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As someone living in the U.S., I'd happily pay the ~$18.50/month to have unlimited access to the programming (plus web streaming) that U.K. citizens do.

lifeisstillgood 14y ago
It is rather nice. You guys ought to try it.
- twoodfin 14y ago
  I'd put Netflix ($8/month) + Amazon Prime Video ($6.50/month and Prime shipping included!) up against the BBC's streaming library any time.
  - lifeisstillgood 14y ago
    Its not the library (well, 70 years of back catalogue quality helps) - its the production. Both Netflix and Amazon know this, and are starting up as production companies. Now put that against an organisation who has been world leader since the industry was invented. We have somehow ended up with a jewel that keeps producing fantastic quality work. It will find a way to navigate entertainment for the next 70 years too, I hope.
  - tomrod 14y ago
    Dr. Who--does Amazon Prime update more frequently than Netflix?
sultezdukes 14y ago
Ever heard of Cable or Satellite?
- dkulchenko 14y ago
  British TV license = no ads. Cable/satellite = I'm paying $40 a month and getting ads interrupting what I'm watching every 5 minutes. Also, have you seen British television? The quality of the original programming far surpasses most of the networks we have in the U.S., and is easily on par with premium channels like HBO.
  - DanBC 14y ago
    > British TV license = no ads. The British TV licence pays for BBC TV, and BBC Radio, (Now including the World Service, which used to be funded from the Foreign Office department of government) and the BBC Website stuff. It's amazing. There are some quirks, though. Buying the licence allows you to watch or record tv broadcasts. So, it's possible for a person to never ever use any BBC services but still need a TV Licence. And it's also possible for a person to listen to BBC Radio all day every day, and to heavily use the website, and to watch BBC programmes using the catch up service, but not need to buy a licence. And a lot of people (mostly women) were in prison because they did not pay the fines they got for not having a tv licence. Prison's probably not the right solution for that problem.

lifeisstillgood 14y ago

It is rather nice. You guys ought to try it.

twoodfin 14y ago
I'd put Netflix ($8/month) + Amazon Prime Video ($6.50/month and Prime shipping included!) up against the BBC's streaming library any time.
- lifeisstillgood 14y ago
  Its not the library (well, 70 years of back catalogue quality helps) - its the production. Both Netflix and Amazon know this, and are starting up as production companies. Now put that against an organisation who has been world leader since the industry was invented. We have somehow ended up with a jewel that keeps producing fantastic quality work. It will find a way to navigate entertainment for the next 70 years too, I hope.
- tomrod 14y ago
  Dr. Who--does Amazon Prime update more frequently than Netflix?

sultezdukes 14y ago

Ever heard of Cable or Satellite?

dkulchenko 14y ago
British TV license = no ads. Cable/satellite = I'm paying $40 a month and getting ads interrupting what I'm watching every 5 minutes. Also, have you seen British television? The quality of the original programming far surpasses most of the networks we have in the U.S., and is easily on par with premium channels like HBO.
- DanBC 14y ago
  > British TV license = no ads. The British TV licence pays for BBC TV, and BBC Radio, (Now including the World Service, which used to be funded from the Foreign Office department of government) and the BBC Website stuff. It's amazing. There are some quirks, though. Buying the licence allows you to watch or record tv broadcasts. So, it's possible for a person to never ever use any BBC services but still need a TV Licence. And it's also possible for a person to listen to BBC Radio all day every day, and to heavily use the website, and to watch BBC programmes using the catch up service, but not need to buy a licence. And a lot of people (mostly women) were in prison because they did not pay the fines they got for not having a tv licence. Prison's probably not the right solution for that problem.