No TV licence?

[Nick]

That's my reading of it

Well that's.....

[Barry]

It's difficult to know what is meant by plugged in.

However, the whole complexity of the TV licence issue needs to be sorted out properly and simplified.
When our licence runs out soon, we will change our habits and have a period without one.
We watch lots of YouTube. We'll disconnect the antenna and avoid iPlayer.

If grandkids come, they are covered by parents' licences.

[Unlucky4Sum]

Plugged in is very ambiguous: if it is on charge you need a TV license then?

That's my reading of it

[Nick]

Now you can be sure
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/bbc-iplayer-and-the-tv-licence

"Do I need a TV Licence to use iPlayer when I'm away from home?
Yes. You are covered to use iPlayer when you're away from home as long as you have a TV Licence at your home address and the device you're using isn't plugged in. If the device is plugged in, there needs to be a licence in place at that address."

Plugged in is very ambiguous: if it is on charge you need a TV license then?

[Barry]

Very interesting case.

Not so sure on that exemption though as the child is not at the address the licence is for.  Students away from home have to have a TV licence. 

Now you can be sure
https://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/bbc-iplayer-and-the-tv-licence

"Do I need a TV Licence to use iPlayer when I'm away from home?
Yes. You are covered to use iPlayer when you're away from home as long as you have a TV Licence at your home address and the device you're using isn't plugged in. If the device is plugged in, there needs to be a licence in place at that address."

[Unlucky4Sum]

Very interesting case.

Not so sure on that exemption though as the child is not at the address the licence is for.  Students away from home have to have a TV licence. 

[Streetwalker]

An interesting case  came up in our family.
My son does not buy a TV licence as he does not watch live TV and does not use iPlayer.

He recently received an email to say that his Internet was used to log in to iPlayer and he must therefore buy a licence. He checked and no devices in his house had used iPlayer.

He contacted the TV licencing people who sent him a link to an excel file detailing the alleged breach. When he checked it was during a period when he was looking after my daughter's son for a week. The lad has an Amazon tablet which can access iPlayer

He contacted the TV licencing people and told them that when his nephew was using his tablet he was covered by his parent's TV licence, so he still needs no licence. He has heard nothing more, because he is right.

Sounds fair enough . I think the general advice when dealing with the BBC is to not deal with them . Don't answer any letters and if they do by any chance come knocking don't answer the door or if you do a "No thank you" is all you should say to them .

[Barry]

An interesting case  came up in our family.
My son does not buy a TV licence as he does not watch live TV and does not use iPlayer.

He recently received an email to say that his Internet was used to log in to iPlayer and he must therefore buy a licence. He checked and no devices in his house had used iPlayer.

He contacted the TV licencing people who sent him a link to an excel file detailing the alleged breach. When he checked it was during a period when he was looking after my daughter's son for a week. The lad has an Amazon tablet which can access iPlayer

He contacted the TV licencing people and told them that when his nephew was using his tablet he was covered by his parent's TV licence, so he still needs no licence. He has heard nothing more, because he is right.