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Note that the BBC is funded primarily by what's known as a "TV License"[0] in the UK - I think it's entirely possible they could probably increase ads or someth
by martin_ 3y ago
Note that the BBC is funded primarily by what's known as a "TV License"[0] in the UK - I think it's entirely possible they could probably increase ads or something for international viewers but understand why it isn't their area of focus
[0] https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/governance/licencefee https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/governance/licencefee
- TillE 3y agoPeople - including politicians - have said for many years that the BBC should sell iPlayer subscriptions to international viewers, but they just...don't. They also have a massive archive of beloved content, enough to be a first-class streaming platform, but that stuff's not available even to UK residents.
- PokemonNoGo 3y agoProbably because with their current scheme they liscens the material for other markets and thus would be in violation of these kind of deals? As well as their co-funding/producing of foreign material. The question I would as as a liscense payer is what they earn through this. Not saying it's not possible but why it is quite the hard thing to get out of, and not spend liscens money while doing so, makes sense. I would guess someone has made these calculations once or twice too. Pretty sure it's not that they "just don't" though.
- reaperducer 3y agoliscens the material for other markets and thus would be in violation of these kind of deals? Except that the BBC does it all the time. You can watch lots of BBC content - even current stuff - in other countries. ABC in Australia, and Acorn streaming or PBS OTA in the US.
- ceejayoz 3y agoThose are the licensed deals.
- dave333 3y agoBBC should put its entire archive free online ad supported for international users and ad free for UK viewers. Then the popular items could migrate behind a premium paywall over time.
- netsharc 3y agoGrandparent poster just responded why it's not that easy, and your demand is to ask for the thing s/he just explained is hard to do..? I know I should just leave these sort of replies alone rather than say "WTF?", but WTF, dude?
- netsharc 3y agoThe car show Top Gear had (maybe still has?) great music because the BBC has a license to almost any piece of music (since they have several radio channels in the UK, a musician would be insane to refuse a license to the BBC), but the DVD version sold internationally would replace the music with something generic, I'm guessing it's the same with the version broadcast internationally. When the trio that made Too Gear a huge show moved to Amazon's Grand Tour, one of the things that suffered was the music, because I guess Amazon didn't want to bother getting licenses to broadcast music in many many countries.
- dools 3y agoIsn’t that what Britbox is?
- majjam 3y agoI believe the bbc provides its shows internationally via other channels, for e.g. https://www.bbcselect.com/watch/take-me-to-titanic/ https://www.bbcselect.com/watch/take-me-to-titanic/
- smcin 3y agoBBC Select is only in US and Canada, not in rest of world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Select_(streaming_service) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Select_(streaming_service)
- OJFord 3y ago> Note that the BBC is funded primarily by what's known as a "TV License"[0] in the UK Well, as 'TV Licence', since that's the spelling of the noun outside the US ;)
- aerio 3y agoOi m8 U got a loicense for that tv?