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'Netflix Effect' Poses Challenge to British TV

posted by mrpg on Thursday July 19 2018, @07:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the please-dont-adapt-anime dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

BBC:

Video streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime now have more subscribers than traditional pay TV services in the UK, new data from Ofcom has revealed.

The media regulator says British TV will have to change the way it operates if it wants to compete with the internet giants.

Sharon White, Ofcom's chief executive, says: "We'd love to see broadcasters such as the BBC work collaboratively with ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 so that they have got that scale to compete globally, making shows together, co-producing great shows that all of us can watch.

"I think it would be great to see a British Netflix."

BrexitFlix?

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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by c0lo on Thursday July 19 2018, @08:45AM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 19 2018, @08:45AM (#709281) Journal

    BrexitFlix? Really? A streaming service specialised in a narrow niche of tragicomedy?

    What are the chances of a sizeable and stable audience? Oh, sorry, my bad. I forgot they will have a captive audience.

    (grin)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @09:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 19 2018, @09:23AM (#709294)

    BrexitFlix? Really? A streaming service specialised in a narrow niche of tragicomedy?

    That's no way to talk about the EU, especially given Mr Junker's struggle with "sciatica". [euobserver.com]

  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday July 19 2018, @09:59AM

    by Arik (4543) on Thursday July 19 2018, @09:59AM (#709304) Journal
    Actually, if well handled, this could have a ginormous potential audience, all the way from Russia to Spain.
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