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Message posted on ‎15 Jul 2025 06:27 PM

Re: Do i need a tv license.

Of corce but do not need one if your only playing programs by streaming them on ITVX so are not live otherwise no point of using  ITVX.

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Message posted on ‎15 Jul 2025 07:16 PM

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@spannernick1 wrote:

ITVX is free to view and you do not need a TV Licence to watch stuff on it, that's why ITV made it.
I think BBC should now be like Netflix now and we should have a choice to support the BBC or not(most people will support it if they want it) and not faused to pay it because your watching Live TV, Live TV should be free to view by now,, Why call it Freewiew or Freely, it not free to view, I pay a TV Licence because of Sky and do not watch any BBC channels on Sky Stream, I don't even watch the new U channels that were UKTV that are part of the BBC too, like U+Gold, U+Drama, you can't see them on the TV Listing on Sky Steam because I never added them, BBC is to political, ITV is better and independent from the Government, ITV News is better.
I don't like how the BBC is run now and its been stranlged by the TV Licance.
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Message posted on ‎15 Jul 2025 09:53 PM - last edited: ‎15 Jul 2025 09:58 PM

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@spannernick1 wrote:

ITVX is free to view and you do not need a TV Licence to watch stuff on it, that's why ITV made it.

Watching any ITV channel through the ITVX app at the same time as that channel is being broadcast ('live TV') is licenceable activity.  ITV could have chosen not to include that functionality, but actually rather like the BBC receiving Licence Fee funding because they really don't want  another competitor on that scale in the commercial television sector...

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Message posted on ‎10 Feb 2026 07:42 AM

Re: Do i need a tv license.

you only need one if you intend to watch live TV or BBC iPlayer otherwise no

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Message posted on ‎10 Feb 2026 03:41 PM - last edited: ‎10 Feb 2026 03:42 PM

Re: Do i need a tv license.

Yes you can have Sky Stream as long as you don't watch live tv channels and use bbc iplayer its up to you.

If you watch live tv on any channel then you need to buy a tv licence.

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Message posted on ‎10 Feb 2026 04:50 PM

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Yes you can have Sky Stream as long as you don't watch live tv channels and use bbc iplayer its up to you.

If you watch live tv on any channel then you need to buy a tv licence.

It's not just live channels , if you watch a live stream on any platform you need to have a TV license. 

So for example if you watch live the Champions League on Prime Video, that requires a TV license.

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Message posted on ‎03 Mar 2026 04:27 PM

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They should add TV Licance to Sky like how Netflix is and is paid and then you would not have to make shore you have it, Sky has the BBC channels so why not, would make it eaier and you would always be covered by it then and not have to seee if you need it then, and make eaier for people on a low income, I would rather pay it al in one and in one place... 🙂

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