Ofcom database. The whole system is shite.

[@synchro62]

Ye right .. My Grandad said he was one of the guys in the van that turned the handle to rotate the dish on the van roof :) Detector Van my rear end :)

[@jaysinc111]

In short don’t buy a license- there are no such things as detector vans so you’re wrong there. The best way is to ring capita when you get a letter annually asking for update. My letter now is addressed to the occupier so don’t even store my name any longer...

[@RubyMc-v4i]

I remember my mum forgetting to renew our license way back in the 80s, and my dad seeing a weird grey van going up the road. Guess who made us unplug the T.V until the next day 😂,, love them days….

[@AnthonyTobyEllenor-pi4jq]

In Middlesbrough back in the 1960's and 1970's the detector vans used to cruise round the estates with dozens of children loudly shouting, "Detector Van".

[@dockaos924]

I watch TV in the pub and it's still crap

[@jaynewton5278]

Detector van's have absolutely no equipment in them at all. Seen it with my own 👀.

[@petercaulf]

You do NOT need a licence to listen to ANY radio station, bbc or independant. It's also proven that there is no such thing as detection equipment.

[@JohnSmith-dn6fk]

Barrister my arse,where are these detector vans then🤣

[@MEERU_K]

HE IS PART OF BBC

[@paulnosworthy4818]

Daniel… Judge David Clarke in a landmark case in 2017. In this case, Judge Clarke ruled that individuals who only use the BBC iPlayer to watch on-demand content and do not watch or record live television broadcasts as they are being aired are not required to have a TV license. This ruling was significant because it clarified that the legal requirement to have a TV license in the UK is based on watching or recording live television broadcasts, rather than simply owning a television set. This ruling states you can watch iPlayer is the issue that the BBC should ask for a separate fee for iPlayer and we make a choice Appreciate clarification

[@markymarkinthehouse]

as a further point you do not go to prison for not having a tv licence it is not an custodial offence and no one goes to prison for not having a tv licence. If you are prosecuted for non tvl and a court issues you with a fine and you default on that fine then you could go to prison but that would be for non payment of a court fine and applies to any fine issued by a court in short you must pay any fine issued by a court

[@mickeymouse4897]

You're incorrect ... It's an "ACT" not law, pay if you want, you've never needed 1, it's a scam, no-one can be fined, it's all bull.

[@fly9wheel]

Wrong.@@mickeymouse4897

[@pstanyer1]

It's not set to be abolished. Show me where that has been announced by the goverment. You mention they can use detection vans. They don't exist and have never ever been used. Do you really understand the processes involved in TV licence enforcement.

[@JimLem]

The Royal Charter which allows the BBC to raise money expires at the end of 2027. The BBC have already been looking at proposals in preparation for the end of the licence fee.

[@hariowen3840]

You inconveniently forgot to mention a very important aspect of the police presence, i.e. that the police who accompany a TV Licence enforcement officer with a 'valid' warrant to enter your property, are only present to prevent a breach of the peace and not to assist with the execution of the warrant. And unsurprisingly, due to this type of widespread misinformation, the police who attend are often not aware of their lawful role in these situations either.

[@BobAt101]

One thing that is not clear, if I am on youtube and watch a guy in a live video talking about something, like how he did his garden , his view of the snp, something that occurred to him etc ...... does this need a TV Licence as it is live on youtube ( i don't think so but checking ).,

[@rog3833]

Just tell them to "do one" at the door. Whether your Legally Licence free or not - it doesnt stop them harrassing you at your door. Im not legally obliged to do one of their poxy NLN Declarations either. When their "officers" (read salesman) are commision based, your hardly gonna get a fair response.

[@rachelsmith2850]

Hello there how do they know who has a TV licence & who doesn't have a discount from Rachel

[@shedendman]

Detection vans,what they going to detect?

[@paulrage1944]

My letter says I need one for you tube & prime tv don’t watch BBC or live tv so are they lying I’ve got this in writing ?

