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Subject: Re: [NEWS] Classic Doctor Who Removed From Britbox UK and ITVX Premium
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 10:08:26 +1300
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On 2025-01-10 12:18:44 +0000, Daniel70 said:
> Your Name wrote on 10/1/25 8:35 am:
>> On 2025-01-09 20:41:16 +0000, Blueshirt said:
>>> The True Doctor wrote:
> 
> <Snip>
>>>> Why would Britbox and ITV want to throw their money down the
>>>> toilet? You'd think the BBC would want all episodes on as many
>>>> platforms as exist. Now for Disney to join them and put an end
>>>> to The Adventures of the Timeless Child Monster.
>>> 
>>> Maybe - and it is only a random maybe - Disney want all of
>>> Doctor Who from the beginning of time on their own streaming
>>> platform, for international distribution outside of the UK... So
>>> the BBC (for a price) were happy to oblige and not re-licence
>>> 'classic era' Doctor Who to Britbox and ITVX?
>> 
>> Basically if you live in the UK, you have to use iPlayer,
> 
> (I know I might be splitting hairs, but .....)
> 
> "... you have to use iPlayer" .... or, if you already subscribe to 
> Disney+ (for all the other stuff they host), can you also use your 
> Disney+ for 'Doctor Who' in the U.K.??

I can't easily check, but I'd assume not. Disney has the international 
rights, not the UK rights. Of course you could perhaps use a US-based 
VPN / proxy server to connect to your Disney+ account and watch that 
way. But again why would anyone bother when it's free on iPlayer?