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[jfman]

Originally Posted by Itshim

From geektown ,for those that haven't read it

(Snipped due to long quote)

It’s a bad day for the streaming business model if they’re having to apply creative accounting to give the impression of greater profitability.

Fundamentally there is the opportunity cost of not selling the rights to a third party and eventually the parent company will wake up to it.

I’m going to be bold here and call it now - by 2035 the vast majority of streaming services in the market won’t exist. The model is fundamentally flawed, drives up costs to consumers and introduces unpredictability into the revenue streams of the major conglomerates.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I said he implied it. Stop being such a pedant.

You inferred what he implied with insufficient evidence, then casually employed casuistry when contradicted with actuality…

Oh for gods sake, move on people.

[Itshim]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Not happened to me.

I am remembering my childhood in Batonrouge no idea what happened in UK

[djmagnifique]

Just received an email from BritBox. I'm on the old stand alone BritBox which I signed up to a few years ago on an offer of £30 for the year but it keeps renewing at £30 so I hope it stays like that.

BritBox isn't changing, it's just moving home


Hi there


Freom April 2024 BritBox will be moving to ITVX. When it does you can carry on watching the same brilliant collection of BritBox boxsets and films as before. Only it'll all be on ITVX.


What do I need to do?


You don't need to do anything right now. You can keep watching on the BritBox app or website until the end of April.


In April, your Britbox subscription will switch over to an ITVX Premium subscription. All you'll need to do then is sign into ITVX or set up a new password if you're new to ITVX.


We'll send you an email when it's time to switch over to ITVX.

[jfman]

Another one bites the dust.

Originally Posted by djmagnifique

it keeps renewing at £30 so I hope it stays like that.

It states you'll move to an "ITVX Premium subscription" which cost £60 a year - so that'll likely be your renewal price.

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Originally Posted by jfman

Another one bites the dust.

As best I could tell, the main reason seems to be that BritBox was a partnership between ITV and BBC, and the BBC has pulled out, leaving just ITV, so they are moving it to ITVX as it makes more sense than ITV running two services. Britbox was more expensive than ITVX.

[epsilon]

Originally Posted by jfman

Another one bites the dust.

Almost. The joint venture with the BBC continues for overseas subscribers. New subscribers in the UK have been forwarded to ITVX for many months to subscribe to the premium service. Although stand alone subscriptions have remained available through Amazon Prime.

[Mr K]

All Dr Who going on iplayer probably killed Britbox.

[jfman]

Nobody buying it probably didn't help either.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Mr K

All Dr Who going on iplayer probably killed Britbox.

The other way round. BritBox being absorbed by ITVX was announced two years ago! I suspect the BBC didn't want to have its flagship series on ITVX so put them onto iPLayer before this happened.
https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/...ter-this-year/

[Media Boy UK]

I found The Bill (Before 1998) has moved from BritBox to UKTV Player.

I am watching Series 5 right now.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by jfman

Another one bites the dust.

Is that a problem? They are simply joining the two streamers together. Britbox content is still there on ITVX, and there's a bigger library of new shows including new original material being added all the time for Britbox subscribers.

What's not to like?

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Is that a problem? They are simply joining the two streamers together. Britbox content is still there on ITVX, and there's a bigger library of new shows including new original material being added all the time for Britbox subscribers.

What's not to like?

I’m quite happy for streamers with no viable business model to go, they’re artificially reducing choice and increasing costs across the board so wholly unwelcome.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by jfman

I’m quite happy for streamers with no viable business model to go, they’re artificially reducing choice and increasing costs across the board so wholly unwelcome.

We have much more choice than before Netflix was born. Check out the figures.