What are you watching?

[Dave_]

Indeed not.
And I was under the impression that ANY use of i-player was forbidden without a licence - which is what the MSE site makes clear (OK for other channels catchup services).

MSE is always spot on with all the (very complicated) T&C for savings accounts etc - I'd be more than surprised if they're wrong about TV licence requirement.

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/broadband-and-tv/tv-licence/

Nope. You can use iPlayer to view S4C on demand content on iPlayer.

It's hidden in the smallprint below

https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one

Under the section were it says "Make sure you're legally covered"

But it's in BBC/TVL interests to confuse and make things as difficult as possible for people by using deliberately ambiguous wording and the use of smallprint....

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The Beeb has a great many flaws, but trying to stop people illegally accessing its content seems fair enough to me (Amazon/Apple/Disney etc do the same, I strongly suspect.) - if that comes down to ambiguous wording I don't think that's the greatest of sins.

 

[Dave_]

The Beeb has a great many flaws, but trying to stop people illegally accessing its content seems fair enough to me (Amazon/Apple/Disney etc do the same, I strongly suspect.) - if that comes down to ambiguous wording I don't think that's the greatest of sins.

They could easily stop people accessing iPlayer by linking it to a valid TV licence, but instead they choose to confuse and scare people into thinking they need one even if they don't.

That's what I take issue with.

 

[Gray]

Nope. You can use iPlayer to view S4C on demand content on iPlayer.

Big deal, S4C 🤪
No good to me (and a majority of others).

They reckon 3000 people are licenced for black and white only.
(I've got a 405 line telly in the loft....but I think they stopped transmitting to it in the 1980s).

 

[Dave_]

Big deal, S4C 🤪
No good to me (and a majority of others).

They reckon 3000 people are licenced for black and white only.

I'd be surprised if they're legit.

TVL make it difficult to to buy a B&W licence these days.

You have to phone them and pay buy card or set up a DD, or you can send them a cheque in the post (who even has a cheque book anymore) I believe. You can't do it online.

(I've got a 405 line telly in the loft....but I think they stopped transmitting to it in the 1980s).

405 line ceased in January '85