You could argue that tapes are not broadcasting though - whereas if I recall, the BBC was quite involved with early Television research and development. Person

You could argue that tapes are not broadcasting though - whereas if I recall, the BBC was quite involved with early Television research and development. Personally, as a British citizen and license-payer, I'm quite happy for the BBC to spend money on research and development (if well-thought and efficient; perhaps in this case it was misplaced), and I'm glad that the BBC is pushing technologies like video-over-internet compared to some of the more dinosaur-like traditional media companies. Time to go watch some more BBC4 streaming over IP.