[@wildthing6668813]

I've had two visits in 35 years the first ended in court and was thrown out as the goon presumed a 22" monitor was a TV set and faked the TVL 178 to say I watched live TV but I pleaded not guilty and took the monitor to the court and told them to find an aerial connection on it! The second was a goon who said he was afraid of dogs but tried to walk in uninvited and got shown the floor, even the police couldn't get me to open the door so they left saying there was nothing more they could do. I watch all the catch up and live TV I like and have monthly letters that I just bin unopened as I look for return addresses before anything else and DL98 letters go straight in the bin as I know it's a TVL letter.

[@neilbirch2689]

Sir there's no thing as a TV Detector Van as a TV is receiver and not a Transmisor,

[@DAH24HRS]

Tv detection vans to see if you're using tv receiving equipment ? Rubbish, I have an Xbox and an Android tv, both capable of reviewing live tv, it's nothing to do with the equipment it's if you watch live tv through it. Disappointing video.

[@pinocchio1768]

These ppl have zero knowledge of what's actually happening. As soon as he mentions detection vans I just turned it off pmsl.

[@DAH24HRS]

@@pinocchio1768 This is basically a pro tv licence video. Lots is scaremongering and telling people how to pay for a licence.

[@truecolor313]

I do not think TV licence company has such van. How will they trace and detect in a building block.

[@angiegraham2579]

Have you ever seen a detector van? I am 60 and have never seen one.They are just a myth to frighten people.

[@winchester92stevebrook44]

3:42 Detection vans to see if you are using tv channel receiving equipment do not exist, if they make the claim that is how you were detected ask to see the instrument calibration certificate.

[@aficio698]

I never agreed to pay Liniker £1.3million.

[@colinreece3452]

I posted on another one of these type of videos: I was listening to an American radio station not long ago and an advert came on advertising some kind of Fire Stick to enable people in the USA to watch British TV, not mention they will need a licence to watch anything live, I wonder if the BBC are sending some of their guys over to knock on doors.

[@maggielucas8685]

So if l pay (for instance) for sky sports to watch live matches l need a tv license??? I'm paying sky???? ITV don't use license money!!!! What kind of joke is this that you pay another company for programmes but still need a licence but don't watch the bbc? Who does that? The bbc obviously.

[@mfrickard]

I do not watch live TV. I have not watched any BBC service for 10 years. I can watch all I want on You Tube, some of it is only a week behind the TV. I love watching old movies and TV series too, all on You Tube.

[@hls6925]

I'm a retireed electronics engineer - it was possible to detect the Line-output scan frequencies on older CRT TVs (they operated at approximately 10 kHz for 405-line TVs, and 16kHz for 625-line TVs); it's highly unlikely detector vans were used to actually detect this line-scanning signal - especially in places such as flats! As for modern flat-screen TVs, utterly impossible for a detector van (I'm sure they don't actually exist as working devices!), to detect whether you have a TV on your property - as others have stated, modern TVs are receivers, they don't transmit any signal which could be picked up any external device.

[@franklingoodwin]

Not to mention that most people don't watch TV using an aerial anymore. If you're using an Internet connection there is no way they can know you're watching live TV or BBC

[@Bryt25]

BTW as someone who learnt to build decent tv yagi antennas at home the stupid 'tv licence van detector antenna' always made me laugh - 10Khz?!

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

If they are WiFi enabled Smart TVs then they will be detectable externally to the property, but that only shows that a TV is present, not what it is being used for. There is no law against owning a television......

[@paulimorrison62]

what about lisen to tv on the radio ?

[@astragreen]

For a barrister telling people to subscribe and like before his video is played, to claiming detector vans can detect if your watching TV I class him as an idiot, and turn off, I’d advise you to do the same, it’s amazing he is allowed to carry on like this on account he’s a ‘barrister’

[@HumansAreShitFactories]

*you’re

[@neilbirch3412]

Sir, there some useful information, however there's no such thing as a TV detector as a TV is a recever and not a transmitter

[@NightOwlGames]

im looking for a reason to even watch TV? any recommendations? seriously?

[@paganartisan]

What about amazon as it forces you to watch live tv on their cubes and no option to uninstall

[@buddah1978egypt]

2 things not quite correct. Firstly most fines are around 200quid, and tv vans cannot detect anything. They are simply a scare tactic.

