student TV problem in London (oh yes)

[Bob Mannix]

enough!

[Owain]

Yes, if you're confident you can sound more convincing in court than TVL's barrister :-)

Owain

[Richard Conway]

So does that mean that if I get a 42" plasma screen and plug it in to a tuner that runs off internal batteries I can happily watch without a license?

[Sam Nelson]

Just like on ITV? Marvellous.

Oh, right. And, like, there's just _loads_ of that. Every Saturday evening you can't _move_ for arty-farty stuff on BBC1. Philistine.

[manatbandq]

Wrong! They can be used away from home if you already have a license for a TV at home. I used to believe a student could use a battery powered TV if their parents had a license but even that doesn't seem to be true anymore.

ISTR this subject was done to death here a few months ago and is all on the TV licensing website, somewhere.

MBQ

[Sam Nelson]

Doesn't surprise me. But I could've sworn there was an exemption for battery power---although I never understood why. Oh well. The above story is true, though, and that was the reason claimed.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

There's only a limited amount of advertising money in the pot, and not enough to finance the BBC as we know it.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'd think not. A child may be able to at say scout camp.

[Bob Eager]

They do need a licence, except as noted elsewhere in the thread.

[Bob Eager]

You need a licence unless:

a) You are living 'away from home' and your parents have a licence AND b) The TV is wholly powered by self contained batteries wholly contained within it.

(I've written guidance notes for students in a hall of residence...!)

[Bob Eager]

Quote from the TV Licensing website: Q. "Aren't I covered by my parents' licence while I'm away?" A. "No. Unless your TV is powered by internal batteries, such as a pocket-sized TV."

So you were effectively correct (so was I, when I said the same earlier).

[Richard Conway]

I'll start putting my case together...

[Andrew Gabriel]

That disagrees with what it says on the back of my licence, which is that this applies to the specified licence holder only (unlikely to be the student).

[Dave Jones]

[:::Jerry::::]

Well considering that the BBC won the BBC1 vs. ITV1 rating war for the first half on this year it would suggest that people are sick to the back teeth of the stuff ITV has been churning out (not withstanding a few notable exceptions)...

[:::Jerry::::]

need to

watched by

Cheap rates and or specialist advertising, together with mostly non original programmes (either repeats or bought in) I suspect.

Next you will be objecting to the BBC World Service, people don't even have a say in paying for that, even non TV owners pay!

targets, I'm

Life is unfair at time, isn't it.....FFS grow up!

[PeTe33]

So a nice widescreen laptop with tv card then.

:¬)

[Dave Jones]

[Richard Conway]

How about deliberately transferring the license to the student for the purpose of getting round this?

[:::Jerry::::]

Then the parents home address would not have a licence, the address[1] *has to be* on the licence for the address were the TV is being used.

[1] the student will be registered as living at another address for council tax purposes etc.