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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 Worl
by 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 agoThe 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 agoFor reference https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BritBox#Failed_%22Project_Kangaroo%22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BritBox#Failed_%22Project_Kang...