02-01-2023, 04:24 PM
(02-01-2023, 03:35 PM)Medianext.MX Wrote: A bit of an off-topic question, but why BBC domestic channels are being carried in Dutch cable operators and satellite transponders?
The current situation with BBC channels in the Netherlands (and Blegium as well) has developed over time. You always could get the BBC along the Dutch and Belgian coast, though reception was dependent on conditions. When the first cable operators came up the build a relay in Zeebrugge (Belgium) to offer BBC channels throughout the Benelux-Region.
These days there is an official agreement with BBC Studios to carry the channels and they also pay for the privilege. Under this agreement the cable operators are also required to block all programs to which the rights conflict with a local broadcaster (mostly sport like the Olympics, World Cup, Euros etc.).
Also today these providers do mostly just take the signal from satellite. Hence the warning to them from the BBC about the discontinuation of SD.