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Post by Arthur Pringle on May 25, 2017 13:33:46 GMT
As I've bought a couple of programmes from the BBC Store, I got this email today-
"Sadly, we have taken the difficult decision to close BBC Store on 1st November 2017. From today, we are no longer making programmes available to buy on BBC Store. (However, if you have purchased a series pass, those remaining episodes will still appear in My Programmes.)"
They are offering an Amazon Video voucher or full refund for any programmes bought.
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Post by Del Boy on May 30, 2017 20:35:49 GMT
I noticed this in the press the other day. That didn't last long did it?
I think the concept is a good one but it needed to be as good as the others in today's market.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on May 30, 2017 22:09:53 GMT
I think if they'd concentrated on offering niche titles ( the archive stuff that isn't shown on tv much like the Play For Todays ) at a higher bitrate & as a proper download, ie. allowing the buyer to watch the file on their tv, they would've been better off. The Netflix audience isn't the same so it makes no sense competing with them. No point in offering episodes of Dad's Army when you can buy the whole series on dvd for £20. It's the shows that aren't on dvd & aren't seen on tv that they should've exploited. Network were planning on offering shows for download a while back & that plan came to nothing as well.
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Post by Del Boy on May 30, 2017 22:17:23 GMT
Yeah it would make sense for them to plug the gap in the market as there's so much stuff that probably wont ever get a dvd release
or even a repeat on telly. A opportunity missed.
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Post by Dirty Epic on May 31, 2017 11:34:10 GMT
Yeah it would make sense for them to plug the gap in the market as there's so much stuff that probably wont ever get a dvd release or even a repeat on telly. A opportunity missed. Very true Del and Art. BBC really should consider opening up their archive's but with the closure of BBC Store looks like the reverse is going to happen. Surely allowing people to purchase/download programmes which may never get on DVD is a better option and creates revenue for it.  As you say unless it's a current hit series, soap or well loved classic can't see Netflix, Amazon or Now TV etc. being interested in partnering the BBC for it's online content and definitely not for niche related archive shows like Play for Today and the like. I also reckon iPlayer will eventually become a charging or subscription service fairly soon too - regardless of the licence fee, all probably moves by the BBC to compete in the multi-media world and steer the public to entertainment content it wants to be popular rather than it being necessarily (or actually) being any good.  |
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Post by Del Boy on May 31, 2017 12:49:43 GMT
Its a question of management really. Behemoth organisations like the BBC always struggle to get things done and often do things
that dont make sense.
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As you say unless it's a current hit series, soap or well loved classic can't see Netflix, Amazon or Now TV etc. being interested in partnering the BBC for it's online content and definitely not for niche related archive shows like Play for Today and the like. I also reckon iPlayer will eventually become a charging or subscription service fairly soon too - regardless of the licence fee, all probably moves by the BBC to compete in the multi-media world and steer the public to entertainment content it wants to be popular rather than it being necessarily (or actually) being any good. 