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UK citizens pay for a TV license which gives them access to BBC broadcasts - through IPlayer, freeview TV, radio, and websites. The BBC is also able to sell DV
by blowski 14y ago
UK citizens pay for a TV license which gives them access to BBC broadcasts - through IPlayer, freeview TV, radio, and websites.
The BBC is also able to sell DVDs of their programs in the UK, and internationally (through BBC World). In theory, DRM would prevent people selling bootlegged copies that would severely impact this revenue stream.
- DanBC 14y ago> UK citizens pay for a TV license which gives them access to BBC broadcasts More correctly, UK citizens pay for a TV licence which gives them access to any tv broadcast. TV and broadcast are defined in law, but it's pretty much anything broadcast live over any medium. Thus, people living in the south of England who use a satellite dish to receive French telly (and nothing else) will need to pay a licence fee. Weirdly, I use the BBC a lot (all day radio, Video on demand) and don't need to pay the licence.