What can you put up in a Reception area for Small public waiting rooms

[mrsail]

Hi all,

One of clients in UK has 50+ small sites and wants to show signage TV with his own Adverts and a TV linked to an aerial which we can do very easily.

Now I have looked into showing TV and each site will need:
TV License £147 a year
PRS from £160.40 a year (for music)
PPL approx £130.51 a year (for music)
MPCL £142.50 (this is new for any film clips, we have been told and even if we show news it is needed for any clips relating to films!)

So nearly £600 a year just to show several customers a bit of BBC news which does not offer great value.

So we are looking at cheaper alternatives and want to know if anybody can help:
- Is there any royalty free TV channels we can stream? uk/world news etc
- if we stream music videos from youtube inbetween adverts would we need just PRS & PPL licence?

Any help appreciated, if anybody has any contacts they can pass on to discuss it would be appreciated?

[DB83]

Well 'Royal Free TV' does not come in to the argument. It is my understanding that if you broadcast/watch tv, even if you never watch any BBC content, you require a tv licence.

Not so sure about the yt bit but 'tv' could be argued as a 'catch all' and a licence would then still be required. Rationale - in the old days the aerial was the give-away. The people who check these things could see the aerial so you had a means to see tv hence needing an licence. Now you could just stream tv and the BBC also insist on a licence for that.

[Case]

50+ small sites [reception area for small public waiting rooms]
PRS from £160.40 a year (for music)
PPL approx £130.51 a year (for music)

I’m quite pleased when the reception area/waiting room where I have to be, has no audio. Please mute, and save on two fees in the process. Being forced to listen to something is a terrible idea. One can look the other way (or at one’s smartphone), but not turn ones ears off.

[TreeTops]

Yes, no sound please. Most of the reception rooms here in the U.S. just use a muted video of various subjects like under ocean, or landscapes.