16 Aug 2024 01:51 PM
I have a potential good offer from sky for sky stream for 14 months. Do I need a tv license to use the service. Is it on demand streaming like nowtv?
16 Aug 2024 09:22 PM - last edited: 16 Aug 2024 09:27 PM
@MarkGoldsmith Simply not true. The BBC would love everyone to believe this is the case, but the law is quite clear on the matter: it is the act of watching or recording live television programmes or using BBC iPlayer that requires a TV Licence - it is not required for simply having receiving equipment. It is its use for the purpose of live TV viewing that does.
16 Aug 2024 01:53 PM
Yes you do as bbc and itv channels are all on there and bbc I player and itvx
16 Aug 2024 01:56 PM
Thanks. Can I use sky stream as an on demand service only? And not access the live stream channels?
16 Aug 2024 02:15 PM
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@Dannyboy157 wrote:Thanks. Can I use sky stream as an on demand service only? And not access the live stream channels?
If you don't want to access the linear channels you don't have to, but you can't disable them.
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16 Aug 2024 02:17 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreAnd to answer the TV license question yes.
A TV license is required if in your address you have a device that is capable of streaming live TV channels.
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16 Aug 2024 03:32 PM - last edited: 16 Aug 2024 03:33 PM
@Dannyboy157 wrote:I have a potential good offer from sky for sky stream for 14 months. Do I need a tv license to use the service. Is it on demand streaming like nowtv?
Even NOWTV requires a TV license🤔
16 Aug 2024 04:02 PM
If that's true, that's crazy. I don't watch terrestrial tv. Only catchup/on demand. If that was true you'd need a license to have a phone/ipad/tablet.
16 Aug 2024 04:04 PM
I thought Now tv is on demand, so you don't need a license
16 Aug 2024 04:04 PM
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@Dannyboy157 wrote:If that's true, that's crazy. I don't watch terrestrial tv. Only catchup/on demand. If that was true you'd need a license to have a phone/ipad/tablet.
From the gov.uk website:
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16 Aug 2024 04:10 PM
Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out moreThe below in italics taken from the TV licensing website;
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one
16 Aug 2024 04:15 PM
Ok. So, I saw this on the tv licensing site, If I have a streaming service, but I don't watch live tv as it's being broadcast, technically I would be in the clear.. It's using YouTube as an example, so the same rules should apply with any streaming service..
16 Aug 2024 04:39 PM
Now tv is not on demand tv you have sky max and other channels like sky movies and sports you need a licence for sky glass, or sky stream as you will be watching tv live
16 Aug 2024 06:01 PM - last edited: 16 Aug 2024 06:06 PM
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@Dannyboy157 wrote:
I thought Now tv is on demand, so you don't need a license
NowTV use requires the property to be covered by a license if any channel is being viewed live ('as broadcast'). That you've 'demanded' the stream to start playing isn't a defense if the same content is also being transmitted over mast or satellite.
16 Aug 2024 06:03 PM
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It's the activity which is licenseable, not the platform. If you don't carry out licenced viewing (and are potentially prepared to declare that in court) then your address doesn't need a television licence.
16 Aug 2024 09:22 PM - last edited: 16 Aug 2024 09:27 PM
@MarkGoldsmith Simply not true. The BBC would love everyone to believe this is the case, but the law is quite clear on the matter: it is the act of watching or recording live television programmes or using BBC iPlayer that requires a TV Licence - it is not required for simply having receiving equipment. It is its use for the purpose of live TV viewing that does.