Comments on: TV Producers Will Oppose BBC iPlayer For UK Travelers http://paidcontent.org/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/ The economics of digital content Sun, 19 May 2013 12:06:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cary http://paidcontent.org/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79969 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:45:24 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79969 The article states “Even if the BBC develops a way to authenticate UK license payers whilst they are overseas, this could stretch the limits of the agreement…” However, the reality is that one does not need to be a license fee payer in the UK to access the iPlayer (or other networks’ equivalents). Growing numbers of people are watching television programming exclusively online (both BBC and commercial networks). They don’t own TVs, just computers, and they don’t pay the license fee. The BBC needs to move with the times and work out a way to make iPlayer programming available to everyone, everywhere for a fair price.

]]> By: CB2010 http://paidcontent.org/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79968 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:17:49 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79968 Independent television producers your fools, your simply shooting your self in the foot !

I know you have plans to block VPN by using “Preferred Partners ” In the UK e.g.: BT, Virgin , yes that will work nicely by blocking all UK data centres but for how long?

STOP this madness and go GLOBAL !

]]> By: davedcdc21 http://paidcontent.org/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79967 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:45:08 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79967 What a bunch of prissy idiots the British are. Everyone I know over here uses a VPN to watch the Beeb, though most of the time it’s no better than local TV. Why do the British think they’re so important? The BBC spend vast amounts of stolen cash trying to impose regional restrictions via IP filtering – if they spent it more wisely they may not need to steal so much money by force from the British public.

]]> By: interweb-user http://paidcontent.org/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79966 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:20:36 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79966 Three Words. Virtual Private Networks.

]]> By: Kagem http://paidcontent.org/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79965 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:07:38 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79965 Licence, not license.

]]> By: yoshi http://paidcontent.org/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79964 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:33:11 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79964 So while John McVay fiddles – the rest of us will just continue to download BBC shows as we’ve done before that will guarantee no revenue goes back to those ‘independent producers’.

]]> By: CrosbieFitch http://paidcontent.org/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79963 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:25:42 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2010/08/28/419-tv-makers-will-oppose-bbc-iplayer-for-uk-travelers/#comment-79963 At least users of file-sharing networks don’t have to put up with all this stupidity.

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