[@TheWomble82]

1:59 "so long as you arent plugged into mains electricity at another private property". Ok, so does that mean that i can have a TV license for my address, be legally watching iplayer on my phone at a friends house (who only uses tv for netflix and gaming so doesnt need a license). Then I notice my battery is getting low, so i plug in my charger and carry on watching, then suddenly I'm breaking the law?

[@pinocchio1768]

Detection vans 🤣🤣🤣🤣 You've just lost all credibility with that statement.

[@happyfeet4506]

Yes they are a load of crap

[@knowthings489]

Ha ha same just before that moment I was like this guy is legit

[@cristicristi8242]

hello, tell me please, I'm watching tl programs from another country, not the UK, and the music on KZbin, it's legal, I have to pay the TV license

[@chrisramm1]

seems an anomaly that one can have a live broadcast on youtube or even FB and according to your data above, you need a licence fee, Why would one pay the BBC to watch a youtube channel that is live.

[@tvlicencebible1380]

You can legally view live streams by private individuals on social media without a TV licence but not live streams by corporate companies.

[@licencefreetv]

You can watch live streams on KZbin as long as they are not from licensed broadcasters. At the moment, that's mainly Sky News live and GB News live.

[@nickdawson9270]

“A receiver, not a transmitter” ..... what about the intermediate frequency in an analogue receiver?

[@followerofchrist198]

If they search your house and you have a tv but it’s not on. How do they prove you watch live tv?

[@DAH24HRS]

They can only enter your house with a search warrant. Very rare and only if you give them evidence, by talking to them, never talk to them just close your door if they come knocking.

[@MatthewLenton]

They can't unless you tell them, but they have been known to plug in TVs and aerials and put the TV on a live broadcast and then stitch people up This is why you should never let them in. I wouldn't even worry about a search warrant either because they would need evidence to get one, otherwise they would be trying to get one for every house that doesn't have a licence

[@stevedeamer3351]

@@MatthewLenton if you let them in and the tv is off they will turn on the tv to see that it can receive live tv. are THEY not watching tv legally

[@brainspiller89]

3:42 clicked off here. The vans don't exist; UK security services approached the BBC decades ago demanding to know about the technology used in their vans, the BBC were forced to (quietly) confirm the vans are in no way functional.

[@arikhanaalffie]

Block is protecting his job by convincing that you have to pay TV licence.

[@Justtellmetheanswer6910]

The licence fee needs to be abolished. It’s got to be the most stupidest and outdated ways of funding the crappy services the BBC provides. To be honest I don’t think I even watch live tv anymore? PMQs questions are recorded? Netflix. Oh and LBC of course. 👍🏻

[@johnbuffaloiam9741]

My council leader said he will arrest people that refuse the tv licence

[@j.m9189]

I got fed up of watching rubbish and I got rid of my television 15 years ago phoned then to cancel my account because I wasn't happy for my money to go to waste.🙃

[@mickeymouse4897]

U don't need 1, stop paying it, no Laws are being broken, it's a scam of decades.

[@randomperson8771]

I was all aboard this information.. Which mostly sounds solid to my untrained ears.. Right up till a Barrister mentions TV detector vans!!!! like really dude. There is no such thing! Maybe back in the day. There was a Van been driven around the streets with TV Detector slapped on the side. That doesn't mean anything

[@alecjefferson6993]

You didn’t mention FREEVIEW TV ?!?

[@hitchannel7777]

"Tv receiving equipment" detection vans, that's utter rubbish, don't listen to this man. he speaks confidently as if he knows but doesn't, believe me. Chillijoncarne is your man.

[@treeoflifeenterprises]

as far as i am.aware, tv detector vans are empty inside. they just use the list of who hasn't got a licence and knock on doors. BBB did a similar info vid on TV licensing, and one of the commenters used to drive one. First thing I did when moving 30yrs ago was take down the tv antenna on the property. haven't owned a tv in my life. I think the bbc should either go subscription model, rather than a license under false pretenses (ie it is a bbc benifit license, not a tv license, which although it applies to all live broadcasts, no broadcasters execpt for the bbc get revenue), or if it is deemed a national asset, then add it to the list of things our taxes pay for, like some countries do. Either way it is no more independant from government than the current system.

