Iplayer to need TV licence from 1/9/2016 - full fee required

Iplayer to need TV licence from 1/9/2016 - full fee required

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Welshbeef

Original Poster:

49,633 posts

197 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/aug/01/bbc-...



So those who elect not to pay by previously "playing the game" and firing the other individuals who do pay subsidise their cheapness (and sadly it will be the most needy who suffered the most).


So now no way round it - good.
If you don't like BBC content then stream other channels if you do you pay up, really you should also pay for the Radio service.

Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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No way around it lol. How will they now if sombody uses a pc or whatever?


This is actually good. I never watch I player but I do watch other downloadable content so I'm still legal regardless.


Be even better if they abolished it all together. Can't be long now.

voyds9

8,488 posts

282 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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I pay it 'just in case' but I cannot honestly tell you the last time I watch TV never mind BBC.

Have a TV the wife watches Sky but terrestrial TV almost never, couple of things at Christmas perhaps and the wife likes Downtown.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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Hopefully someone at the Beeb will twig that their model is akin to a dinosaur slowly sinking into the tar pit, too stupid to do anything about its fate.






dxg

8,120 posts

259 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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I wonder what will happen to the iPlayer Radio app, I wonder?

That should still remain free - so nothing will change for genuine non-TV watching, non-licence payers like me.

But should is a dangerous word.

dxg

8,120 posts

259 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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And there's nothing in that link suggesting the software will change...

So evaders will still evade.

Do the licences have a unique number on them? Could the software not ask for that?

grumbledoak

31,499 posts

232 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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"costs the BBC about £150m a year", "shoulder the £750m burden".

Privatize the fking thing and be done with it. Whining fking maggots.

Einion Yrth

19,575 posts

243 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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dxg said:
Do the licences have a unique number on them? Could the software not ask for that?
The licence covers a "household", do you expect the software to demand proof of common domicile also?

BlackLabel

13,251 posts

122 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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Welshbeef said:
So now no way round it - good.
It's quite simple to stream things like Sky Sports or even Box Office (all for free) on a laptop, tablet, phone etc so the same will happen with the beeb.

Nevertheless I agree that it's a good move, in theory anyway, as it will lead to an increase in revenue for the bbc and hopefully that will keep the licence fee down for the rest of us.

n3il123

2,601 posts

212 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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Welshbeef said:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/aug/01/bbc-...



So those who elect not to pay by previously "playing the game" and firing the other individuals who do pay subsidise their cheapness (and sadly it will be the most needy who suffered the most).


So now no way round it - good.
If you don't like BBC content then stream other channels if you do you pay up, really you should also pay for the Radio service.
Not quite sure where you get "playing the game" from, surely someone that didn't watch live TV was merely complying with the rules of the TV licence?

technodup

7,576 posts

129 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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Welshbeef said:
So now no way round it - good.
There will be lots of ways around it.

Just like there are lots of ways to get around paying for Sky, Netflix etc.

Mr_B

10,480 posts

242 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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Pay up you tight sods.

Oceanic

731 posts

100 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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I think if they are going to do this, they should allow users outside of the UK to use if they pay a license fee, right now I have to "game" it slightly if want to see some good old British TV compared to the utter shiiiite served up here!

extraT

1,740 posts

149 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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Wow, what a waste of time, effort and money....

1- To use the service you'll probably have to enter A) A Postcode and B) A license reference number
2- Find someone who is willing to give you those details, close family, friends etc...
3- Download VPN, set for UK.
4- Sit back and enjoy.

Because it will remain an browser based service, unlike sky go, they'll not be able to limit the number of users per house, and even if they do, there will be a fairly large number of devices allowed.

And if you really want to watch the BBC Live, filmon.com, a perfectly legal (and excellently reliable) streaming service, is also available.



anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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Mr_B said:
Pay up you tight sods.
I do, I just resent paying for something I have zero desire to use.
£145 worth of resentment to be precise.

markcoznottz

7,155 posts

223 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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Seriously though, how many people with wi-fi, unlimited data, etc don't have a tv licence? Can't be a huge amount surely.

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

227 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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markcoznottz said:
Seriously though, how many people with wi-fi, unlimited data, etc don't have a tv licence? Can't be a huge amount surely.
I don't. Simply because there isn't anything I wish to watch live on TV. Also, the only content I really watch on catchup is the F1 and BTCC. I don't need a licence now, and won't need one after 1st September.

Always amuses me though how angry some people get about this topic. If you don't pay a licence and abide by the rules, you are still seen as some sort of fee dodging scum. hehe
OP is a good example of the sort of person who gets angry with the 'dodgers'.

Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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markcoznottz said:
Seriously though, how many people with wi-fi, unlimited data, etc don't have a tv licence? Can't be a huge amount surely.
Might not be now. A few years time though.... It's only going one way.

Crush

15,077 posts

168 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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markcoznottz said:
Seriously though, how many people with wi-fi, unlimited data, etc don't have a tv licence? Can't be a huge amount surely.
We don't and we cancelled it 5 years ago after realising 'live' tv is generally quite bad.

I have a few friends returning to uni next month who have just stopped their licence. They were told "tv= need a licence" which was a bloody lie. They only stream films & tv series via Amazon prime / Netflix etc so now have £150ish to waste on something else hehe

I imagine most of the younger 'digital' generation are the same, why sit through loads of adverts for the BBC when watching it live on BBC1 etc? Much easier to stream it so there are no adverts smile

AJS-

15,366 posts

235 months

Monday 1st August 2016
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I thought they scrapped the TV licence already?