Consider this a potentially huge win for Australian IPTV fans – the BBC has announced that they are going to make their BBC iPlayer IPTV portal available to people around the world from next year. That should excite some Top Gear and Doctor Who fans…
According to The Telegraph in the UK, the BBC is looking to open up their online catchup TV service to an international audience to raise funds after the British government decided to freeze the license fee.
As yet, there’s no fixed date, nor any word on whether the service will be ad funded or subscription based, but given the huge global audience for some of the BBC’s programs, either would be welcome. Especially with IP-capable gadgetry like the Boxee Box or IPTVs who could potentially offer the service direct to your television.
We’ll be watching this one closely, that’s for sure.
[The Telegraph via Lifehacker]
Peter Zaharis
Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 11:56 AMThis would indeed be awesome if it happens.
I would happily pay a subscription fee for the service.
Tom
Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 12:01 PMWhatever they do, I’d be more than happy to jump on board as long as content isn’t cut (I guess I can make do with the lack of royalty tied music in Top Gear). Most of the stuff I do watch now is BBC based, and I’m very happy to give them some monetary support for all the joy I’ve had. :)
Your Mate Alex
Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 12:20 PMI’d be happy to pay for a subscription if it meant good bandwidth for streaming of current programs. A lot of my favourite shows are from the BBC. For me, anything up to $30/month and I wouldn’t flinch.
Mixa
Friday, November 12, 2010 at 8:49 AMI already pay $5/mth for a VPN in Manchester so I can access iPlayer so a sub deal wouldn’t be a problem…