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<blockquote data-quote="rolfw" data-source="post: 17447" data-attributes="member: 175057">Nice points David, there is no reason why any BBC radio or television channel, if not transmitting copyright (other than by the BBC) material should be encrypted or restricted, your example of BBC parliament being a prime example.@ Mark, dish moving excepted, the rest of the scenario is a mine field also, but if the BBC were to spend the expected savings from encryption on original content and perhaps use advertising revenue in some limited way, perhaps they could transmit Europe wide with no problems. Still may ultimately mean the end of the licence fee, but that's probably on it's way out anyway and I would say, about time anyway.To push the point further, why are the BBC spending millions on buying movie rights (Last Christmas was an example, Harry Potter). In my opinion they don't need to, they have a reputation of producing their own high quality programmes and could transmit them with no fears, wherever and whenever they wanted, with no copyright or licence infringement.The discussion continues....................................</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rolfw, post: 17447, member: 175057"] Nice points David, there is no reason why any BBC radio or television channel, if not transmitting copyright (other than by the BBC) material should be encrypted or restricted, your example of BBC parliament being a prime example. @ Mark, dish moving excepted, the rest of the scenario is a mine field also, but if the BBC were to spend the expected savings from encryption on original content and perhaps use advertising revenue in some limited way, perhaps they could transmit Europe wide with no problems. Still may ultimately mean the end of the licence fee, but that's probably on it's way out anyway and I would say, about time anyway. To push the point further, why are the BBC spending millions on buying movie rights (Last Christmas was an example, Harry Potter). In my opinion they don't need to, they have a reputation of producing their own high quality programmes and could transmit them with no fears, wherever and whenever they wanted, with no copyright or licence infringement. The discussion continues.................................... [/QUOTE]

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