Making users sign in to watch catch-up shows will bring in vital revenue for the BBC,but it may design the corporation seem more like pay-TV rivals such as Sky
What is the inequity between the BBC and Sky? Leaving the weighty issues of politics and ownership to one side, the big inequity really is that one is paid for by a licence fee and the other via subscription.
But when we all start entering access codes and passwords to watch BBC1 on the iPlayer will we become subscribers to the BBC? Is that what the culture secretary expected when he said he would rush through legislation to close the loophole?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com