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Originally Posted by denphone
You have been saying that for a eternity OB and still we wait...
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That does not mean they will monetise all their assets.
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You seem very overconfident in Britbox's future success as perhaps you need to be reminded of Project Kangaroo and then there was the BBC's ill fated BBC Store experiment which lasted exactly two years so who says Britbox is going to be the great success you hope it is going to be OB.
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Project Kangaroo never got launched because of the competition authorities' worries. Worries that have been put into perspective now because of Netflix's popularity. PK was pretty much identical to BritBox, the only real difference is timing and market changes. They are so worried about overseas companies decimating the UK TV industry they are no longer worried about the lack of UK competition that them all cooperating for BritBox would mean.
And it is likely the rights to UK shows
in the UK market will become exclusive to a combination of BritBox and the big UK broadcasters own services (ITV Hub, All4, iPlayer) so UK customers won't be watching them via likes of Netflix (unless they are co-productions). Disney withdrew rights for their content from Netflix, UK broadcasters will gradually likely do the same, except for international markets.