BBC iPlayer?

[Milhouse]

(06-23-2011 02:25 AM)BadSeed Wrote:  The detector guy who called on me said their van could tell which room the tv was in and which channel I was watching, not sure if that was true or not.

If you read up on TEMPEST and why it exists (to prevent the detection of just the sort of emissions the detector vans, er, detect) then I think it's very likely that it is true - apparently the detector vans can detect the TVs local oscillator and this capability may be an offshoot of the intelligence service research.

[plm]

(06-23-2011 02:00 AM)BadSeed Wrote:  When did this change?, it certainly used to be the case that if you had a tv (or even a VCR with a tuner) you needed a TV/Radio licence.

I had this conversation with them just over a year ago. I thought it was suspicious since I had always been led to believe otherwise so I phoned back to speak to someone else who also confirmed it, leaving absolutely no doubt.

It's infinitely more sensible that way.

You can still get a black & white licence I think (he says, trying to picture his renewal form), which I know was the minimum required to cover you for radio as well. I've no idea whether you need a licence to listen to BBC radio these days though.

[Milhouse]

(06-23-2011 04:46 AM)plm Wrote:  You can still get a black & white licence I think (he says, trying to picture his renewal form), which I know was the minimum required to cover you for radio as well. I've no idea whether you need a licence to listen to BBC radio these days though.

£145.50 for colour, £49 for black & white. Half price if you're legally blind (no kidding).

The Radio licence was scrapped in 1971. No discounts for being legally deaf were available.

You do not require a TV licence to listen to the radio.

[walkerx]

check if you need a tv licence in uk

[plm]

Interestingly since this implementation of iPlayer doesn't include the live streams, only the catchup services, it means that no licence is required.

So long as you're in the UK of course!

[noahclark1304]

MAC users can get the iPlayer on the mac free with this software
get iPlayer Automator. I asked about the iPlayer here years ago and got no answer and i found the above software that gives us all the current BBC content free.