BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
14-03-2012, 02:35
|
#1
|
Inactive
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Midlands
Age: 55
Services: VM: V.I.P, 50mb.
Posts: 222
|
BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
What's fairer than 'pay as you go'?
Quote:
Analysis Is it fair to ask people to pay a second time for media they've already paid for? Or is it fair to charge people for media they never use - and send them to prison if they decline to pay? Of these two injustices, which is the greater?
|
Quote:
Last week, PaidContent UK revealed a few details on plans by the BBC to charge for repeats through iPlayer. The plans, codenamed "Project Barcelona", envisage previously broadcast shows being made available on-demand for £1.89 a time.
|
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03...fees_analysis/
|
|
|
16-03-2012, 00:48
|
#2
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 16,325
|
Re: BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
Why don't we the public start charging companies for our custom?
we're all in this together. and we all need to make money in these hard times.
everybody is doing it. except for us.
think about it.
|
|
|
16-03-2012, 01:02
|
#3
|
cf.mega poster
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Manchester, UK
Services: ClearFibre Internet, Vodafone mobile Google Pixel 4
Posts: 9,699
|
Re: BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gary L
Why don't we the public start charging companies for our custom?
we're all in this together. and we all need to make money in these hard times.
everybody is doing it. except for us.
think about it.
|
I think you'll find that's called discounting.
We don't pay the 'full' price, therefore they are giving us money...
|
|
|
27-03-2012, 01:25
|
#4
|
Inactive
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: southampton uk
Age: 57
Services: SKY DIG Sky+hd Mullity room(SKY WORLD) SKY BB MAX Sky talk L/r /Takl mobil PAY MO Freevew hd
Posts: 124
|
Re: BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
time For A Sky T1 hd Box for the Mine tv and Freevew + for the 2tv me thinks
|
|
|
27-03-2012, 07:47
|
#5
|
Grumpy Fecker
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Warrington
Age: 64
Services: Every Weekend
Posts: 16,754
|
Re: BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
Quote:
Originally Posted by NO ONE
time For A Sky T1 hd Box for the Mine tv and Freevew + for the 2tv me thinks
|
It will just send me back to those sites where i can get the shows i have already paid for with my tv tax
|
|
|
27-03-2012, 08:29
|
#6
|
The Invisible Woman
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: between Portsmouth and Southampton.
Age: 71
Services: VM XL TV,50 MB VM BB,VM landline, Tivo
Posts: 40,164
|
Re: BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
To be fair other channels also limit the time you can view their programmes after it has been aired.Chanel4 and 5 certainly do and they also do so online..
What I'm wondering is where this would leave VM's content on demand with iPlayer.
__________________
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Shakespeare..
|
|
|
27-03-2012, 08:48
|
#7
|
Permanently Banned
Join Date: Apr 2011
Age: 56
Services: XL TV, XL Phone, 30mb BB, 1TB Tivo
Posts: 3,722
|
Re: BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sirius
It will just send me back to those sites where i can get the shows i have already paid for with my tv tax
|
Did you not actually read the article then? The "TV Tax" (sic) only pays for the programme to be shown on the BBC a set number of times. (This is sometimes a lot but mostly just the once or twice.)
After that, the rights revert back to the indy company that made it for them to sell on to either another channel (ie Sky, UKTV, Paramount, etc.) or sell on DVD, etc.
So your reasoning is completely and utterly incorrect. It was also described (and right derided!) in the article.
|
|
|
27-03-2012, 09:22
|
#8
|
Inactive
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: 127.0.0.1
Age: 59
Posts: 15,868
|
Re: BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
On demand players do offer us the viewer increased choice, but when the success of a programme is judged by audience size, do the iplayer things count towards this? For the commercial channels although I see they are starting to slip in some adverts, that amount is less than they get on the main TV programming, so are they loosing revenue? iplayer type catch up broadcasting has been the big revolution in TV in the last couple of years, and in many respects is no worse than us recording stuff on our V+ or whatever to view later. But perhaps the TV companies shot themselves in the foot by not wanting a small charge at the outset. To introduce it now, will just attract a backlash.
|
|
|
27-03-2012, 09:28
|
#9
|
Trollsplatter
Cable Forum Team
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: North of Watford
Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests
Posts: 36,959
|
Re: BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
Iplayer views do not count as part of official BARB figures but the BBC monitors the stats internally and has a pretty good idea of how valuable the iplayer is for extending the reach of its programmes.
I suspect what they are talking about here is putting up their entire back-catalogue and charging for access to it, rather than charging people for the 7-day catch-up. In which case, I don't see the difference between buying acces to content on the iplayer and buying access via a DVD. We have a modest DVD collection but with the exception of the kids' stuff the discs rarely get played more than once. I think I would prefer to pay one lower price to watch something once and not bother having to keep a copy of it on the shelf.
|
|
|
27-03-2012, 10:16
|
#10
|
Virgin Media Staff
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Manchester
Services: 360 x2, Maxit TV, Sky Sports and Sky Cinema. Gig1
Posts: 17,929
|
Re: BBC threaten iPlayer repeat fees
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
I suspect what they are talking about here is putting up their entire back-catalogue and charging for access to it, rather than charging people for the 7-day catch-up.
|
Indeed, as the BBC say themselves
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17368514
Quote:
Project Barcelona to see BBC open archive for downloads
|
Personally I think that Register article completely misunderstands what it is
__________________
I work for Virgin Media but all views are my own.
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 11:20.
|