BBC takes on Netflix

BBC takes on Netflix -

The BBC may soon take the place of the Netflix streaming service. The company plans to launch its own streaming service, as reported by Telegraph.

Once launched, people in the UK would be the first to benefit from this service. Under the plan, the BBC would partner with ITV for this program. It's a pretty brave move from ITV and BBC are both rival in the commercial industry of the UK. As for the player, most likely use its own BBC iPlayer.

Strategy for BBC Future market

As first national broadcasting company in the world, BBC surely knows how to read the market. BBC has already obtained the high quality content. With this advantage, the BBC is ready to move to the next level. The world is heading for a streaming service on demand. People choose the content they want to watch. You can not come to ask people to look at the content that you have previously prepared. We spent these days. Today is the era of subscription, the content of the application.

As the national broadcasting company, the UK government also support the BBC for this movement. A government source said that in this subscription service era, the BBC must always do their best to give their customers the best service. If it means giving subscription, the service request, the government encouraged the BBC to make such a decision.

Here is the full statement of the Government of the United Kingdom.

If they want to explore this kind of thing, we would encourage them. There may come a time in the future where all TV comes online, and if you do that it becomes a practical possibility more realistic if we wanted to go to a voluntary subscription element, which is why the BBC, which see how the world changes, said, "Yes, we'll just see for online delivery, whether or not there may be a case for the new additional content being delivered on a subscription service via the iPlayer.

A challenge for Netflix

As reported by TechCrunch, the new service would likely be called as Britflix BBC. Ring a bell? Yep, the name is similar to Netflix. Perhaps, it is designed as a challenge to Netflix. This company lost millions of its users because of a simple mistake. VPN restriction. The company could have called this effort a victory over the VPN users. But there is always a side effect of any decision. In case of Netflix, the company could have triggered piracy in some countries. That they tried to fight now appears because of their action.

BBC certainly does not repeat that mistake. That's why they wait until then. Let's see how the market reacts to the Netflix decision and make a valuable input for the company. Of course, after Netflix error, nobody expects the BBC to fall into the same pit. The question is, would the BBC broadcast high-quality movies that we want?

People once joined Netflix because it has a lot of premium content. They got the original films of high class, you can not find anywhere else. The only people left because of recent Netflix is ​​their decision on VPN users. Therefore, if the BBC wants to win this fight, they must be sure of two important things. First, they have to have premium content on their library. Second, it must be available to all subscribers. Any restrictions even for VPN users. Give all people subscribe to. You can not ask people to pay for something they think they have got, but will give nothing to them. It is piracy. No matter from which perspective you see it. It is still piracy.

Thus, the BBC, which side will you take? Netflix or your customers?

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