BBC Shop UK Closing Down
sarge99
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extract from email received today
We are writing to inform you of important changes to our website.
BBCShop.com UK will cease trading from midnight on 29th March 2016.
Last order dates will vary depending on where you wish your order to be delivered.
Rest of World - 5pm 14th March 2016
Europe - 5pm 21st March 2016
UK - midnight 29th March 2016
You will still be able to cancel or return damaged items as long as we receive the item in our warehouse by 29th April 2016, see our Cancellation and Refund policy for more information.
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Though maybe that's why it's being taken down. :P
It is the BBC shop that is closing and nothing to do with the commissioning of programming.
You can still buy BBC DVDs, Blu Rays and merchandise from the usual Internet outlets.
But its still chipping away at things the BBC does, significant or otherwise, its all about slowly reducing what the BBC does so they become less influential and more weaker to the point where the bias who are against the BBC can call for a full dismantle...
This has got nothing to do with charter renewal or the government.
The BBC Shop is a completely commercial operation run by BBC Worldwide, whose entire remit is to return money to the BBC to supplement the licence fee. If something they do fails to make money, or fails to return enough in proportion to the investment made, then it's future existence is entirely at the discretion of BBC Worldwide. If they decide to close it down then you can assume that there's a sound financial reason for doing so.
Presumably those sorts of offers mean that it'snot making any money!
My guess as well.
Bought series 1 and series 2 of the Nicholas Lyndhurst/Celia Imrie comedy After You've Gone off eBay three weeks ago. On that particular listing it said 'BBC Shop'.
So basically, I bought the DVDs, and eBay goes through BBC Shop and then posts the DVDs to me within 48 hours of ordering. Unless I buy them on a Saturday or Sunday, in which case they will be posted on the next available week day.
I guess soon, there will no longer be a BBC Shop at eBay either.
That's what I've read recently, too. Don't know how true it is, though.
Great news - NOT. Don't know how my 0.6Mbs internet will cope! Better start downloading Series 10 now.
Yes and so far viewable on phones and tablets. I've not been able to watch it on television. When I tried it on my television browser,all I get was a black screen and the audio track.
Why? It's bound to be released on DVD and Blu-ray, and available from online stores such as Amazon, and probably from Tescos and Sainsburys too.
No-one has said that future BBC programmes won't be released on those formats, just that the BBC won't be selling those formats via their own online website.
I hope you're right. I enjoy having the physical media which gives me the content in the highest quality form available, flexibilty and a sense of permanent ownership.
I still buy CDs, and then rip them losslessly myself into my NAS for personal use. I hated it when a couple of so-called "bonus" tracks on the recent DW soundtracks were only available by purchasing them from iTunes. They're the only downloads I've ever purchased (and I don't do piracy). You can't buy them in a lossless format.
As for video, I have a couple of the streaming services, and I use catch up services like iPlayer on my Sky box, but the PQ is variable at best, sometimes interrupted, even when you have a decent broadband connection.
For me, Blu Ray (4K already here for some titles) is best.
The only reason for the move to downloads and streaming is that it's cheaper and less vulnerable to piracy than making and distributing physical media.
Ooh, yes thanks. Oh dear, I sense another Classic DVD purchase coming up
Series 8 blu Ray less than 16 Euro is pretty darn good.
Have to see if it's worth while buying some things once shipping is taken into account.
Sorry, I was being a bit facetious. I would buy them on Blu-Ray as long as they continue to make make them.
Just a bit fed up of the continual move to downloads/streaming when some of us see no prospect of improved download speeds.