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**Chris** · 29-02-2020, 18:59

To be fair, OB has been predicting the end of linear broadcast TV, with all the monotony of the bloke in sandwich boards outside the market, not the dangers of trying to have a foot in both camps.

It’s absolutely true though, you can’t expect people to pay the same for a library of things they’ve already seen for free as they pay for a library of new content. The only way Britbox can work is if it gets as much new content as Netflix gets. It can’t do that unless ITV decides to bankroll it - under its current charter its unlikely that the BBC would be allowed to do this even via BBC Worldwide, its commercial operation.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,212	Re: Netflix/Streaming Services To be fair, OB has been predicting the end of linear broadcast TV, with all the monotony of the bloke in sandwich boards outside the market, not the dangers of trying to have a foot in both camps. It’s absolutely true though, you can’t expect people to pay the same for a library of things they’ve already seen for free as they pay for a library of new content. The only way Britbox can work is if it gets as much new content as Netflix gets. It can’t do that unless ITV decides to bankroll it - under its current charter its unlikely that the BBC would be allowed to do this even via BBC Worldwide, its commercial operation.