Hi
as an ex UK resident now living in Australia, I would be delighted to
get access to BBC TV, as there is nothing other thank shonk available
locally (excepting the odd UK production that gets broadcast here and
the ABC attempts to make programs on a budget of at least $2 per whole
program). Having a number of arrows in my back from being a DRM pioneer,
the BBC will have a major challenge both protecting and releasing the
content, though Pay TV shows that people will pay for content (most of
which goes into the shonk category), and making it available to non UK
residents will certainly be an excellent way to bring those DVD revenues
forward
I think iMP is a great idea and needs to see the light of day, the
current model of free to air TV needs to adapt to the networked world
and in retrospect paying directly for an organization to create and
broadcast quality TV seems quite an enlightened idea really
Yours in hope
Peter .
James wrote:
Releasing iMP to the world would almost end piracy of the BBC's
content. Releasing it to the UK would still keep all the BBC's content
available over the net through the standard ways. What better way to
maintain control and quality than to irradicate the need for piracy of
BBC content..?
I actually wouldn't object to paying for this as a seperate service
and I wouldnt be suprised if this is not the way forward for non-uk
citizens. Seems fair enough, we pay our £££ per year and if Joel from
America wants it, he can but it'll cost him a percentage of the
standard lic. fee.
Andrew Bowden wrote:
I'm at work so I can't check at the moment, but ISTR that my telly
licence has a unique reference number with it.
This is going back a few years (say about 3-4). I used to buy my
license from the old Post Office, and those didn't have a unique
number on them. The ones you get sent by TV Licensing do.
Hmm, I didn't know that. I wonder how you get them to move the
licence to a new property when you move house if you don't have a
licence number? The online form[1] has the licence number as a
required field.
I remember filling in that form back in October 2001 and thinking
exactly the same! IIRC, I just put down that I had no license number.
But there wasn't a knock on my door, and when it came up for renewal,
the letter came from the right address.
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