Comment on Mr Bates vs Post Office drama lost £1m, ITV boss says
downpunxx@fedia.io 5 months ago
This show was fantastic, I sailed the seas to watch it, and was amazed at just how corrupt and far reaching this scandal is. I was equally amazed that, while I thought it should spur public sentiment, immediately after it airing in the UK, there was uproar all the way up the government to the PM, which seems to have gotten forward movement on compensation. The fact that so many postmasters lost their shops, their savings, and were imprisoned, on such a massive scale, with no one to stand up for them, against a faceless wall of government, and bureaucracy in this day and age is breathtaking. I cannot understand how this could have been allowed to happen past the first instances and revelations that the system was inherently flawed and insecure. So many ruined lives. Insane.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 months ago
You know it’s free to watch on Channel 4’s own player, right? It just has ads
UrbonMaximus@feddit.uk 5 months ago
You need TV licence, so no, not free.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Not for watching catch-up on ITVX. You do need a TV Licence for the BBC iPlayer, however.
ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There’s no validation process, even for BBC iPlayer. They ask for a postcode because the regional content within the UK is locked to different countries and regions (ITVX content is on STV player in Scotland).
There isn’t a way for them to check your TV licence on ITVX. Even then a TV licence is only required if you watch the livestream broadcasts on the app. If you watch catch-up, streamed but not live broadcasts, a TV licence isn’t required except for BBC iPlayer. An IP address outside the UK isn’t likely to work either.