BBC iPlayer Goes Live on New Apple TV in the UK

John.B said:
If they sold BBC content outside the UK on monthly subscriptions, "those people" could supplement UK license payers.

Just sayin'...
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Too true.

There's a wealth of content that the BBC hasn't released. It must be one of the largest, richest treasure troves of content in existence, yet it isn't available. I feel that the BBC could make a fortune selling it if they put their mind to it.
 
Presumably it's the international syndication of comedy shows like Seinfield, Friends, Simpsons, etc etc etc that helped make the US studio channels so mega-profitable? Syndication is where the money is.
I think the BBC do sell some shows... just not many.
 
TheIguana said:
Now if only they got off this region-locking rubbish and offered it outside the UK. As a matter of fact, all content producers should just end their utterly ridiculous need to region control content!
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acedout said:
Why should UK license payers supplement those people?
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That's not (quite) the problem. Like all broadcasters/CableCos some BBC shows are "imported" and the BBC only has the right to broadcast them in the UK so would get sued if they allowed iPlayer to work outside that region - a possible solution would be to region lock that content which they do not own worldwide rights to. With BBC-produced content, they have distribution agreements/their own channels outside the UK, sometimes subscription, so iPlayer outside the UK could be made open but the BBC would have to charge for it.
 
Another reason why this is a very good: It will encourage All 4, ITV Player to get on board. Am surprised they have not already as they've both established a catch-up with adverts service, unlike BBC who have more complex issues over catch-up / revenue.
 
alexgowers said:
Yeah we legally have to pay for the BBC it should be available on every platform we could possibly want and sold to those outside the UK to reduce our television tax as it were. It makes some of the best programming in the world.
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No, we don't HAVE to pay for the BBC. If you never watch live TV and only watch it on catch up, you do not legally have to pay the licence fee.

xinam said:
You won't need to. It'll be there already. Much to my annoyance.
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That must have been so annoying, having to press a few buttons to delete something. You could have just not used it.
It makes more sense to auto install it as most people will use it and wouldn't necessarily know it was there to download. Other channels are added automatically, why not BBC?
 
haha...

I guess all that hard work iDownloadBlog did was using XCOde on the Mac and USB Type C connectivity to install BBC iplayer is now officially "for nothing" :p Don't u hate it when that happens..

(last time i checked there was still no Vicar of Dibley Island, but i'll keep at it till there is one)
 
uid15 said:
The BBC do not do that; they take from a licence fee, they're not a tacky commercial outfit.
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Oh, but they are, they very much are. BBC Worldwide turns over about £1Bn a year at a profit of about 14% from "tacky" commercial enterprises (and indeed tacky commercials) As soon as you're outside the UK you can see advertising on their websites and commercials during their programmes. They also directly "export" content, for example Top Gear and Doctor Who make the BBC a fortune.

It is only in the UK the BBC doesn't have an overtly commercial mandate.
 
Macula said:
Notably, VPNs are blocked, so this is strictly UK-only.
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BBC UK works fine for me on OS X and iPhone on PIA.

I bet you can setup a proxy on your router to route your Apple TV via Proxy and get the Apple Store to download and run the BBC Player.

I honestly prefer BBC than a lot of mainstream American media since I used to live there.
 
Well I'm really happy that it's arrived on the ATV4. I think the interface looks really good, much better than the Samsung Smart Hub version and the Freesat Freetime version, but the IOS app still looks the best I'd say and is quicker to navigate. Anyway, the more ways to watch iPlayer the better.
 
That's nice, no where near enough for instance on the Amazon Fire TV you can subscribe and to lots of a la carte tv and film channels but it's America only! Nothing like it offered in the UK, on the UK Apple TV can you get things like HBO Go?
 
apolloa said:
That's nice, no where near enough for instance on the Amazon Fire TV you can subscribe and to lots of a la carte tv and film channels but it's America only! Nothing like it offered in the UK, on the UK Apple TV can you get things like HBO Go?
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HBO Nordic is available on the UK App Store but you'll need a Scandanavian VPN to use it. The app is on the UK ATV App Store as well but It's easier to use the IOS app and AirPlay to the ATV. It's the same content and in English.
 
attila said:
4OD and iPlayer perform horribly on PS3 and PS4!
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iPlayer and Netflix are virtually unusable on my Blu-Ray player and Tivo. The iPlayer app on the Apple TV is much, much, better in that regard - as is Netflix. After saying that I think that it was easier to find films and programmes on the old Netflix app on the ATV3.
 
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