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denphone · 29-11-2021, 12:56

Britbox flash sale 12 months for £29.99.

New customers only.

https://watch.britbox.co.uk/

1701-e · 29-11-2021, 14:26

£29.98 too much

Carth · 29-11-2021, 14:38

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£29.98 too much

Yep.
Forces TV (if available in your area) is much better . . and free

Legendkiller2k · 29-11-2021, 15:03

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Originally Posted by denphone

Britbox flash sale 12 months for £29.99.

New customers only.

https://watch.britbox.co.uk/

Vm customers may be getting this free in the near future there are talks going on, it's very early stages at this time.

Mad Max · 29-11-2021, 18:09

Brilliant, can't wait to watch, Nuns on the run/Footballers wives.

OLD BOY · 29-11-2021, 18:23

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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

Vm customers may be getting this free in the near future there are talks going on, it's very early stages at this time.

Good idea. While they are at it, they could also get Acorn and provide it free. VM must have a lot of money sloshing about now that they don’t have to fork out for Fox, the lost Disney channels, etc. Spending it on some of the cheaper streamers sounds good to me!

Legendkiller2k · 29-11-2021, 19:12

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Good idea. While they are at it, they could also get Acorn and provide it free. VM must have a lot of money sloshing about now that they don’t have to fork out for Fox, the lost Disney channels, etc. Spending it on some of the cheaper streamers sounds good to me!

Acorn are owned by AMC Networks we all know who they're currently in bed with in the UK.

jfman · 29-11-2021, 19:57

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Good idea. While they are at it, they could also get Acorn and provide it free. VM must have a lot of money sloshing about now that they don’t have to fork out for Fox, the lost Disney channels, etc. Spending it on some of the cheaper streamers sounds good to me!

Quite the assumption that they have money “sloshing about”. In practice - they’re saving pennies per subscriber with all of this minority interest content and almost certainly will not be throwing money hand over fist at fledgeling streamers who are responsible for splintering the content in the first place!

OLD BOY · 29-11-2021, 19:57

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Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

Acorn are owned by AMC Networks we all know who they're currently in bed with in the UK.

True, but I don’t think Acorn is offered by BT, so that shouldn’t’t be affected by any exclusivity agreements. Hopefully!

buckeye · 30-11-2021, 16:05

You can also get Britbox for 1p a month for 3 months within Amazon channels

SnoopZ · 30-11-2021, 16:07

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Originally Posted by buckeye

You can also get Britbox for 1p a month for 3 months within Amazon channels

Too expensive. Lol

**Hugh** · 30-11-2021, 16:24

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-59476662

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Two people have been arrested as part of a police investigation into illegal streaming.

Officers carrying out a warrant in Oadby, Leicestershire, found equipment "relating to the dissemination of paid-for TV services through internet protocol television" on Monday.

A man, 33, and a 48-year-old woman were held on suspicion of infringing copyright by communicating work.

Both have been released under investigation.

Leicestershire Police said they also shut down the online platform where people were accessing subscription material, with a message warning users against illegal streaming displayed instead.

Kieron Sharp, from FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft), said the police raid sent a message "not only to those facilitating this illegal activity but also to those choosing to consume content in this way".

"Providing illegal streaming services is a serious crime and consumers paying for these services should be aware that they are giving their money directly to criminals," he said.

Jaymoss · 30-11-2021, 16:32

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-59476662

This has been a long time coming. Surprised it has taken so long. I first got interested in Graphical menu Design of a certain legal Media Player around 2014.

At that time illegal IPTV was few and far between, most illegal tv content was card sharing. In the last 5 years IPTV sellers have rocketed and now any Tom Dick or Harriot can buy enough tokens to resell streams to thousands of customers for pence each.

These guys may well be restreamers and have their own kit but now it is massive business and of the course prolific it is the more attractive it is to the authorities

Will be interested in seeing if it actually goes anywhere

Incidentally it is not against the law in the US the same as it is here

OLD BOY · 01-12-2021, 00:54

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Originally Posted by jfman

Quite the assumption that they have money “sloshing about”. In practice - they’re saving pennies per subscriber with all of this minority interest content and almost certainly will not be throwing money hand over fist at fledgeling streamers who are responsible for splintering the content in the first place!

A bit of your bias coming out here, jfman.

denphone · 01-12-2021, 08:26

A interesting article regarding traditional television and streaming viewing figures done by Barb.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...its-finds-barb