As I'm sure you're all aware by now a television licence is only required when television equipment is used to receive or record television signals as they are broadcast to the wider public.
Online viewing of previously broadcast programmes falls outside this description and does not require a television licence. This includes, but isn't limited to, use of services like BBC iPlayer, Demand Five and 4oD, which show programmes after they have been broadcast to the public via the airwaves.
In the case of a PC used to receive or record programmes as they are broadcast via the airwaves - whether that's via TV card and aerial or online stream - the property does require a television licence.
In future the BBC intends to increase the amount of broadcast television content that is concurrently streamed online. This is going to make it increasingly difficult (virtually impossible) to detect licence evaders who are receiving programmes via the web.
Online viewing of previously broadcast programmes falls outside this description and does not require a television licence. This includes, but isn't limited to, use of services like BBC iPlayer, Demand Five and 4oD, which show programmes after they have been broadcast to the public via the airwaves.
In the case of a PC used to receive or record programmes as they are broadcast via the airwaves - whether that's via TV card and aerial or online stream - the property does require a television licence.
In future the BBC intends to increase the amount of broadcast television content that is concurrently streamed online. This is going to make it increasingly difficult (virtually impossible) to detect licence evaders who are receiving programmes via the web.
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