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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: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday July 19 2018, @12:37PM

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Thursday July 19 2018, @12:37PM (#709345) Homepage
    If all you want to do is connect your ZX Spectrum to a telly in order to use your computer, you need to pay the tax.

    If all you want to do is watch your old home videos that you've converted to VHS, then you need to pay the tax unless you get both the RF receivers in the VCR and the TV removed (at your expense) and also have those procedured certified (also at your expense).

    That's why I call it a tax, it's practically unavoidable. The blind get a discount, big deal.
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