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When do I need a TV Licence?

Updated: 11 August 2017

That depends where you are and what you’re doing.

Inside the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man

You need to be covered by a TV licence to watch or record live TV programmes on any channel, or to download or watch Â鶹Éç programmes on iPlayer.

This could be on any device, including a TV, desktop computer, laptop, mobile phone, tablet, games console, digital box or DVD/VHS recorder.

We share some of your personal data with TV Licensing, to check if you are using Â鶹Éç iPlayer and to keep their database to up date.

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Outside those locations

You’ll need to check if your country has its own TV licensing scheme.

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