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adzii_nufc · 06-08-2016, 18:34

Because they have no desire to place restrictions in place to deny people without a licence access to the BBC. I could imagine such a system would be massively complex and costly. Much like Road tax doesn't stop you driving without it.

By complex and costly, you'd be enforcing something similar to Sky/Virgin in providing users with viewing cards which in turn would require a receiver to insert it into. Naturally you could coax Freeview manufacturers to do that for you but they're never going to do it for free. Then you'd need to revamp iPlayer into something like Skyplayer.

The end result? Massive loss in Licence revenue because plenty of people wouldn't be caught dead paying £100+ a year for something that was now mandatory.

So yeah, costs, complexity and loss of revenue.

Just relax and watch Netflix crap all over BBC whilst costing less per year and having better, bigger budget quality originals and Netflix produced shows. It's only a matter of time before they start acquiring live sports rights despite claiming otherwise.

06-08-2016, 18:34	#106
adzii_nufc Rafalution Join Date: Sep 2009 Age: 34 Posts: 5,338	Re: BBC license change to cover catchup Because they have no desire to place restrictions in place to deny people without a licence access to the BBC. I could imagine such a system would be massively complex and costly. Much like Road tax doesn't stop you driving without it. By complex and costly, you'd be enforcing something similar to Sky/Virgin in providing users with viewing cards which in turn would require a receiver to insert it into. Naturally you could coax Freeview manufacturers to do that for you but they're never going to do it for free. Then you'd need to revamp iPlayer into something like Skyplayer. The end result? Massive loss in Licence revenue because plenty of people wouldn't be caught dead paying £100+ a year for something that was now mandatory. So yeah, costs, complexity and loss of revenue. Just relax and watch Netflix crap all over BBC whilst costing less per year and having better, bigger budget quality originals and Netflix produced shows. It's only a matter of time before they start acquiring live sports rights despite claiming otherwise. __________________ All posts are the opinion of myself and don't reflect those of BT or Openreach. Last edited by adzii_nufc; 06-08-2016 at 18:48.