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Why?

• growt 10y ago
  Because the situation is absurd or kafkaesque. British citizens who pay for BBC are not allowed to view BBC Worldwide, which is owned by BBC.
  • kwhitefoot 10y ago
    But they are not paying for BBC Worldwide, if anything BBC Worldwide is subsidizing the UK part of the BBC.
    • growt 10y ago
      Nobody is paying for BBC Worldwide (at least to view this article, apart from advertisement). So why not show it to UK citizens? It wouldn't take anything away from BBC or BBC Worldwide. Maybe some more clicks on advertisements from people in the UK, so more revenue. Also if BBC Worldwide is showing content to everybody but UK citizens to subsidize BBC to produce other content for UK citizens, why not show the BBC Worldwide content in the first place (if the goal is to have more content in the UK)?