Thread: SD BBC to launch BBC One + 1, BBC Store and revamped i player
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Old 09-10-2013, 13:40   #6
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Re: BBC to launch BBC One + 1, BBC Store and revamped i player
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Seriously? There are plenty of channels that show almost nothing except repeats, yet they do just fine with a +1.

+1 and catchup address two different segments of the viewing public. It is a generational issue to a certain extent, with younger people more willing to dive in and use catch up services like iPlayer and older ones less willing to do something new. +1 addresses those that don't want to engage with the technology, and also those that don't like to watch tv on a computer and don't own a TV capable of displaying iPlayer. And there are a lot of those.

The reason the BBC has not run any +1 channels until now is that they believed they had devised a comprehensive catchup solution with the iPlayer. The reason we are now going to get +1 from the BBC is that they have realised the iPlayer is never going to reach as far as they want it to.
You mustn't forget also that even with a 30-day catch up service, which is very welcome by the way, the +1 channels still serve a purpose to those of us who can cope with the TIVO! I am still catching up with recordings that I made towards the end of last year, and so even 30 days is not enough for me on the i-Player! The number of programme clashes I get most evenings between 9 and 11pm means that a +1 BBC channel will be used quite a lot in my house!
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