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Digital broadcasting and the TV licence

  • 26-09-2005 6:47pm
    #1
    Mailman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭


    I see that one of the ISPs is offering TV over DSL
    If I were to permanently disable the tuner circuitry on my (cheap) TV and used a digital TV service would I have to pay the TV licence?

    The VCR would also be retired at the same time and put beyond use.


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  • #2
    paulm17781
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,858 ✭✭✭paulm17781


    Yes.

    The law is something like "A device capable of picking up televised transmissions" That means if you can watch TV at all (pc or tv) you need a license.


  • #3
    loyatemu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,331 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    i believe the license inspectors can get subscriber details off NTL, so they can probably do the same off any ISP offering TV signals.


  • #4
    cgarvey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,889 ✭✭✭cgarvey


    If nothing else, it'd make for a good test case :)

    .cg


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