BBC To Launch Ad-Supported Service For Overseas Audience, on BBC.com

BBC, which has been hinting at a commerical online service for overseas audiences (getting BBC video feeds for a fee etc), has announced some more plans: its commercial arm BBC Worldwide is preparing to launch an ad-supported website next year, reports Guardian.
BBC.com, the proposed website, forms part of plans to find alternative sources of revenue for the licence fee-funded broadcaster.
It is also testing a commercial version of the BBC’s proposed Interactive Media Player, which allows viewers to download BBC programmes on to their computer within seven days of their broadcast.
BBC Worldwide’s plans need to be approved by the new BBC trustees, who will have to decide whether they comply with the fair trading rules contained in the white paper on the future of the BBC published earlier this month.

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