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So according to Wikipedia, the British TV license is currently about 220 USD a year, which works out to a bit over $18 a month. They'd probably get away with c

So according to Wikipedia, the British TV license is currently about 220 USD a year, which works out to a bit over $18 a month. They'd probably get away with charging exactly the same amount for overseas streaming. I wonder if they realize that. I expect exclusive licensing and distribution deals are the biggest hiccup as usual.

Marazan 5y ago
Exactly, the BBC gets shows cheap by only accquiring the UK rights. The production companies then get the prestige of "shown on the BBC" when doing foreign sales.
dageshi 5y ago
They realise it, they created britbox which has the BBC, ITV,Channel 4 and Channel 5, basically all the historic over the air tv channels in the UK. Anything they can legally get away with licensing to international audiences is in it I think.
iso1210 5y ago
They don't want to damage the international distribution arm of the BBC (used to be BBC Worldwide), which runs channels like BBC America and BBC World (not World Service radio, or world service TV), and sells programs like Doctor Who to Netflix or whatever, and does Britbox - that arm makes $200m a year The BBC originally tried to launch britbox (or another VOD service) back in 2009 when netflix was mainly still posting dvds to people, but it was shut down by the government.
- fy20 5y ago
  The international content (inc. Britbox) is only available in a limited number of countries. As a British expat living in Europe I'd happily pay £15/mo (same as the license fee) for access to live free-to-air TV - and I know quite a few people learning English who prefer to watch British TV rather than American TV. The only way to do so though seems to be VPNs or IPTV services, which are of course a legal grey area (I'm the other side of Europe, so satellite won't work).
- flurdy 5y ago
  For reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BritBox#Failed_%22Project_Kangaroo%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BritBox#Failed_%22Project_Kang...

Marazan 5y ago

Exactly, the BBC gets shows cheap by only accquiring the UK rights. The production companies then get the prestige of "shown on the BBC" when doing foreign sales.

dageshi 5y ago

They realise it, they created britbox which has the BBC, ITV,Channel 4 and Channel 5, basically all the historic over the air tv channels in the UK. Anything they can legally get away with licensing to international audiences is in it I think.

iso1210 5y ago

They don't want to damage the international distribution arm of the BBC (used to be BBC Worldwide), which runs channels like BBC America and BBC World (not World Service radio, or world service TV), and sells programs like Doctor Who to Netflix or whatever, and does Britbox - that arm makes $200m a year The BBC originally tried to launch britbox (or another VOD service) back in 2009 when netflix was mainly still posting dvds to people, but it was shut down by the government.

fy20 5y ago
The international content (inc. Britbox) is only available in a limited number of countries. As a British expat living in Europe I'd happily pay £15/mo (same as the license fee) for access to live free-to-air TV - and I know quite a few people learning English who prefer to watch British TV rather than American TV. The only way to do so though seems to be VPNs or IPTV services, which are of course a legal grey area (I'm the other side of Europe, so satellite won't work).
flurdy 5y ago
For reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BritBox#Failed_%22Project_Kangaroo%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BritBox#Failed_%22Project_Kang...