ITV to charge for ITV Player

gothic_hobbit · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:55

ITV = Katie Price chav TV

Relentless81 · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:56

Cant remember the last time I watched anything on ITV

Glaucus · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:58

flibbage0 said:
You don't need to know a lot about computers and electronics to know how to record something on sky+

that's not what I'm saying. There's a huge portion of society who do not have virgin/sky subscription and don't have a pvr.

Stretch · 27 Jul 2011 at 16:59

AcidHell2 said:
that's not what I'm saying. There's a huge portion of society who do not have virgin/sky subscription and don't have a pvr.

They will if ITV start charging for for their internet player and they want to watch recorded ITV content.

Glaucus · 27 Jul 2011 at 17:01

So for the sake of a few £ they are going to buy or subscribe to something that costs hundreds and that if they charge for such programs. It's micro payments, open to interpretation but I'm thinking very low cost like 50p a show.
And for something that doesn't support mobile devices. Think of the age group of itv viewers. Young and middle age women, plenty with smart phones and for lack of a better word chavy.

Sinny · 27 Jul 2011 at 17:04

[DOD]Asprilla;19679925 said:
Discounting taste in content if everyone is recording stuff then why is iPlayer one of the most requested sites in the UK?

Because it's part of the lisence fee and you don't actually have to pay for it, with taste being put into it the BBC has a better variety of shows where as most people I know only watch ITV for stuff like Dancing on ice which is usually watched then and there on the telly.

I can't see this taking off as a payed model.

Russinating · 27 Jul 2011 at 17:06

Wouldn't care less apart from ITV4. Used ITV Player a fair bit to watch Le Tour de France and they've also got the rights to the Europa League.

sithlord · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:21

Must be trying to make their cash back on buying that junk of a site friendsreunited. I LOL at the amount of money they paid for it.

Westyfield2 · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:27

Last time I watched ITV was Downton Abbey! Rest of it is complete garbage.

kylew · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:30

a1ex2001 said:
The internet revolution is going through a period of change the free content we are use to having isn't bringing in any revenue for the companies supplying it so they are exploring other avenues. Expect to see a lot of companies trying to introduce fees for services that were previously free advertising revenue just isn't stretching far enough.

I'm not sure if it is the right move for companies in general or ITV in particular but I've always been amazed by the amount of free content on the web and convinced it was unsustainable. It maybe that in future we look back at this golden era of free internet content and wonder how it was ever possible to get so much for so little.

Putting fees in place won't automatically mean they'll be increasing revenue though. I'd be inclined to think that a lot of people are interested in the content, but not enough to pay for it. People pay enough for TV already in the form of a TV license, I know I'll definitely not be paying for any ITV player service, or any other *channel* Player. I'll either find it on youtube, or I'll be ready to download through newsgroups within hours of broadcasting.

I really wish these large companies would just accept the internet age rather than constantly thinking of these massively flawed plans on how to make more money to sustain their own plans. If it's unsustainable, drop it or go through Youtube. I suspect it's got nothing to do with sustainability though and more to do with "X people are using ITV Player, if we charged X we'd be making X" almost assuming that all users will translate in to paying users.

Crizzy · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:41

ITWhat?

vincent1989 · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:42

haha! ITV would have to pay me to watch nine tenths of the crap they produce!

Tute · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:42

I would pay a small fee monthly for iPlayer (a few quid), but i'd not pay for ITVPlayer sadly, there's just not enough that I watch on it.

HangTime · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:43

[DOD]Asprilla;19679925 said:
Discounting taste in content if everyone is recording stuff then why is iPlayer one of the most requested sites in the UK?

I think the point was that people have the capability to record. Currently, they may not bother with the odd program since they know they can get it on iPlayer anyway. Lets say I'm at the office, and have to work late. There's a show on BBC I really want to watch. I could login to sky and set it to remote record.... or just not bother and then download it on iPlayer later.

If iPlayer started charging, then obviously I'd go for the remote record option.

Bry · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:47

I think the only times in the last year that I have watched ITV have been when the footy is on..

Kenai · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:51

I wouldn't pay for ITV Player purely on the basis it's crap and has never provided me a smooth consistent stream where iPlayer and 4od have no issues at all.

HamZilla · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:52

Paying to watch Jeremy Kyle?

shifty_uk · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:54

ITV/STV is horrendous and their web player represents this perfectly. No one will pay for a service that's hardly in demand.

zpos · 27 Jul 2011 at 19:58

Only ever used ITV player once and gave up the minute it tried to force me to watch an ad. Thanks but no thanks.

Monkeynut · 27 Jul 2011 at 20:09

I can't think of a thing ITV produces that's worth watching, apart from the odd film they might have on ITV2. Load of rubbish.