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TV Licensing, Students and the Law - a Guide for Students TV Licensing, students and the law - a guide for students TO ALL STUDENTS When do you need a TV licence? Equipment A valid TV Licence is required if you use a TV, or television receiving equipment such as desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, games console, digital box and Blu-ray/DVD/VHS recorder. A valid licence is required if a computer is being used to receive streamed data online - live and fed in real-time-of programmes included in a television broadcasting service. (Real time is defined as viewing programmes at virtually the same time as they are broadcast conventionally.) You will need to be covered by a TV Licence to download or watch BBC programmes on demand, including catch up TV, on BBC iPlayer. This applies to any device and provider you use that lets you watch live TV over the internet, such ITV Hub, Channel 4 Watch Live, All 4, Sky Go, Virgin Media, Now TV, BT TV, Apple TV, YouTube, Amazon Instant Video and Roku. Providing that you have a TV Licence for your home address, then you will be covered if you’re watching away from your home on a phone, tablet or laptop, and: o you plug your device into the mains, you’ll be covered if that property already has a TV Licence (e.g. you go to a friend’s house and they have a licence). The College does not have a TV Licence to cover you. o your device is not plugged in (i.e. you’re watching or recording live TV programmes on any channel, or downloading or watching BBC programmes on iPlayer, using devices powered solely by internal batteries). Accommodation If you live in College accommodation and watch live TV or catch up TV on BBC iPlayer in your own room, you need your own separate TV Licence. You also need your own TV Licence if you are sharing a house with other students and watch live TV or catch up TV on BBC iPlayer in your room, and your room is a separately occupied place (a separate tenancy agreement would normally indicate that this is the case) If you are sharing a house with other students and you watch live TV or catch up TV on BBC iPlayer in your own room, but the house can be treated as one place shared by all, then only one TV licence is required (a joint tenancy agreement would usually be evidence that the house is a single licensable place for this purpose) Costs A TV Licence currently costs £157.50. You can spread the cost weekly, monthly or quarterly. Refunds You can request a refund for your TV Licence if: You won’t need your licence again before it expires, and you have at least one complete month left on it OR Your licence has already expired and less than two years have passed since the expiry date. http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/refunds-and-cancellations/apply-for-a-refund For up-to-date and further information, visit www.tvlicensing.co.uk August 2020 .
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