Consumers have been warned that they need to own a valid TV licence to watch live television broadcasts on their mobile phones or could face a £1,000 fine.
In the UK, all people who own a television, or watch Internet broadcasts of television shows are required to purchase an annual license, which is used to fund the state broadcaster, the BBC.
Using a TV or any other device to receive or record TV programmes (for example, a VCR, set-top box, DVD recorder or PC with a broadcast card) without a valid TV Licence is against the law.
The TV Licensing Authority is now busy working to ensure that broadcasts specially made for mobile phone networks or exclusive transmissions of live events would usually be exempt.
Vodafone and 3G have already signed up to offer sports and news over 3G networks while O2 has trialled DVB-H mobile TV broadcasting.
TV License warning for mobile phone users
Thu, 23 Feb 2006
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