Access to the BBC's acclaimed (for the most part) news coverage online now costs you $8.99 a month or $49.99 a year, including livestreaming the 24/7 BBC News channel, although certain breaking stories, podcasts and streaming of documentaries will remain free, along with streaming of the UK's "speech" format Radio 4 and the World Service (although the UK's news-talk-sports Radio 5 Live is not mentioned)--the U.S. is the only country where Beeb content is behind a paywall:
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/bbc-us-website-paywall-subscription-pricing-te1236441560/?utm_source=www.status.news&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=the-60-minutes-missive&_bhlid=553d143a138deff7752b217945ea87505743541a The reasoning seems to be that the website is run in the U.S. by BBC Studios, the Beeb's for-profit arm (and the U.S. version of bbc.com has included advertising for some time)--in the U.S., they also co-produce American versions of BBC shows, most notably "Ghosts" and "Dancing with the Stars" (they also produce the U.S. version on Fox of the ITV game show "The 1% Club," interestingly enough). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/91a1352e-6e8d-46eb-aa68-bbb07dce8103n%40googlegroups.com.
