BBC to reinvent iPlayer

[artisticforge .]

hello

having read this news earlier i have been wondering if
this means that the BBC is finally going to go 'global'
and drop the geographical limitations.
Netflix and Amazon Prime are both global.
the offerings may be different depending on where you
are on earth but basically you can watch Netflix or
Amazon Prime Video.

I do realise that some of this is out of the BBC's "hands".
The IP owners have the final say.

The worse scenerio would be for the BBC iPlayer to become
like Apple iTunes. iTunes Users may only purchase media from
the country store that their apple id is registered in. It would be
better than nothing.

i personally have a gut feeling that get_iplayer days are numbered.
There is just too much £ involved. Everybody wants their share of
tea & biscuits.

In the future BBC iPlayer may be the greatest thing, but if it is
still UK only it will not mean all that much.


On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 4:17 AM, Simon Morgan <s.morgan at skm.org.uk> wrote:
> Let's hope that get_iplayer can climb over this potential barrier. Or rather
> those nice people who make get_iplayer possible can find the time etc to
> keep it afloat/
> Rgds
> Simon Morgan
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38579168
>
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