UK wants to tax TV phones

The UK's official TV licensing authority is looking to charge mobile handset owners if their phone can receive live TV broadcasts, writes The Inquirer. 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.

Regine | 4:42 PM | Video Phones |
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