Thread: VOD Netflix/Streaming Services
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Old 19-07-2019, 21:37   #5740
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by muppetman11 View Post
Sky have agreements for both BBC and ITV Boxsets certainly enough to make it not worth me paying £5.99 for this epecially when it's content I've seen many times.
I would not pay a bean for it if it was only archived material. I guess it depends how much in the way of original material also finds its way on here.

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Originally Posted by oliver1948uk View Post
I was surprised to read that the BBC has only a 10 percent share in Britbox. ITV has 90 percent. No mention of anyone else.

From the viewers point of view, I fail to see how all these payable streaming services are better than the current system where both new and old series are available to watch on channels even in the cheaper bundles. Will the older programmes be pulled from channels such as Drama to go onto Britbox thus forcing the channels to close down?
The big advantage is being able to see what you want, when you want, but a substantial proportion of the (mainly older) population has yet to make that conversion of faith and still tend to stay with the scheduled TV channels for the majority of their viewing.

I believe that all the UKTV channels will close at some point and so those programmes would then be found only on Britbox. I have read that this will happen sooner rather than later, but I am not yet convinced that it will happen in the next couple of years. I would not rule it out, though.
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