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DaveB

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#173179 14-May-2015 10:39
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This from the BBC News about its subscription based iPlayer.

 

"The BBC has confirmed the "global" version of its iPlayer on-demand service will close next month. The corporation had charged users subscription fees to watch programmes via the app in Western Europe, Australia and Canada."

 

It is interesting to note (but not surprising), that "American pay-TV operators had threatened to drop the BBC America channel if the app had launched locally because they believed it would cost them viewers".

It really is a shame because I for one would have signed up in a heartbeat if it had been extended further.



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rlevis
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  #1305196 14-May-2015 14:54
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They could always stop it working in the US and allow the rest of the world to view it.



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  #1305215 14-May-2015 15:28
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An interesting move by BBC
If there was a subscription available at a reasonable price in NZ, I'd pay it.  There isn't, so I don't, but I still watch it

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  #1305216 14-May-2015 15:30
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Same


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