29-12-2023, 11:37 AM
(27-12-2023, 06:00 PM)ConorW2000 Wrote: If the BBC really wanted to revamp itself, then I think IPlayer should be replaced by new a streaming platform, this could sit alongside the existing licence fee.Firstly, ditching iPlayer - one of the BBC's strongest brands - would be a terrible idea. I don't see any benefits to that, but clear drawbacks.
I think this sort of service would be popular, if you get 100,000 people to pay the £6 a month fee, it would mean the BBC would get an extra £600,000 per month, which over a 12 month period would generate an extra £7.2m for the BBC.
More crucially, though, £7.2m is nothing in BBC terms (for context, this is about the budget of Newsnight or the Asian Network). Even excluding the costs of running such a service, the idea that would be generating 'extra' revenue for the BBC is ludicrous - especially when inflation-related cuts are currently running into £100ms annually.