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TV Licensing’s hospitality category counts guest-entertainment units and excludes hotels from that category. Commercial programme rights remain a separate check with the relevant service.
Government guidance distinguishes music use from audiovisual copyright and TV licensing. Turning the sound off can change the music question while leaving the moving-image and receiving activity to be checked.
EE says BBC recordings made in Internet Mode play through iPlayer and inherit programme availability there. Check the receiving mode and episode status before assuming a stored recording has become corrupted.
EE says ITV live and recorded programmes in Internet Mode cannot fast-forward through adverts. Its guidance distinguishes those recordings from ITVX Premium’s on-demand benefit.
EE documents Recording Unavailable when the box no longer has the right to play an item, including after some package or receiving-mode changes. A visible recording tile is not a guarantee of continuing entitlement.
EE says a replacement box needs fresh app pairing, and the app must be viewing the correct box. Check that association before treating a stale mobile list as lost recordings.
