BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

The fast growth of streaming services and pay-TV are "challenging the very
premise of mandatory fees", according to a study by PwC

Internet television services such as Netflix and Amazon Fire are
"challenging the very premise of mandatory fees" for the BBC and other
public broadcasters, according to a major study of the global media sector.

The rise of streaming is altering the landscape of the television industry,
the report by PwC said, contributing to "unprecedented pressure" on "the
notion of the public licence fee".

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/...lix/ar-BBkCIrS

BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

In article , says...

The fast growth of streaming services and pay-TV are "challenging the very
premise of mandatory fees", according to a study by PwC

Internet television services such as Netflix and Amazon Fire are
"challenging the very premise of mandatory fees" for the BBC and other
public broadcasters, according to a major study of the global media sector.

The rise of streaming is altering the landscape of the television industry,
the report by PwC said, contributing to "unprecedented pressure" on "the
notion of the public licence fee".

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/...lix/ar-BBkCIrS

There is no such service as "Amazon Fire".

BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

On 03/06/2015 22:34, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jun 2015 21:37:31 +0100, Yellow wrote:

In article , says...

The fast growth of streaming services and pay-TV are "challenging the very
premise of mandatory fees", according to a study by PwC

Internet television services such as Netflix and Amazon Fire are
"challenging the very premise of mandatory fees" for the BBC and other
public broadcasters, according to a major study of the global media sector.

The rise of streaming is altering the landscape of the television industry,
the report by PwC said, contributing to "unprecedented pressure" on "the
notion of the public licence fee".

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/...lix/ar-BBkCIrS

There is no such service as "Amazon Fire".

and The Daily Telegraph is anti-BBC.


Thought it was $ky who will be under pressure?

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d83a8000-851a-11e4-ab4e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3c2ep8Z82

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BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

On 04/06/2015 08:29, Martin wrote:

Use of iPlayer has dropped by 30% in the last few months.

Dating back to the time when the BBC messed around with the access
methods for iplayer perhaps?

Jim

BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

Its not doing that for other client groups such as the blind and more
elderly I'm afraid. Somebody needs to look at the demographics instead of
the buzz word trendies who use these services.

Brian

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The fast growth of streaming services and pay-TV are "challenging the very
premise of mandatory fees", according to a study by PwC

Internet television services such as Netflix and Amazon Fire are
"challenging the very premise of mandatory fees" for the BBC and other
public broadcasters, according to a major study of the global media
sector.

The rise of streaming is altering the landscape of the television
industry, the report by PwC said, contributing to "unprecedented pressure"
on "the notion of the public licence fee".

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/news/...lix/ar-BBkCIrS

BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

In message , Martin
writes
If the subtitles weren't on when you recorded a programme using a Sky
box, you can't turn them on when you replay the recording.

Are you sure about that? I thought I remembered doing so when watching a
recording I'd made of "Moone Boy", when I was struggling with some of
the Irish accents. But since I recorded some episodes and watched others
live, I could be mistaken.
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BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

In message , Indy Jess John
writes
On 04/06/2015 08:29, Martin wrote:

Use of iPlayer has dropped by 30% in the last few months.

Dating back to the time when the BBC messed around with the access
methods for iplayer perhaps?

Plus, maybe, an increasingly impenetrable website. Too many pages, to
many graphics, too many options, too many selections to make.


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BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

Martin wrote:

: In message , Martin
: writes
: If the subtitles weren't on when you recorded a programme using a Sky
: box, you can't turn them on when you replay the recording.
:
: Are you sure about that?

: Yes.

Well it works for ME all the time! I can turn subtitles on and off on
programmes recorded on my Sky+ box!!!! It has ALWAYS worked like this.

BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

In article ,
Indy Jess John wrote:
On 04/06/2015 08:29, Martin wrote:

Use of iPlayer has dropped by 30% in the last few months.

Dating back to the time when the BBC messed around with the access
methods for iplayer perhaps?


It's dropped to zero here ...

....
INFO: Getting tv Index Feeds (this may take a few minutes)
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for BBC Alba -
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for BBC Alba -
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for BBC Alba -
WARNING: Failed to get programme index feed for BBC Alba - /category/signed

[/etc /etc]

Have they broken something new? (get_iplayer v2.91, last working about 3 days ago,
radio still ok, TV does that for every channel)

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BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

In article , Mike
wrote:

Have they broken something new? (get_iplayer v2.91, last working about 3
days ago, radio still ok, TV does that for every channel)

Yes, the BBC have just changed the way the system works. However the gip
developers sorted out the situation within a day or so. You should now use
gip 2.94. The release notes are the same as for 2.93. (2.94 bugfixes a
problem with 2.93.)

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_i...iki/release293

Expect more changes...

Jim

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BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

In article ,
Jim Lesurf wrote:

Have they broken something new? (get_iplayer v2.91, last working about 3
days ago, radio still ok, TV does that for every channel)

Yes, the BBC have just changed the way the system works. However the gip
developers sorted out the situation within a day or so. You should now use
gip 2.94. The release notes are the same as for 2.93. (2.94 bugfixes a
problem with 2.93.)

https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_i...iki/release293

Expect more changes...

I looked and saw 2.92, but no specific comment that "We have un-broken
what the Beeb broke" was noticed ...

Job for tomorrow then, ta! :)

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BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

1) Would this be the same PWC who are hand in glove with the major
media companies for a chunk of their income?

2) Who funded this research?

3) Who benefits from this report?

BBC licence fee under 'unprecedented pressure' from Netflix
 

On 07/06/2015 21:24, A.N.Other wrote:

1) Would this be the same PWC who are hand in glove with the major
media companies for a chunk of their income?

2) Who funded this research?

3) Who benefits from this report?

I don't know the answer to your first two questions, but the answer to
this one is easy. Assuming the research and recommendations were part of
a process which led to the abolition of the compulsory BBC licence
(perhaps with the BBC adopting a subscription model, perhaps not), the
the beneficiaries would include everyone who wishes to use a television
set to watch FTA and subscription commercial services but does not wish
to contribute to the BBC (no matter what reason they might have for that
preference).