BBC wants to own downloadplatform start

The British broadcaster BBC wants an on-demand service start for his television programs. Many producers see it, however, not due to the financial lwa le uncertainty. The BBC already offers many programs via iPlayer.

The BBC wants a ‘download to own’model setting, where the broadcasting of tv programs translated to 2.25 euros per episode offer, reports PaidContent. Of that price would be the broadcaster 47 cents, content, or 21 percent, as a fee for hosting and distributing the content. The offer would consist of all of the series that the BBC is broadcasting and have broadcast.

Some producers are behind the idea. According to them, would the piracy be able to reduce and at the same time, generate more revenue, but the woordvoerdersorganisatie of British media companies, Pact, has been less enthusiastic. They are concerned about a possible disadvantageous appropriation of profits, loss of exclusivity and lower dvd sales.

BBC already offers many programs via iPlayer, the British variant of Missed. This allows programs to thirty days after broadcast for free to be viewed. The television programmes are only visible from the United Kingdom, but the radio programs are all around to listen.