Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2017-05-11 Thread Brad Beam
According to their promotional email, BritBox now has day-of "Corrie" for five days after air. It seems that Hulu will maintain the Weatherfield archives. On Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 10:37:59 PM UTC-4, Brad Beam wrote: > > On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 4:38:12 PM UTC-4, Adam Bowie wrote: >>

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2017-04-26 Thread Brad Beam
On Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at 4:38:12 PM UTC-4, Adam Bowie wrote: > > Accessing via a VPN so that I can see what's actually on it, it looks as > though they're keeping pretty up to date with all the British soaps. > Coronation Street - the most popular one is curiously missing, and doesn't >

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2017-03-14 Thread Kevin M.
I've been "Beta" testing it for the past few weeks. Watched some AbFab and Fawlty Towers episodes and tried out a few mysteries I hadn't seen before. The streaming quality is good. On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: > Accessing via a VPN so that I can see

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2017-03-14 Thread Adam Bowie
Accessing via a VPN so that I can see what's actually on it, it looks as though they're keeping pretty up to date with all the British soaps. Coronation Street - the most popular one is curiously missing, and doesn't seem to be on Acorn either. What's not clear to me is why some shows seem to

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2017-03-14 Thread Karen Owen
On 3/8/2017 7:56 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: It's up and running at $6.99 a month. https://www.britbox.com Great news if you can't work a VPN and want to watch UK soaps like Eastenders, Emmerdale or Holby City. Not so great news if you want to watch Downton Abbey, Sherlock or Top Gear. They're

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2017-03-08 Thread Adam Bowie
It's up and running at $6.99 a month. https://www.britbox.com Great news if you can't work a VPN and want to watch UK soaps like Eastenders, Emmerdale or Holby City. Not so great news if you want to watch Downton Abbey, Sherlock or Top Gear. They're not there. Some of the back catalogue stuff

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2016-12-13 Thread Tom Wolper
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > Coming soon to US audiences, from the BBC and ITV, is a "Netflix-style" on > demand service called BritBox: > > https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/13/bbc-and-itv- > to-launch-britbox-on-demand-service-in-us > >

Re: [TV orNotTV] BritBox

2016-12-13 Thread Mark Jeffries
Well, I consider this as the expats who complain so much about BBCA airing "Star Trek: TNG" reruns and endless Gordon Ramsay and "Top Gear"(and used to complain about "Changing Rooms and "Ground Force") either putting up or shutting up (along with Acorn, of course). If they want their damn

[TV orNotTV] BritBox

2016-12-13 Thread Adam Bowie
Coming soon to US audiences, from the BBC and ITV, is a "Netflix-style" on demand service called BritBox: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/dec/13/bbc-and-itv-to-launch-britbox-on-demand-service-in-us Another OTT streaming service seeking a monthly fee for access to a host of programmes.