Online BT customers could be getting free YouView
September 21st, 2012 • 7 Comments
Remember the YouView thing from a couple of months ago? Streaming catch-up TV via a box that’ll set you back £299? Yeah, we were all over that one weren’t we.
Well, if you’re a BT Broadband and/or Infinity customer, you can get one of these magical gizmos for FREE – well, apart from a £56 activation fee that includes delivery. Also, you’ll need to have seen out your initial 12 month BT contract (meaning that signing up now in order to get a YouView box will be a no-no).
Deliveries will kick off from 26th October. Talk Talk are also involved in the YouView consortium and their own possibly cack-handed offering is looming as well. Welcome to the future…
Do you still need a TV license ?
Yes.
Woo! Free YouView!
Next.
No need for a TV license if it your not watching broadcast TV….
wotever said:
“No need for a TV license if it your not watching broadcast TV….”
Wrong, the BBC gives money to various other broadcasters online organisations and wrote Internet streaming into the license wording a few years ago. Which means that if you have access to one of those “free” services (Iplayer, ITVplayer, Skygo 4 & 5 ondemand, VirginMedia etc) or even the BBC’s basic website then you need a license.
The implication means if you have an Internet connection then you need to purchase a Colour TV license, irrespective of whether you own a TV or not.
@notever
How wrong is that, put simply if you watch live broadcasts then you need a TV Licence anything else then you do not.
@notever
You are so wrong. You need a licence for LIVE streaming only. You do not need a license to read the BBC website, in the same way you do not need a licence to listen to the radio.