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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 theluggage on Thursday July 19 2018, @03:56PM

    by theluggage (1797) on Thursday July 19 2018, @03:56PM (#709453)

    but they can't be bothered to find a way to make paid international access possible.

    There's nothing "odd" about the BBC in that respect: Like any other broadcaster, they sell their shows to other broadcasters/distributors around the world for serious money and you only get to see what your local broadcaster chooses to buy. In the UK, you don't get to see a US (or Swiss, for that matter) show unless a UK broadcaster or streamer licenses it. Even with Netflix/Amazon etc. you only legitimately get the local version of that service, which only carries the shows that they choose to release in your country.

    Even in the UK, the BBC streaming service, iPlayer, doesn't carry everything forever - much of it is only available for a few weeks after broadcast. After that, you'll have to buy a DVD or hope that Netflix or someone picks it up (there's a ton of BBC shows on Netflix UK).

    But that's the international TV industry in general, nothing to do withe the BBC.

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