TV licence needed for TV-to-mobile services

The Register wondered whether you need a TV licence to watch TV on a handset or is this a loophole created by technological convergence? And this is what they found out:

"According to people at TV Licensing - the group that collects the TV licence fee that funds the BBC in the UK - the key, it seems, is whether a TV programme is broadcast at the same time as it is becomes available via a mobile handset or on a PC via a broadband connection. If it's not, then no licence is needed. If it is streamed live, or almost live, then it is.

emily | 5:22 PM | TV on Cell Phones |
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