Brexit: use of EU satellite receivers becomes an offence
October 20, 2019 12.40 Europe/London By Robert Briel
Currently, UK consumers can use legitimate satellite decoder devices intended for use in the EU to view programmes otherwise included in UK broadcasts. The reason for accessing the EU broadcasting service does not matter.
From exit day, it will become an offence to use satellite receivers intended for EU audiences to access a programme included in a broadcast made from the UK with the intent of avoiding a charge associated with the programme. This is already the case for satellite decoder devices intended for non-EU audiences.
If you do this in the UK you will need to: -stop using EU satellite decoder devices to avoid committing an offence under section 297; consider instead purchasing the relevant UK satellite broadcast package to view the programmes.
The change will not affect those who use EU decoder devices to access programmes included in UK broadcasts for purposes other than the avoidance of a charge.
For example, expats living in the UK who use decoder devices intended for EU audiences to view programmes in their native language are not, nor will they be, covered by the offence of section 297, provided there is no intent to avoid any charge associated with the programmes.
This change will not weaken or change in any way the illegality of illicit decoder devices for the acts specified by section 297 (for example, cloned, counterfeit, or stolen decoder devices).
Full information can be found on the UK Government website.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/use-of-s...s-after-brexit