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There’s been a bit of talk in the British Press about the government’s wish to move towards a sort-of ‘pay-for-what-you-want-to-view’ system in the UK.

Now of course, we ‘expats’ don’t pay a thing for our access to UK TV, which is a situation which might not continue in the future.

No problem with the principle of that, however .........

Surely the technology exists (in 2020) for us over here to pay our dues for BBC1 etc AND to be able to buy anything else, such as Rugby, or Tennis, or whatever. And from wherever in the world?

We’d happily pay a tenner from time to time for access to major sporting events - it can’t be that hard, can it?

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Well, the BBC needs to fight if it is gonna survive at all and stop being so up itself which might sort Boris’ charge. Whatever, we are in danger of losIng a valuable national institution if the changes go too far.

Reducing news and current affairs is however a disaster!

To get beyond that, PAYE for specific events would need a reform in international licensing which ain't about to happen.
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"Surely the technology exists (in 2020) for us over here to pay our dues

for BBC1 etc AND to be able to buy anything else, such as Rugby, or

Tennis, or whatever. And from wherever in the world?

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The technology is not the problem. Rights issues are the problem. The BBC/ITV etc do not have the right to transmit programs in France because French providers pay for that exclusive right.
That is also why you are not allowed to watch US programs in the UK.

You can currently watch UK programs via satellite due to satellite 'spillover' into France which is allowed. You can also watch those programs anywhere in the EU as long as you are registered as a UK citizen and as long as the UK is still part of that deal. But you cannot subscribe to a British TV broadcaster using a French address. 

Same with Google play, you only access the apps in the play store of the country where you registered your Google play account.  That is why most Brits do not have the Orange TV app on their smartphone while all Orange customers have the right to use it anywhere in the EU, including British customers living in France.

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[quote user="NickP"]Not when people are paying there not. If they were, thousands of ex-pats couldn't watch East enders.LOL Although many don't pay, Sky won't stop them as if they did they would lose lots of others who do pay.[/quote]

The broadcasting rules and regulations are very tight. They affect the right to broadcast. The individuals who act outside the law and receive programmes outside the area the broadcaster is licenced to broadcast is something else.
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I gave up with the 'rules' when the soccer world cup was held in France and they got sky for the english players at a hotel in La Baule.... because rules is rules...... and if they can have english tv, then the rest of us should not be treat as unworthy?

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