DISQUS

Rob Hyndman · 2 years ago

On the block, does this mean that UK-ers who were previously watching (unauthorized) Beeb stuff on YouTube - and who were hoping to do so in the future - now can't, unless it happens to be on the Worldwide channel? Interesting.
Mathew · 2 years ago

I'm not sure, Rob. That's a good question.
mark cuban · 2 years ago

Mathew, does anyone know how much traffic there is for Youtube in the UK ?

From what i see, BBC is giving up very little. They have a small cable channel in the US, dont produce content in the US and how much revenue can they generate in the US at this point ?

So what are they giving up ?

In the UK they agree to let Google sell commercials around their commercials for their shows. Thats smart.

It would be the equivalent of Viacom saying "dont let people in the US watch clips I want to protect, but you can do whatever you want with it in the UK". Wouldnt it ?
Mathew · 2 years ago

That's a good point, Mark. As far as I know, YouTube's penetration outside of the U.S. is relatively small, but I don't know about the UK specifically.

I think you are right about the BBC deal. It seems to me they are giving up very little, and potentially gaining a lot. Sounds like a no-brainer to me -- which is why I find it odd that Ben Metcalfe doesn't like the idea.