Oh Look, The BBC And Channel 4 Are In Talks To Merge Streaming Services... Yet Again
Early talks have already taken place between the BBC and Channel 4.
In 1852, Marx wrote that historical events play out twice, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce. Sadly, he failed to countenance that some organizations need a third or fourth go around. Apropos of which, the Financial Times is reporting that, once again, the BBC has engaged in talks with Channel 4 with the aim of building a British alternative to Netflix. This "sovereign platform," would pool content from the UK's two major public service broadcasters on a single outlet. Of course, given that we've already seen aborted attempts to do this back in 2007 and 2017, history's now repeating itself for a third time.
New BBC boss Matt Brittin told the government the BBC has "had a discussion with Channel 4" about some sort of streaming merger. Or, at the very least, bringing some...
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