ITV’s announcement to the London Stock Exchange yesterday (August 20):
On 19 August 2020 ITV SVOD Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of ITV plc, agreed to invest AUD 17.7 million in The BritBox Australia Partnership (“BritBox Australia”) over a period of three years. Consistent with ITV’s plans for expansion, BritBox Australia is on track to launch in the Autumn. BritBox Australia is a 50:50 joint venture partnership established in Australia with BBC Studios to launch and operate a subscription video-on-demand service branded “BritBox” in Australia, which will deliver primarily British content. BBC Studios will be providing equal funding. ITV’s share of total joint venture losses/profits will be recognised within results from JVs and Associates.
I’m eventually gonna give up a few of my subscriptions. It’s just unsustainable to keep the ones that have locally and internationally. So many , but need to decide which one I access more.
we had all of Netflix, Stan and Disney+ at one stage but we do cancel and re-join from time to time. At the moment we’ve just let them all lapse but will sign up again should there be anything we particularly want to see. It’s just not sustainable to keep them going indefinitely
Britbox could be interesting but it would depend what sort of back catalogue it has, if any.
Well i have used both the uk and us version of BritBox the catalogue isn’t much different to each other lots of classic comedy, current comedy, drama and game shows
So far I have
Net Flix
Now TV (UK Subcription)
Youtube TV (Will be paused from 28th of August)
Sling (appears to be the cheapest, without the local networks, and has MLB Network)
Disney +
Cross Flix (Christian Streaming service) - One I must keep.
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