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500,000 households cancel TV licence putting BBC future in jeopardy (inews.co.uk)
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[–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

The problem here is that they are used to the model where they sell a license to say Sherlock for US audiences and it's Netflix that buys that for a huge pile of cash. Could they probably make a lot more by cutting out the middle man? Sure, but then they'd have to support all those users directly.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    Most of the content is sold abroad via BBC worldwide, which has different rules from the rest of BBC when it comes to profit.

    The government under Cameron blocked the BBC turning iplayer into netflix back when that was still possible as the Conservatives hate the BBC even after they neutered it with many changes including making the license fee optional if you own a tv but don't watch BBC or live tv.

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