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Why in gods name is iplayer not a paid service outside UK? That could easily pay for your NHS.
by kramerger 4y ago
Why in gods name is iplayer not a paid service outside UK?
That could easily pay for your NHS.
- walthamstow 4y agoI appreciate your frustration but your numbers are off by more than a hundred billion pounds, even if we assume iPlayer to be as popular as Netflix Netflix global revenue 2022 $32bn UK NHS budget 2022 £153bn
- grey_earthling 4y agoBasically, copyright. The BBC generally doesn't have the rights to stream programmes outside the UK. Even within the UK, they often don't have the rights to stream programmes they've acquired for linear broadcast (typically sport). Often they don't have the rights to repeat programmes made by or for the BBC, because they sold those rights to other channels/companies. For example, for Doctor Who's 50th anniversary, they repeated the first story, but could only broadcast it on linear TV, not on demand. Also, the BBC is not the UK government and doesn't fund the NHS :)
- Gravityloss 4y agoThink how rich the writers and actors could also become...