Disabling television mode

[Colin Law]

On 12 July 2016 at 17:23, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 July 2016 at 17:08, Roger Bell_West <roger at firedrake.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 05:02:50PM +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>>>On 12 July 2016 at 08:27, Roger Bell_West <roger at firedrake.org> wrote:
>>>> We know that as of 1 September a TV licence will be required to
>>>> download TV programmes from the BBC.
>>>I did not know that.  Did I miss something?  Presumably so.
>>
>> http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/bbc-iplayer-and-the-tv-licence
>
> Thanks.  I knew there had been an announcement that it was going to
> happen, but did not realise that the law had been changed.
>
> In that link it says that one needs to be "covered by a TV licence".
> Do we know what the definition of that term is?  I am thinking of the
> case when one is watching or downloading away from home.

It's OK, I should have read further.  Your normal residence has to be
covered, then one is ok wherever you are.

Colin