Interesting item in Wednesday (21 Oct) Metro
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“A BBC plan to share its hugely popular iPlayer service with commercial TV stations has been rejected for being too complicated.
The Beeb's governing body said the proposal to give ITV, Channel 4 and others access to the video-on-demand feature wouldn't give licence payers enough 'value'.
Diane Coyle, chair of the BBC Trust's strategic approvals committee, said they supported the executives' aim of sharing.
'We concluded the open iPlayer plans in their proposed form, combining both commercial and public service elements, were too complicated,' she said. 'We were not convinced there was enough potential value to licence fee payers in the public service part of the proposal.'
Ms Coyle added the trust was open to alternative proposals if sharing technology could be done on a 'simple, fair and commercial basis'.
The BBC executive also wanted to create an online 'federation' between the BBC and the other public service broadcasters - including C4, ITV and Five - and establish links with other on-demand sites.”
“A BBC plan to share its hugely popular iPlayer service with commercial TV stations has been rejected for being too complicated.
The Beeb's governing body said the proposal to give ITV, Channel 4 and others access to the video-on-demand feature wouldn't give licence payers enough 'value'.
Diane Coyle, chair of the BBC Trust's strategic approvals committee, said they supported the executives' aim of sharing.
'We concluded the open iPlayer plans in their proposed form, combining both commercial and public service elements, were too complicated,' she said. 'We were not convinced there was enough potential value to licence fee payers in the public service part of the proposal.'
Ms Coyle added the trust was open to alternative proposals if sharing technology could be done on a 'simple, fair and commercial basis'.
The BBC executive also wanted to create an online 'federation' between the BBC and the other public service broadcasters - including C4, ITV and Five - and establish links with other on-demand sites.”




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