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Not in the US, though.... 
I guess we have to wait for "BBC America" to put stuff on iTunes in the USA.
When do we get the second season of "Robin Hood?" I hate to keep watching the DVD's of season one over and over...
I guess we have to wait for "BBC America" to put stuff on iTunes in the USA.
When do we get the second season of "Robin Hood?" I hate to keep watching the DVD's of season one over and over...
Yeah but they're idiots who don't understand what the iplayer is. Can you download these programmes on the iplayer and keep them forever? I thought not. People need to get a grip and be thankful that the itunes store is actually getting some decent video content
Sorry, I don't get your programming rules.
I've only seen BBC stuff on PBS (without commercial interruption) or on BBC America (with commercials).
Don't you pay a license fee and not have any commercials?
iTunes stuff here in the US has no commercials- hence the costs...
£1.89?!
We already have to pay for a freakin' TV license, and now the BBC want us to pay even more for TV shows on iTunes?
Should be £0.10 per episode. If it was, I'd buy episodes, my mates would, and I'm sure a hell of a lot more people would.
I just can't afford the premium prices they charge. Hence why I look else where to get TV shows I've missed for a price that doesn't cost.
We already have to pay for a freakin' TV license, and now the BBC want us to pay even more for TV shows on iTunes?
Should be £0.10 per episode. If it was, I'd buy episodes, my mates would, and I'm sure a hell of a lot more people would.
I just can't afford the premium prices they charge. Hence why I look else where to get TV shows I've missed for a price that doesn't cost.
Yeh I won't be downloading either. I don't even watch BBC channels yet I am forced to pay for them already.
yep, we pay a license fee for the bbc, so in effect we have already paid for these programs... however, i guess it is the same as buying a box set of dvd's. Doesn't really bother me too much, but the ethics of the bbc could be questioned as they currently don't have the downloadable service for macs from their bbc iplayer...
Not in the US, though....
Nothing personal, but it does make a nice change to see those words rather than the usual 'not in the UK'
The trouble is they will end up having the last laugh when the BBC programmes turn up on the US store at almost half the price.
Where, on any platform (mac/pc/dvd/vhs/betamax etc), can you guys who are moaning about the cost, get BBC content for free legally? I'd really like to know because obviously I'm missing something
Totally agree, but unfortunately we want loads of digital TV channels including High Def, digital radio and Britains most popular website, but the license fee is capped by the government so they don't have enough to go round, so a chunk of the license fee is funded through their commercial arm (BBC Worldwide) to the tune of £200 million per year.
BBCW sell DVDs, magazines, UK commercial channes (i.e. UKTV, Dave) and I assume they'll be punting the shows on iTunes.
Vote with your feet, don't buy them.
Where did anyone say that?
We are moaning about the cost, because it is a really high price considering we are already paying a TV license for BBC channels.
I don't expect it to be free, but £1.89 is really bloody expensive just for a 30 minute show.
It'll fail unless they get the pricing right.
What so you'd rather have no BBC content on itunes, and less content to go on your ipod/iphone/atv?
I've survived up to now without BBC content on my iPod!
My point was at £1.89 the price is too high for a product people have already paid for, and it will just encourage people to use less honorable sources. If you are happy paying this, then go for it!
Besides, there are plenty of other free sources of these BBC shows such as BBC Three, UKTV, Dave, Virgin on Demand, iPlayer.
Dr Who Series 3 (OK not listed on iTunes yet but probably will be soon)
Amazon.co.uk costs £48.99
Divide by 13 episodes
=£3.77 per episode
So... using the time limited business model, you can get episodes for free...on windows...
On mac, YOU MUST PAY!!
PREJUDICE!!!
Seriously though, this seems ridiculous, the BBC could've easily (ish) setup their stuff on the time limited model, for a very small fee and keep everyone happy, oh well, nothings ever easy now is it, making money comes first.
On mac, YOU MUST PAY!!
PREJUDICE!!!
Seriously though, this seems ridiculous, the BBC could've easily (ish) setup their stuff on the time limited model, for a very small fee and keep everyone happy, oh well, nothings ever easy now is it, making money comes first.
Yeah but the other channels you mention require live TV, iplayer is only available for 7 days after broadcast, and i'm not sure about virgin on demand but i believe it has an individual download cost on top of the monthly subscription, ((?)possibly more than iTunes per show), and your not able to keep it for any length of time
No it only shows TV programmes from the last seven days, you obviously don't know what the iplayer is
No because they're not time limited so you get to keep them forever, unlike the iplayer which only shows TV programmes from the last 7 days
I'm more than aware of what the iPlayer is and what it offers, to Windows users episodes can be downloaded and stored on portable media players, albeit for a limited period of time, but this is an example of free content from the BBC.
VoD is free for 'selected' programs shown in the last 7 days (i.e. the same stuff available on iPlayer.) Hang on... *just goes and plays with his telly*
Hmmm, there are older shows available (Balamory, Dr Who series 2) are free because I am a 'subscription payer', I don't know what the subscription means, I guess that's part of my £30 a month package.
iTunes is a different model, it's offing it in a hand-held or computer based package and on demand whenever, wherever. If that's what you really need then £1.89 might well be worth the cost. I've currently reached 31 years without such a need (although the other day I was in a strange town looking for a shop without knowing the address when I declared "I need a bloody iPhone" so maybe I will reach an epiphany on that one too!)
Ok I phrased my question badly so i'll re-ask it. Also I'm not sure but as far as I'm aware you can't transfer episode to a portable media player
Where, on any platform (mac/pc/dvd/vhs/betamax etc), can you guys who are moaning about the cost, get BBC content for free legally which you can keep for more than 7 days? I'd really like to know because obviously I'm missing something