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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
I didn't say VisionTV didn't need a license, I just suggested it might not need to be identical as it wasn't a straightforward streamed channel.
If it was that simple a loophole there'd be a lot more channels, and a lot of dodgy channels on the portal services on Freeview. There aren't, so there must be more to it.
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Aren't there? Taking VisionTV as an example, it is carrying CGTN which has had its Ofcom licences revoked as it is funded by the Chinese communist party. There probably would be more if streamed services on Freeview were getting decent viewing figures. Internet delivered services don't need a licence but it will be interesting to see if that changes with Ofcom taking on more responsibility for regulating streamed services. Not that they can do much, as a regulator, about services streamed from abroad.