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"...at £145 a year, the BBC costs quite a bit more" Because anyone in the world can have free access
by dazc 10y ago
"...at £145 a year, the BBC costs quite a bit more"
Because anyone in the world can have free access
- cja 10y agoThe BBC website and radio is free, although ad-supported outside the UK. Only BBC television costs £145 a year.
- runeb 10y agoI've never seeds ads on BBC website or radio outside of the UK. Do you have more info on this?
- confounded 10y agoIt's a thing, at least in the US. Perhaps try a few countries with a VPN.
- dazc 10y agobbc.com has ads, not bbc.co.uk.
- dazc 10y agoBBC iplayer is free to access throughout the world. That's pretty much all of the TV output.
- Fuzzwah 10y agoAlas, no. > BBC iPlayer only works in the UK. > Sorry, it’s due to rights issues.
- dazc 10y ago"BBC iPlayer only works in the UK" Yes, of course??
- weavie 10y agoTheoretically you are obliged to buy a TV license if you watch iPlayer.
- CalRobert 10y agoiplayer radio is free around the world. TV is not.
- dazc 10y agoYes it is.
- collyw 10y agoLast time I tried it (from Spain) it told me I need to be in the UK.
- dazc 10y agoSorry, since this is Hacker News, I assumed people would have a basic understanding of how the iplayer knows your location and how trivial a matter it is to circumvent? Since I spend 9 months of the year in Spain I use a vpn by default and I access iplayer just the same way I would back home. The not free aspect amounts to a tick box to say you have a licence. To most people on the internet today this does mean it is free. The point was to explain why the bbc is expensive compared to netflix since it is a lot less convenient to get content for nothing. Yes, I do have a licence and subscribe to netflix as well as prime. The point was theoretical.