[@andymeadows2768]

There are no tv detection vans dan

[@glennpowell3444]

The problem is these days once you have an address the big brain computer will send you a tv liscence bill.The big gray area is proving that you dont watch "live" Bbc channels.That is very difficult to pursue.Whether it be a freeview box or a cable view.Technically this cant be verified.Also you can watch anything on a device on a train or a pub etc with wifi.The BBC fee is corrupt and outdated.Its just a tax.Steve Wright on radio 2 was / is earining £400 000 a year for example.The average working guy earns less than a tenth of that at best.The BBC in my opinion no longer has a place and neither does having a liscence.Times have changed since the 70,s and 80,s where there were just 3 and then just 4 tv channels to choose from.And BBC entertainment now is terrible.Just to be even more obtuse didnt Mr Saville get paid huge ammounts back then at the BBC fee for fiddling with young kids?End of case.

[@7henke7]

Well said, totally agree ,as did Rolf Harris, Stuart hall, Jonathan King and Hue Edwards

[@DAH24HRS]

Please do a longer video stating the facts, you don't need a tv licence to watch prime video, but you do if you watch the live football or other live sport on there, you never stated that which people need to know if they're cancelling their tv licence. I'm 4 years licence free next month.

[@hittitecharioteer]

3 years and counting Delboy. I've seen excellent advice from CilliJonCarne. He's on YT.

[@JimLem]

He did state very clearly that a licence is required for "live" services. No further explanation needed. Congrats on 4 years. It's 10 for me. They still keep writing to me though.

[@alimcleod3704]

No license for over 10 years, don't need one. I have had a rainbow of letters from them, each time more threatening than the last! All go in the bin, Only had 1 visit that I know of as I opened my door, they guy said "I see you have a sky dish installed in your home" I said "I see you have been peeking over my 6ft fence" then proceeded to tell him the wire was cut at the other end, that he was welcome to come in and see, my 2 German shepherds were at this time barking like mad, he took 1 step over my threshold whilst I added I cannot guarantee that my male dog will stay in his crate as he hates unknown males, the guy quickly left! I never answer my door to anyone I don't know or am not expecting, peephole in door for a reason!

[@kaseycornflakes1234]

alim... Why don`t you go into business hiring out your dogs to anyone expecting a visit from the TV licencing people. (Joke, no it was a joke, really. Oh don`t lock me in here. Please!)

[@jennibeaman3273]

we haven't had a licence for 4 years, got the harassing letters for about 6 months, husband emailed them again to explain we don't watch tv at all, they sent us a "green" letter saying we don't need a licence and it lasts for a few years. They sent a letter last week to ask if anything had changed, husband replied saying nothing changed and it was fine, will get another "green" letter in the next couple weeks which will again last a few years.

[@Gryffster]

All of which you have no obligation to do.

[@mssinclair1797]

Something that wasn't covered that I really wanted the answer to was Amazon Prime has now started a Live feature to watch TV shows. Do I need a TV licence for the live content? Also I have an app for sky news, they offer to watch live, can I view this? Would really appreciate answers to these questions.

[@Simon.0000]

I still don't understand why we need to pay for ITV channel 4 and 5 when the BBC don't own them

[@mrpugster]

I believe it's something to do with part of the license fee funding the digital infrastructure, the transmitters etc, however it's never made clear. I'd like some channel to start transmitting over IPTV instead and to challenge this all in court.

[@colinm7374]

Started off so well but when (at 3:42) you said "they can use detector vans" your whole article lost credibility I'm afraid.

