Britbox: The new streaming service

[snips86x]

https://www.britbox.co.uk/

BritBox, a streaming service offering shows from ITV, the BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5, has launched in the UK.

Downton Abbey, Gavin & Stacey, Wolf Hall, Love Island and Broadchurch are among the shows available.

C4 and C5 have come on board after ITV and the BBC announced BritBox as a way to get into the paid streaming market.

The service will cost £5.99 per month and will mostly feature classic series, but will also include new shows, beginning with Lambs of God.

The drama stars The Handmaid's Tale's Ann Dowd, The End of the ******* World's Jessica Barden and Essie Davis from The White Princess as nuns living on a remote island. It was originally shown on Australian TV in July.

Free 30 days, I've signed up to see what it's like (wil probably cancel to be fair)

 

[robfosters]

Should be free for TV licence holders.

 

[snips86x]

Should be free for TV licence holders.

Not sure how I feel about that but I do see your point. I won't pay the BBC, but then again I don't watch live TV.

 

[robfosters]

Not sure how I feel about that but I do see your point. I won't pay the BBC, but then again I don't watch live TV.

I’m being asked to pay for the same stuff all over again. If not free, at least a reduced rate of a couple of quid a month.

At least it’s ad free.

 

[MissChief]

BBC content should be available to anyone who signs up. ITV, Ch4 and Ch5 content not so.

 

[Armageus]

Expect we will see a gradual reduction in content on the likes of iplayer, as it gets moved over to this to maximize revenue.

Beginning of the end imo.

 

[robfosters]

Beginning of the end imo.

Of iPlayer or the world?

 

[MonkeyBasher]

I all ready pay quite a large amount every month for a TV licence and have done for years.
That was spent on producing this content and I expect paying the devs who made this service. Expecting me to pay top whack on top of that is just not on tbh.

There are only so many hours in a day you can spend watching TV. Paying for this and a standard license is just a no no.
As above. The only way this will succeed is by removing content from other services and putting it behind the paywall.

Also at this rate this is going to be very little content on netflix. Disney, Marvel, HBO, AMC, Warner and now BBC.

.. doesnt support chromecast

 

[darkgen]

Expect we will see a gradual reduction in content on the likes of iplayer, as it gets moved over to this to maximize revenue.

Beginning of the end imo.

There goes their licence fee then. I think the BBC need to give it up. They've had a magnificent run.

I'm a current license fee payer btw.

 

[Em3bbs]

It's all very well saying you've already paid for the content, but believe it or not it's not free to maintain and run a streaming media platform. It's really bloody expensive.

It's a bit like going into HMV and demanding all the BBC DVD/Blurays for free because you paid your license fee.

 

[Armageus]

believe it or not it's not free to maintain and run a streaming media platform. It's really bloody expensive.

Despite the fact they've been doing it for years for "free".
must have cost a fortune to hook up a couple more NAS drives to store content, and add a payment storefront

 

[Em3bbs]

Despite the fact they've been doing it for years for "free".
must have cost a fortune to hook up a couple more NAS drives to store content, and add a payment storefront

iPlayer generally only had 30 day or less old content until recently - this is a massive library. I'll not subscribe to it myself as the content doesn't really interest me, but I'm glad that it will be revenue generating so not coming out of my license fee.

 

[cheesyboy]

There's not actually much on iplayer, so this isn't likely to take away from that, tbh.

I'll never sign up for it, though. It just simply isn't the content I want to watch: that's why I have Netflix and Prime.

 

[Malevolence]

iPlayer generally only had 30 day or less old content until recently - this is a massive library.

Yes, a massive library that should be made available free of charge, the BBC archives at least, to licence payers via the already up and running iPlayer. And besides, iPlayer is available on my Samsung Smart TV, whilst the Britbox app doesn't appear to be available.

 

[sideways14a]

Just signed up for a nosy - it will have to add a lot more to it library if it wants to keep me as a sub though.

 

[Em3bbs]

Yes, a massive library that should be made available free of charge, the BBC archives at least, to licence payers via the already up and running iPlayer. And besides, iPlayer is available on my Samsung Smart TV, whilst the Britbox app doesn't appear to be available.

Why should it be made free of charge? BBC Studios (part owner of Britbox) has nothing to do with iPlayer, it's a commercial arm which helps fund the BBC on top of the license fee. Ironically their service will help to fund and improve iPlayer though.

You're not losing anything, you're just getting more choice that at the end of the day will help fund the BBC.

 

[Malevolence]

Why should it be made free of charge?

Why? Because the programming was funded by tax licence payers money, that's why.

 

[Em3bbs]

Why? Because the programming was funded by tax licence payers money, that's why.

And Britbox will pay to use the content, which will end up helping fund more BBC programmes. Is it really that hard to understand? It's no different to Netflix or Amazon paying to show BBC programmes.

 

[cheesyboy]

There's a lot of stupid surrounding this stuff.

 

[MissChief]

So I wonder how long content on the BBC will take to come into this service given that they want to increase the time content stays on iPlayer from 30 days to up to a year.