BBC trying to force people to their app
Discussion
Seems like BBC podcasts are going to be withheld from all other services* for four weeks after initial broadcast, and will only be available on the world's worst app, Sounds.
Presumably this is an attempt to force people to download it after the clear verdict of the marketplace on its usefulness.
Presumably this is an attempt to force people to download it after the clear verdict of the marketplace on its usefulness.
- well, except the ones wearing eyepatches and a parrot.
How very dare they!
auntie said:
We want more people to use BBC Sounds to listen to their favourite BBC audio, and to easily discover more from the BBC. This gives licence fee payers even more value.
Continuing to make BBC Sounds a success and increasingly valued by our audience is a priority for us. We think it’s vital to ensure brilliant UK content continues to thrive now and in the future. With more people listening on their mobiles, TVs and smart speakers, we want to make sure we’re helping create and deliver for the next generation of UK radio and audio fans.
The world of audio listening is constantly changing, and the global tech giants are more routinely publishing content exclusively on their platforms. We want to make sure people can easily find new things from the BBC and can’t rely on other platforms, who have their own exclusive content and a global catalogue to promote, to do this for us.
That’s why in the next month or so when new episodes of some of the BBC’s loved radio programmes broadcast on Radio 4 or 5 Live they will then only be available on-demand on BBC Sounds for a month (28 days to be precise). After that month they will also be available on other audio platforms through the RSS feed.
We’re doing this as a trial to see what the impact is on listening on BBC Sounds and we hope listeners do use this as an opportunity to try out Sounds, and discover and enjoy more brilliant BBC audio.
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Over the following weeks listeners will start hearing about new episodes of In Our Time, Desert Island Discs, Inside Science, Friday Night Comedy, Money Box, and 5 Live: All About Sport being on Radio 4 or 5 Live and BBC Sounds first.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/articles/2022/bbc-sounds-the-best-and-first-place-to-listenContinuing to make BBC Sounds a success and increasingly valued by our audience is a priority for us. We think it’s vital to ensure brilliant UK content continues to thrive now and in the future. With more people listening on their mobiles, TVs and smart speakers, we want to make sure we’re helping create and deliver for the next generation of UK radio and audio fans.
The world of audio listening is constantly changing, and the global tech giants are more routinely publishing content exclusively on their platforms. We want to make sure people can easily find new things from the BBC and can’t rely on other platforms, who have their own exclusive content and a global catalogue to promote, to do this for us.
That’s why in the next month or so when new episodes of some of the BBC’s loved radio programmes broadcast on Radio 4 or 5 Live they will then only be available on-demand on BBC Sounds for a month (28 days to be precise). After that month they will also be available on other audio platforms through the RSS feed.
We’re doing this as a trial to see what the impact is on listening on BBC Sounds and we hope listeners do use this as an opportunity to try out Sounds, and discover and enjoy more brilliant BBC audio.
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Over the following weeks listeners will start hearing about new episodes of In Our Time, Desert Island Discs, Inside Science, Friday Night Comedy, Money Box, and 5 Live: All About Sport being on Radio 4 or 5 Live and BBC Sounds first.
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