[@barrystubbs983]

WHY should you even need a license to watch a t.v. so archaic

[@jesussm6854]

I have move to a new place, I have been receiving letters to the " occupier" for the last months. The last one said I have until the 15th of this month to pay. The funny thing is that, I have a TV with a console PS4, I never never watched BBC , life TV. I am ignoring and putting them on the bin as I don't want to make their work easier. My question is if they come with the Police can they kick the door in, as other ways I work as a truck driver, so I am never there

[@G-ra-ha-m]

If anyone comes to the door, say the magic words: - "Not Interested" Then close the door. That's the contracting rebutted, I do this, and watch what I like, when I like. Why would I not?!

[@sallyanns]

I get tv via my broadband provider, basically it gets downloaded when I switch the hub on for internet (a cable connection) and I think my tv provider checks annually to see if I have a tv licence (maybe I am just being paranoid about that) ; there is also feedback to the internet provider because sometimes there are updates to the hub so the TV (via the hub) is not just a receiver anymore unlike what other people are saying.

[@Rob99933]

The TV Licence is easy money,the TV Licence should and must be abolished now,and the BBC should and must be self funding like other channels The BBC Licence is become out dated and must be abolished and NOT be forced on people it’s a complete RIP OFF.

[@kaseycornflakes1234]

If the Beeb or any other channels are putting out a `repeat`, is that still classed as `live broadcasting` even though that programme has been seen time and time again?

[@learningpianoat61]

I'm 61. Never paid.

[@anonnemo2504]

Excellent advice, thanks very much but is it really true that detection vans can "establish whether your address is using TV receiving equipment"?

[@monk3yboy69]

No , it’s crap

[@glascoe96]

Detector vans do not exist

[@johnchoice1371]

They say that if you are receiving LIVE broadcast signals then you are liable to pay the licence. What if there was some kind of device which could be fitted between the aerial and the TV set to delay the signal so that what you received on your TV was NOT a LIVE broadcast? The whole thing seems a bit ridiculous. They say you are getting 400 or more channels for the licence fee but most people would be happy with less than 100 channels, so why are we being forced to pay for all these channels that we don't need or want?

[@hls6925]

Clearly, as a barrister, you know nothing about the way so-called 'Detector vans' used to work in the old days of CRT-TV sets (which do not exist anymore, except as museum pieces, possibly!), nor the fact that it is impossible to detect whether there is a modern flat-screenTV set being used in a property using any 'modern' TV detector van, (and I use the term sarcastically!). Even if there was a way to detect such a TV, (there isn't, except peeking through a window or open door!), it could still be being used perfectly legitimately to watch non-live transmitted broadcasts. You were giving incorrect information to your viewers in your video, and I don't believe you have corrected this false information since. Please correct me if I have wrongly accused you.

[@negativentry]

Hi What if I use a Satellite dish to watch Polish TV from Hotbird 13E and the BBC programs are NOT part of my encoded subscription package? I am paying my TV contract in Poland for all the programs that I receive using account bound viewing card and decoder. On top of that we are using Netflix and KZbin but we do not view BBC content or use BBC website or iPlayer.

[@bobbusby9237]

Detection vans do not exist, so get your facts straight

[@kevingould6725]

What gets me annoyed is I pay for and use my tv licence in UK .but I’m banned from even downloading programs on BBC I player whilst overseas. Some people may resort to purchasing a VPN.

[@AmeBrizee]

I'm not making fun of you but I gotta say, you're a very animated hand talker. If this had no sound, I'd swear you were casting a spell 😂

[@ismayb754]

It seems a bit... forced? LIke he's got some media guy to advise him how to do youtube videos. It's really unnecessary. He'd look better without it, and it actually distracted me from what he was saying at one point. I mean all of this constructively. I very much appreciate Daniel's content.

[@nickdawson9270]

If TV Licensing could use detectors vans, surely they would rather than keep knocking on doors when the resident is out! Equally they would drive said vans around a neighbour as a deterrent against evasion rather than send out letters.

[@shuggiemcg1]

There is no way they can tell you are using live tv no matter what they tell you! Tv detectionn vans lol thats a good one! Ive only ever had a tv lisence once and that was when kids were younger about 30 years ago got rid of it after that first year!

[@timpreece945]

Can you watch the SKY news live stream if you rewind the stream so that you view it running several hours behind the current time ?