Clear as mud, isn't it ???
If the "screen" or the device of which it is part contains a tuner capable of receiving an over the air broadcast signal it needs a license, otherwise not.
Read the first statement quoted, no mention of a tuner, albeit, inferred, but note the section I underlined, ie. "Other Means" .
That could be construed to encompass any method at all. IPTV for example, for which no tuner is involved.
Not quite as clear as you may think, even the use of the word "television" is open to equivocacy.
This is pretty easy to figure out. Does it have a tuner for radio frequency (including satellite, digital and analogue terrestrial) or cable TV broadcasts. Any equipment (including set top boxes and computer tuner cards, not just things with screens) that meets those criteria needs a license.There is a screen in the corner of the sitting room... Is it a TV ? does it need a licence? Any advice welcome.
Yes! You're trying to force very precise meanings (which happen to be counter to the sense of the overall text) onto language and terms in what is designed to be an easy-to-read, understandable interpretation of a piece of legislation.I'm being pedantic, am I ?
I couldn't agree more, when you're dealing with an act or bill before the Oireachtas, but the point is you're not. You're not quoting from the act, but some consumer oriented Web site (which happens to be very useful, but that's a separate point).I think you need, at the very least, to be, what you class as being pedantic when one is dealing with any ACT or legislative bill.
See here, where it states you do in fact need a license for IPTV :- https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/communications/topics/broadcasting-media/tv-licence/Pages/TV-Licence-FAQs.aspx#Do I require a TV Licence for a computer which can access television-like services (e.g. the RTÉ Player or streaming services) over the Internet?
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Do I require a TV Licence for a computer which can access television-like services (e.g. the RTÉ Player or streaming services)?
No. So long as the computer is unable to display television channels distributed by conventional television broadcasting networks (i.e cable, satillite, IPTV, analogue terrestrial, digital terrestrial or MMDS) e.g. using a television tuner card or similar device, then there is no requirement to hold a Television Licence.
END QUOTE.
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For the actual situation, and in answer to the OP's question, the comment from @dub_nerd above nails it.
No, they're not: they are entirely consistent. One talks about equipment that does need a license, the other about that which doesn't. Both are correct, although using somewhat loose terminology.To that end I quoted two Irish advice sites , citizensinformation.ie and gov.ie which are at total variance.
No, I didn't. I said the use of one particular term in context was incorrect if you were being overly pedantic. I also said the overall meaning was clear.You stated gov.ie is wrong and indeed maybe they are
Answer: yes, as it is "....equipment capable of receiving a television signal", as per Citizens' Advice you quoted.He also went looking for a definitive answer to the fact that while he stored his TV in his parents house he had his VCR in his own house, which obviously has a tuner, is he required to hold a valid Tv license?
There was a cable TV service connected via a set top box. The screen needed the set top box, it cannot receive signal directly without the set top box.
The set top box has been returned to the cable company, so perhaps it is not a device capable of receiving a broadcast signal?
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