how does this work? you just don't pay it and say you don't watch bbc
Top Gear Season 22 & Xmas Special
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how does this work? you just don't pay it and say you don't watch bbc
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That's pretty much it.
Soldato
But then you can no longer watch any other live TV channel.
Man of Honour
Saw this when reading about it this morning
"Chris Evans favourite to replace Clarkson if he is sacked over 'punch-up'"
Seriously?!
"Chris Evans favourite to replace Clarkson if he is sacked over 'punch-up'"
Seriously?!
Nope.
If you don't pay your license fee, then you can't watch ANY tv that is shown live OR recorded from a live stream. So you couldn't watch ITV, Sky 1, Atlantic, whatever, or even sky+ your shows to watch them later.
What you can do, is use all the catch-up services like iPlayer, ITV Player, Netflix etc... Just not the watch live, on now or whatever each app calls the service. So you cannot stream the live TV either.
I binned my tv license and Sky subscription at the start of the year. There are some things I do miss, mainly watching News 24 just before bed time, however the BBC News app on my bedroom tv does have a video headlines bit in it. I can't watch (you don't get it) the regular news stuff from BBC News 24 on iPlayer, but you do get the shows, like WBR, Click, News at 10 etc...
Apart from that, the only other thing I will miss is the F1. Not being able to watch that live will be a pain. But the iPlayer highlights will suffice I guess. I have looked into picking up a satellite feed from a European satellite for this, as it is free to air on many European channels, but I don't really know how this works with respect to the license.
Man of Honour
Yes to all three, but he would be terrible in the role of replacing Clarkson. He'd try too hard to be like Clarkson and it would be awful
Soldato
Hmmmm...... I doubt that anyone really 'wants' to get rid of him, but I suspect they have painted themselves into a corner with their political correctness. They've hauled him over the coals for so much stuff that most people don't give a damn about that there's literally nowhere left to go.
Still, will be interesting to see what happens in the coming week.
Soldato
You don't need a licence to watch live TV from non-uk channels not available on UK freeview, satellite, or cable.
I think it's also the case that you don't need a license to watch live UK TV on portable devices, as long as they're unplugged. The TV licensing website is, deliberately I suspect, vague on this, not explicitly saying that an unplugged laptop needs a license;
http://tv-licensing.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/tv-licensing-and-laptop-usage.html
Okay, so the European sattelite option looks like it could be a goer. I might look into that, but maybe not as it would really just be to watch the F1 a few hours earlier.
As for the unplugged devices, that appears to be assuming the home address has a valid license. I don't have a license at my home address, so I wont be covered there. But interesting info for others.
Soldato
That's very interesting about what you do and don't need a licence for, i always assumed you'd need one for the iPlayer. I guess the unplugged thing goes back to the fact we don't need a licence to listen to the radio in our cars as they're unplugged from the grid so to speak?
Soldato
Well, that's what I meant about it being vague - where does it tell you you need a license if you watch live TV on an unplugged laptop?
My point would be where does it tell you you dont? It does tell you you need the license to watch live TV as it's being broadcast, and doesn't make distinction between OTA or over Internet. That link you posted is more for students who might only have a laptop with them at uni, and have a valid license at home, rather than sitting in your kitchen watching it on an unplugged laptop without a license at all.
You don't need a license for radio at all. It's only tv broadcasts. BBC radio is free of licensing, as is all radio.
You don't need a license for radio at all. It's only tv broadcasts. BBC radio is free of licensing, as is all radio.
That's three things you know that would be make him an ideal replacement, versus two things you don't that you've just assumed, I guess because you perhaps just don't like him as much....is that really enough to disregard him entirely?
Irrelevant anyway, I reckon. Pretty sure Clarkson won't be fired. He'll get a slap on the wrist, Facebook will spend a few days being full of posts saying "CLARKSON FOR PM, OLoLOlOLOL" and he'll be back in a couple of weeks poking fun at the BBC again.
Soldato
If the law is different between a student on a plugged laptop compared with an unplugged one - the difference between needing a licence or not - surely there needs to be some guidance as to whether unplugged laptops (and phones/tablets) are themselves needing of a licence?
If unplugged laptops necessitate a licence, why don't they say so?
Man of Honour
I could see that working. It would be a different show to what we have now but it wouldn't be the snooze fest of "Drone, drone lots of horse power. Drone, drone doing skids." that some people seem keen on
Another one that I saw suggested was Idris Elba which I can't see working but it did make me think that I'd like to see more car related stuff from him after watching King of Speed.
That's not really what they are saying. They are saying that the student has a valid license at the home address, and an unplugged laptop is tantamount to being "out and about", similar to sitting in your car, watching something on your iPad. Unplugging it whilst sitting in the halls of residence isn't really covered as that is your "home address" at that point, or at least is meant to be. But sitting in the library watching it should be covered, for example.
Man of Honour
I could see that working. It would be a different show to what we have now but it wouldn't be the snooze fest of "Drone, drone lots of horse power. Drone, drone doing skids." that some people seem keen on
But that is Top Gear? If people don't like that, then watch Fifth Gear
Soldato
You said it was an out of work incident, but the papers are reporting it was during filming so surely that is at work as far as TV goes no?
I don't really care about what Clarkson has said in the past, if someone wants to get annoyed by his comments and complain that's their issue. But surely you have to draw the line when someone starts throwing punches (allegedly) in a work environment?
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