New UK TV licencing laws will come into effect on the 1st September 2016, closing the so called “BBC iPlayer loophole”.
Current UK TV licencing laws require you to have a UK TV Licence to watch any live TV channels on any device within the UK.
But these law did not apply to catch up Tv services such as BBC iPlayer.
So people could not pay a UK TV Licence but still watch UK TV via iPlayer on catch up perfectly legally, and for free.