Can I Watch Tv On The Net?

[Henrietta]

Can I watch live tv on the net legally? If so where and I'd like to watch sky if possible

[trt]

Yes you can. I watch w/e football matches if the team I support isn't on TV, and there's other stuff you can watch,

Just Google live tv, there's loads.

Whether its legal or not, who cares!

[New Judge]

But the question was, can Henrietta do so legally.

For a start I'm not sure that you would get Sky TV (that comes with a subscription) on the internet, but that's a technical matter and nothing really to do with legality (by which i assume you mean the TV Licence).

As the law stands (and from the TV Licence agency's website):

"You need to be covered by a valid TV Licence if you watch or record TV as it's being broadcast. This includes the use of devices such as a computer, laptop, mobile phone or DVD/video recorder. "

There will likely be a number of people piling into this question now with answers suggesting that this is not true, or that it is unenforceable and so on. But that's the law as it stands and it's fairly straightforward.

[Henrietta]

Thanks for the answers.
Trt I care as the last thing I need in my life is for the police to arrest me for theft or my internet being cut off by my provider.

New Judge I have a license for my tv already so that should surely cover me watching tv on the net???

[Dodger666]

NJ is correct. You need a TV licence to watch/record anything that's being broadcast live. You DO NOT need a TV licence to watch anything via catch up TV:- BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD, Demand5 or Sky TV Catch Up.

[New Judge]

Yes the licence covers you to use any number of TVs or other devices in your home.

[Henrietta]

Okay thanks as I like to make sure I'm on the right side of the law as I remember reading that someone was going to take action against hundreds or thousands of people regarding something they did and they had the proof and details to track everyone down.

I think it was downloading music or movies or something like that.

[trt]

Henrietta,

The chances of anybody knocking on your door would be millions to one, unless you were showing it in a public place like a pub etc.


I also have a cable that I can plug into the back of my TV from my laptop to watch on big screen.

Stop worrying!

Judge, you can watch Sky and BBC live, and Yes the licence covers you to use any number of TVs or other devices in your home, unless you rent rooms out to other people.

[hc4361]

Watch live tv here, legally

http://tvcatchup.com/

[Dodger666]

hc4361

Only if you have a current TV licence.

[Henrietta]

No offense to everyone who answered and dodger but I don't know how your post became "Best answer" I must have clicked something I shouldn't have.

[hc4361]

Dodger666, Henrietta has already said she has a tv licence.

[factor-fiction]

You can always change your best answer if you want to, Henrietta

[jomifl]

http://www.tvguide.co.uk/
^You can watch a lot of programmes live here

[Dodger666]

I appreciate that hc4361 but others may think they can watch live TV via that website without a licence.

I wait for months for a best answer and when I get one I find out it's a mistake. Thanks for the mistake Henrietta, you can change if you want to. There are far better answers than that one of mine.

[netibiza]

filmon.com is brilliant but it cannot show any Sky progs, no subscribing, no fees, just download and pick your channel.

[jomifl]

wiziwig is good for live sports. pretty well anything that is beng broadcast anywhere in the world is usually available

http://www.wiziwig.tv/

[ozbizbozzle]

I have noticed that Wiziwig has a delay of some seconds mainly because it is a Spanish company and the Sky broadcasts probably have to travel there and back. As it is not being broadcast by British TV do u think u need a Uk license to watch a Spanish delayed streaming?