Comment Re:Good for the US (Score 1) 212
This is BBC World, the commercial arm of the BBC, and is not governed by the charter. They buy BBC content from the public part of the BBC at "market rates" and try to make money out of it by selling it abroad. The deal they've done here is unproblematic as far as the BBC is concerned, it's just the same as selling dubbed Teletubbies episodes to Mexico or whatever.
Providing free content in the UK is part of the public part of the BBC, which tends to move much, much slower due to the political difficulties. I expect it to happen eventually, but they won't rush into anything.
Providing free content in the UK is part of the public part of the BBC, which tends to move much, much slower due to the political difficulties. I expect it to happen eventually, but they won't rush into anything.
