Blocking iPlayer Live Streams

Cornucopia

So you don't know what laws will be in place, what they will make illegal, what might be contractual, what might be decriminialised, what might be possible using new applications of existing technologies, what might be possible using new technologies not yet invented, whether the TVL will ever get caught for their various crimes and misdemeanours - throwing the whole thing into disrepute, or whether David Cameron will finally flip and make the BBC run theme parks.

Okay then.

VisionMan

I'm not a flipping psychic if thats what you mean.:) I was talking to almillar about the freeview spectrum.

Cornucopia

So what were posts #2 and #4 all about?

Taking my nice factual thread all off at a psychic tangent.

VisionMan

Fair enough. But the BBC have applied for it. What happens who knows?

Cornucopia

Who has applied for what from whom?

And what does the "application" consist of?

almillar

dead man walking

at least a decade to twenty years

These two things are not the same at all in my book. Freeview's going nowhere, is the most popular TV platform, and is not a 'dead man walking'. What was your point again?!

VisionMan

Thank you all for your replies. And I will take all your statements and replies as the final say on the matter.

VisionMan

This is only a rumour but you never know...

The BBC keeps taking hits rather than making them. Days after the iconic broadcaster announced it was cutting more than 1000 jobs to make up for a shortfall in its license fee revenues, a report in the Sunday Times today claims the BBC will also face a bill in excess of $1 billion for new welfare charges. The public broadcaster is being asked to absorb the cost of the license fee for viewers over age 75 as the government attempts to shift the cost currently covered by the Department for Work and Pensions- off its books. The measures are expected to be announced Wednesday during the unveiling of the Chancellor’s budget.

In return, it is being mooted, the BBC will be able to begin charging for its popular digital catch-up service iPlayer.


http://deadline.com/2015/07/bbc-george-osborne-tony-hall-jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-cuts-conservative-1201470799/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33400935

Cornucopia

My understanding is that this is a done deal, exactly as the (US?) clipping above has it.

- The BBC will absorb the costs of the over-75 free Licences until at least the end of this Parliament.

- After that, the BBC will decide whether to continue with the concession.

- In return, the BBC will be allowed to charge for access to iPlayer - the exact details are not known, although it seems likely that this will be by way of a separate charging infrastructure, and not by extension of the TV Licence.

This meets the Cornucopia Public Policy Paradox criterion: no one will be entirely happy with it.

This is the way it should pan out, if the BBC have been honest with the Government about the disarray of TV Licence enforcement. If not, and if the Government extends the Licence to video-on-demand, I expect a great wailing and gnashing of teeth - particularly from Students & Generation Rent who would be most affected.

In this instance, their arguments about the young subsidising the old would of course be absolutely true.

Swipe

I really hope they do begin charging for iplayer, even for existing TV licence payers. Then it will put a stop to the 'free-loader' argument for those that don't pay for a licence.