I'm sure the BBC would love to be able to sell subscriptions around the world. The trouble is its only worth doing that if they can make more money from it than

I'm sure the BBC would love to be able to sell subscriptions around the world. The trouble is its only worth doing that if they can make more money from it than they can from licensing their content to local broadcasters. They're probably not there now, but even if they were, there are years of deals in place everywhere.