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Prince Harry and the News of the World |
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Reporting Restrictions in Gaza |
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BBC Persian TV |
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BBC iPlayer |
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Comments on today's programme |
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TV Licence:
On the last Media Show you brought up the issue of licencing and was told that non live tv broadcasts do not require a tv licence. I have Sky+ and as such I can record tv, I can also playback whilst recording meaning that I could record the 10pm news and start watching it at 10:01, non-live. If I was to ensure I do this all the time, does that mean I don't need a licence.
Peter Blatchford
Hi there, I just Wilf White talking about tv licence requirement. He said you need it if you are watching live tv (as it is transmitted). According to this you could record a live program without watching it and then view later. I understood you need a licence if you are operating tv receiving apparatus to record live tv as it is transmitted. Can you clarify please? Thanks.
Jeremy
I spend several weeks of the year abroad and find it most frustrating that I am not allowed to access BBC iPlayer even though I pay my UK BBC Licence fee. While I accept there are reasons for not allowing residents of other countries to access this facility, it is relatively easy to allow access by Licence Payers. We are not talking new technology here and lots of websites do it. All that is necessary is to direct those wanting access from abroad (and you know who they are) to a registration process. You need to register their name, UK address and Licence Number. This can be done within the UK if necessary. Cross checks can be made to ensure legitimacy and a UserID and password can be issued, posted to the UK address if confirmation of address is required. ID and password can then be used to Logon to iPlayer when abroad. Easy isn't it. Please do it! Thanks.
Ian McLauchlin
I had understood that the licence was required for posession of equipment capable of showing live TV, not how it is used. This was causing concern in that the BBC have made all computer equimpent liable to be licenced as a result of live streaming.Your programme has now explained that it is only how I use that equipment that decides my need for a licence. I must be careful what links I click. Thanks for enlightening me.
Nigel N
As far as I am aware, the Government requires a licence for "any equipment which is capable of receiving live television signal". Therefore, any equipment will automatically need to be covered by a licence. Great King rat, Nth Yorkshire
If I don't need a license to watch archived iPlayer material, how come I'm not allowed to receive it here in France, where I have been resident for 20 years?
GR Robinson iPlayer license
Iran TV service:
Why are the BBC spending a lot of money on the Iranian programme when they won't let Austrians listen to UK BBC TV Programmes
Doug Lazenby
News of the World video:
I think it was a shame that you didn't press the NoW person on why a private video should feature in their paper, although no doubt he would have claimed "public interest". You could have asked questions like "Are people, whether royal or not, not entitled to use what language they want in private?". You could also have made the Devil's Advocate point that the only real reason the NoW publishes this sort of appalling story is to sell more newspapers... The NoW is truly an awful rag!I think he could have been given a much harder time by your interviewer. Journalistic solidarity perhaps?
Nigel Strudwick
Foreign journalists in Gaza:
Why hasn't anyone the guts to say to Israel that the ban on foreigh Journalists is to prevent them telling the truth about what is really happening.
Revd Nigel Rogers
Future suggestions:
At the end of the show, you invited suggestions for future editions of the media show.I would find it interesting if you looked into coverage of women's sports in the sports slot at the end of the mainstream news. I am on the school run each day at 7.30 and have noticed that womens' sport is so rarely mentioned - although today the two Engleish tennis hopefuls were given the briefest name check.The dismal England cricket team receives plenty of coverage, yet I have never heard the Ladies team mentioned.I appreciate that you need to reflect the interests of listeners - and ladies sports have a lower number of spectator, commercial support etc - but as part of your public service role, perhaps the BBC could give the Uk's elite sportwomen the publicity and acclaim that they deserve.A statistical analysis of time devoted to womens sport,compared to mens sport would be rather interesting.Perhaps you could challenge the sports reporters to report on at least one women's sporting activity each day!
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Listen again |
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Previous Programmes |
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1 October 2008
Andy Burnham on public service broadcasting
8 October 2008
Michael Grade on ITV
15 October 2008
Future of DAB Radio
22 October 2008
Andy Duncan and Channel 4
29 October 2008
Reporting Poverty
5 November 2008
Stephen Carter
12 November 2008
Lionel Barber and the FT
19 November 2008
Dr Tanya Byron on Kids TV
26 November 2008
Manchester and the Media
3 December 2008
Twitter's role in Mumbai Attacks
10 December 2008
Shannon Matthews and media coverage
17 December 2008
BBC Partnerships and media access to family courts
24 December 2008
Bush and the press and 1968 Apollo broadcast
31 December 2008
The Moralising Media
7 January 2009
Jeremy Hunt, Gaza Reporting and New Talent
14 January 2009
Prince Harry, Gaza, Persian TV and iPlayer
21 January 2009
Ofcom's PSB Review, Ross' return and British News
28 January 2009
Sir Michael Lyons, Hutton Report and New Nation
4 February 2009
Sky, Children and Reality TV and Financial Reporting
11 February 2009
BBC Children's Services, Jade Goody and Journalists' Conscience Clause
18 February 2009
Reporting Trauma, Subeditors and Teletext
25 February 2009
Dawn Airey, Disability on TV and Facebook
4 March 2009
Media and The Miners' Strike and ITV
11 March 2009
The Editors' Codebook, "Crown Jewels" of British Sport and Viviane Reding
18 March 2009
Christopher Meyer, Metro at Ten, Phorn and Impartial Drama
25 March 2009
Future of Journalism, Obama, Radio Caroline | |
Steve Hewlett |
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Steve Hewlett is a Guardian Columnist and broadcasting consultant. He is visiting Professor of Journalism and Broadcast policy at Salford University and a fellow of the Royal Television Society.
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Do you need a television licence to watch programmes via the iPlayer? Or what about if watch TV on your computer or mobile phone instead of a TV set? Steve speaks to Wilf White, the BBC’s Head of External Policy to clarify matters.
