BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
Aug 10th 2016, 3:14 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
I have used Filmon here in Philippines for 3 years. costs me $9.99 a month for 11 hours of recording. Once you've recorded a programme, downloaded and saved it, then you can free up that time used . so it's 11 hours at one time, not 11 hours a month as some people on another forum think! To me its worth every cent as I don't have to bother with VPNs - which would cost me at least the same. Quality is perfectly OK played on our 42" Panasonic. You can stream free, but it's a lower quality unless you pay for HD. We did stream the olympics opening ceremony and it never hiccuped.
Aug 17th 2016, 6:20 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
I have used Filmon here in Philippines for 3 years. costs me $9.99 a month for 11 hours of recording. Once you've recorded a programme, downloaded and saved it, then you can free up that time used . so it's 11 hours at one time, not 11 hours a month as some people on another forum think! To me its worth every cent as I don't have to bother with VPNs - which would cost me at least the same. Quality is perfectly OK played on our 42" Panasonic. You can stream free, but it's a lower quality unless you pay for HD. We did stream the olympics opening ceremony and it never hiccuped.
Sep 1st 2016, 12:59 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
So, it's 1st September in the UK now.
Unless something is going to happen 'in the morning', it would appear that all that has happened is that they have changed the wording on TV Licensing and BBC websites that says 'you are a very naughty person, please stop watching BBC IPlayer live or we will fine you £1000 if we catch you...'
Will check again tomorrow morning...
Unless something is going to happen 'in the morning', it would appear that all that has happened is that they have changed the wording on TV Licensing and BBC websites that says 'you are a very naughty person, please stop watching BBC IPlayer live or we will fine you £1000 if we catch you...'
Will check again tomorrow morning...
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Sep 1st 2016, 1:36 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
So, it's 1st September in the UK now.
Unless something is going to happen 'in the morning', it would appear that all that has happened is that they have changed the wording on TV Licensing and BBC websites that says 'you are a very naughty person, please stop watching BBC IPlayer live or we will find you £1000 if we catch you...'
Will check again tomorrow morning...
Unless something is going to happen 'in the morning', it would appear that all that has happened is that they have changed the wording on TV Licensing and BBC websites that says 'you are a very naughty person, please stop watching BBC IPlayer live or we will find you £1000 if we catch you...'
Will check again tomorrow morning...
Sep 1st 2016, 1:36 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
So, it's 1st September in the UK now.
Unless something is going to happen 'in the morning', it would appear that all that has happened is that they have changed the wording on TV Licensing and BBC websites that says 'you are a very naughty person, please stop watching BBC IPlayer live or we will find you £1000 if we catch you...'
Will check again tomorrow morning...
Unless something is going to happen 'in the morning', it would appear that all that has happened is that they have changed the wording on TV Licensing and BBC websites that says 'you are a very naughty person, please stop watching BBC IPlayer live or we will find you £1000 if we catch you...'
Will check again tomorrow morning...
Sep 1st 2016, 1:40 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
Apparently the pop-up that you sometimes get when you watch live will now come up when you watch catch-up too.
Still working fine on our Roku boxes (with DNS), but may be different when the UK wakes up in a few hours.
Sep 1st 2016, 1:44 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
Does that mean I should stay up and watch Bake Off tonight just in case? 
Sep 1st 2016, 2:28 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
We were watching Bake Off then it stopped. Can't access it on the iPad but we can via BBC media player on an Android phone.
Sep 1st 2016, 2:56 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
Sep 1st 2016, 3:20 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
Seems to be an option to Buy access to episodes and series for keeps. Is that new???
Sep 1st 2016, 4:11 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
Candice..those lips. 
Until you open your gob! 
Until you open your gob!
Sep 1st 2016, 11:16 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
Have you got them in your waiting room or something? What's wrong with 6 month old copies of Readers Digest and Canadian Living like everywhere else?
Sep 1st 2016, 11:56 am
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
Just tried to access iplayer from Australia, using Mediahint, I got a box asking if I have a TV licence. If one says 'Yes i do',then it just carries on as normal.
let that continue!
let that continue!
Sep 1st 2016, 12:47 pm
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Re: BBC IPlayer to require a TV Licence from 1st September 2016
I don't have MediaHint anymore but when I did, that question was normal. Not necessarily every time, it seemed to remember my answer but ask if I'd not been on for a week or so.