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The number of UK subscriptions to streaming services like Netflix has overtaken those to traditional pay TV for the first time, new research from the communications watchdog has found...
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The beeb has raced to the bottom to meet the needs of the lowest common denominator. Reap what you sow auntie. Cash in the attic !!!!!!.
I was thinking the same.
Part of Sky etc 's problem is that people have to buy the basic package, which includes a number of channels with just repeats, before being able to access films. (I refuse to use the US term 'movies')
Fair point, my bad.
Not a rant but if I had a choice of paying £79 per annum for Prime or Paying for the BBC I would happily not bother with the BEEB. As I imagine a huge part of the population would to. I got rid of VM and went Freeview a few years ago.
Live in the real world, see how it works.
I pay for both, I have Now TV and often watch live TV from it.
How long would Freeview last without the BBC?
'As there is no financial relationship with consumers, what is the business model?
We do not make profit but we are shareholder-owned by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Arqiva, a B2B organisation that owns the [digital transmission] networks. The fifth shareholder is Sky, which has been on the board since inception.
For the likes of ITV and Channel 4, they effectively make more money on a Freeview home than they do on a pay TV platform, mainly because they have a better share of channels. They get more eyeballs and more ad revenue, which is why they invest in the platform. The BBC doesn’t make money but it also wants viewers.'
https://www.marketingweek.com/2015/09/30/freeview-qa-1-october/