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Sadly, I still need to buy occasional physical media. For some reason, none of the streaming services has recent seasons of Doctor Who in my European country.
by throwawat84i52 3y ago
Sadly, I still need to buy occasional physical media.
For some reason, none of the streaming services has recent seasons of Doctor Who in my European country. I have to buy Blu-rays from Amazon long after the shows were streamed in the UK.
I just don't understand how the system can be so shitty for consumers. The cost of streaming an additional show is minimal, so there must be some business decisions to not buy/sell the show to all markets. Instead I see lots of "filler" shows that I'm sure will not get the same audience
Is BBC too greedy, or is the purchase process broken?
- hnlmorg 3y agoDistribution rights for content can get pretty complicated. Unnecessarily complicated. There are so many examples of this, like how impossible it is to watch some UK football (soccer) matches online if you live within the UK. If you live outside the UK, then it’s very easy. In the case of those sports matches, it’s because clubs don’t want to risk seeing a drop in ticket sales at the stadium. What might happen with Doctor Who in your country is that someone ones the rights to the original series but someone else owns the rights to the new modern era.