BBC iPlayer

• howard mcsweeney1

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 62,352
  12 May 2016     13:41313577
  #1      
  Somewhat inevitable that this loophole would be closed.
  
  
  
  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bbc-iplayer-catch-up-viewers-to-pay-full-licence-fee-as-part-of-changes-announced-by-government-a7025721.html
• Brian Dixon

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 23 Sep 2008
  • Posts: 23,940
  12 May 2016     13:44313578
  #2      
  it was on the cards any way.heard something about it a few weeks back,thought nothing more about it until now.
• Reginald Barrington

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 17 Dec 2014
  • Posts: 3,261
  12 May 2016     17:39313582
  #3      
  It is now illegal, I would love to see how they go about enforcing it though, it will be near impossible.
  Arte et Marte
• Guest 977

  • Registered: 27 Jun 2013
  • Posts: 1,031
  12 May 2016     17:42313583
  #4      
  Easy-peasy - password protected and you'll need a login which you get by buying a licence.
• Reginald Barrington

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 17 Dec 2014
  • Posts: 3,261
  12 May 2016     17:59313584
  #5      
  That would be incredibly expensive to setup, I have 3 internet connected devices as does my partner and we have a tv licence at home, how do you stop my password being used on a smart phone being used by a stranger in scotland but allow me to use it on holiday in Cornwall on my laptop while our daughters is at home on the pc. The technical challenge would be staggeringly complex and the cost prohibitive.
  Arte et Marte
• Reginald Barrington

  • Location: Dover
  • Registered: 17 Dec 2014
  • Posts: 3,261
  12 May 2016     18:01313586
  #6      
  They also struggle to enforce the current licence rules, they just keep sending letters.
  Arte et Marte
• Guest 1735

  • Registered: 26 Apr 2016
  • Posts: 90
  12 May 2016     18:03313587
  #7      
  Its just a legal extortionate bullyboy fee should have been abolished years ago
• Guest 977

  • Registered: 27 Jun 2013
  • Posts: 1,031
  12 May 2016     18:42313589
  #8      
  Reginald, it can be done and is already done on some secure systems.
• Guest 698

  • Registered: 28 May 2010
  • Posts: 8,664
  12 May 2016     21:19313592
  #9      
  If you watch BBC World abroad you get advertising. Why not run iPlayer that way? Every ad break you go to the fridge and crack another tinny. Simples!
  I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
• Terry Nunn

  • Location: London Road, Dover
  • Registered: 12 Mar 2008
  • Posts: 4,321
  13 May 2016     11:18313601
  #10      
  Mid morning when I want to catch up the news I watch BBC World on Astra 1, adverts and all.
  
  It's far better than that awful Victoria Derbyshire programme which gets more like " Loose Women" every day.
  
  Terry
  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?