jmcomms
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From: Jonathan Morris
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If you have a TV license, then you are okay with the phone, as it's treated like a portable (battery powered) TV.
If you don't then you probably DO need a licence - but the point is, Capita will have no way of knowing you're able to watch TV (and I don't believe for one second that any dealer is passing on info when they sell a phone that has a TV service loaded). So, even if you do need one, how can they catch you? You wouldn't need to give them your name if they stopped you on the street!
We may get more clarification when Virgin launch their 'proper' broadcast TV service later this year. I guess in years to come, it will be an issue if more people are using their mobile to watch TV even at home (as the O2 trial confirmed people did do!).
I was on the radio last week talking a bit about the new services, and the reporter said (off air) the Daily Mail story was totally incorrect from what they'd been told by TV licensing/Capita.
The bit about foreign visitors needing a license was the funniest bit of that article! Even if true, the same applies as stated above - the impossible task of enforcing it.
Jonathan Morris
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Posted: 2006-02-20 00:17
