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The absurdity is more that even if you watch a channel broadcast on YouTube you still need to pay. Even if the channel is from some other country, you pay to fund the BBC (which is biased against that country in its reports no less)

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This post would make more sense if you named the station. There is absurdity in being obliged to pay the BBC so you can watch CNA Singapore streamed on YouTube.

I doubt you were referring to CNA specifically, just picking an example of live TV on YouTube.

Any live content online, whether it’s Youtube Live or Twitch or anything else, requires a TV license, so long as it’s a “television programme service”. This is vaguely clarified to depend on: - Whether a service has a regular schedule of programmes - How continuous a service is Editorial control and consistency - The quality of production and editorial values.

(source https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/do-i-need-a-tv-licence-twitch-...)

So I imagine most Youtube/Twitch indie content wouldn’t count, but any foreign TV broadcast would. It’s ridiculous.

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