SA braces for Google television

[Quest10n]

http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/article771497.ece/SA-braces-for-Google-television

Internet giant Google plans to roll out its internet TV service around the world starting next year - and it might be heading for South Africa

 

[Quest10n]

Does this mean you need a TV Licence when you have internet access?

 

[murraybiscuit]

Does this mean you need a TV Licence when you have internet access?

dude. shurrup. we don't need need to be putting silly ideas into their heads...

 

[copacetic]

Is it just me, or did the article not say anything about the possibility of whether it's going to be in SA? Aside from 'we don't know when and we can't say whether'?

 

[murraybiscuit]

yeah. it was a sensationalist headline.
i don't like sony and i don't like the fact that you have to buy sony hardware. i'd like to stream whatever i want to stream on my existing hardware, thanks.
i don't think sony and google make good bedfellows... let's see how consumers respond to this.

 

[OMB]

dude. shurrup. we don't need need to be putting silly ideas into their heads...

It's a TV so you'll still need a licence

 

[OMB]

yeah. it was a sensationalist headline.
i don't like sony and i don't like the fact that you have to buy sony hardware.

You don't have to use Sony, it's also available through the Logitech Revue http://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/revue

 

[murraybiscuit]

You don't have to use Sony, it's also available through the Logitech Revue http://www.logitech.com/en-us/smartTV/revue

good to see. thanks.

 

[HapticSimian]

Does this mean you need a TV Licence when you have internet access?

dude. shurrup. we don't need need to be putting silly ideas into their heads...

It's a TV so you'll still need a licence

Maybe we could not have this devolve into a "TV license is the suxx0rz"-fest? Your need for one would be dependent on the equipment you use - if your setup is capable of receiving a television broadcast via either satellite or terrestrial signal, the law requires that you have one. If you were to stream a service like Google TV to a monitor without a tuner, you wouldn't. Just because it's called Google Television it doesn't automatically mean you'd need a TV license.