I think all the effort and money that is being put in to block fellow Europeans from watching British television is such a waste of money.
And why is it ok for the Dutch and Belgians but not for the Germans French Spanish etc... The Dutch and Belgian providers even advertise the BBC channels as part of their subscriptions.
I'm Belgian and as Belgians we get the BBC channels on cable since as far as I can remember and I also know that not a lot of people watch those channels. If people watch British programmes then they do it on our own channels with Dutch subtitles (our national channels do buy broadcasting rights for BBC series etc)
So it's the expats and a small percentage of Europeans that actually watch. And of course a lot of satellite nerds who don't really watch, but just like to be able to catch the signal
If its the Brittish government paying for this then I think it's disgusting. They could have lowered taxes or invested in more quality programming.
I wonder if British people have access to the signal of for example the German national channels...
All national channels should be FTA and if need be everyone should pay a small fee for this as the Germans and British people already do.