Quote:
Originally Posted by muppetman11
It will struggle in my opinion for several reasons
1. Only available on TV from launch on Samsung TV and Apple TV.
2. On the link posted here today it says they'll still have content on Netflix , Amazon etc.
3. Many pay TV deals in place for archive BBC and ITV content for those who have traditional pay TV.
4. iPlayer has certain Boxsets available
5. UKTV still show many of the old shows.
6. Too much competition from bigger global players many of which they are still making content available on.
|
Indeed as we have a LG TV which are popular TV's but there are many households with Sony , Panasonic and other makes of TV as well.
Having content still on Amazon , Netflix etc is not a good start either.
Having pay TV deals in place for archive BBC and ITV content for those who have traditional pay TV was always going to be another significant barrier as you have pointed out.
As yourself and many have already pointed out in that UKTV has much of this older content which is another barrier to take up.
Britbox remind me of a non league football team who is trying to stick one on a much bigger opponent and generally 99% of the time the ending does not end well.