The UK's official TV licensing authority is looking to charge mobile handset owners if their phone can receive live TV broadcasts.As the law stands the owner of any device which is capable of receiving live transmissions will need to purchase a licence for it. At present 3G networks only transmit video clips but there are moves towards launching handsets capable of receiving and recording live TV. And the mobile TV scene should hot up soon as some operators are set to trial TV transmissions to mobile phones. The typical mobile phone TV licence dodger, however, is expected to be a young person who owns no TV set but does have a mobile phone and a broadband capable PC.
Posted by Jake Blues
but if i live in a house that has a licence, they cant touch me. a licence covers all equipment capable of recieving tv signals for the property named on the licence. its like saying owners of handheld tvs need a seperate licence.
imo this is a pointless scare tactic.