Re: Doctor Who Prioritises UK Fans [Article]

On 27/02/2025 22:39, Blueshirt wrote:

Your Name wrote:
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On 2025-02-27 15:15:39 +0000, Blueshirt said:

 Radio Times article re the change of release time for "Doctor
Who" episodes on the BBC iPlayer for the forthcoming
season...
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https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-prioritise-uk-fans-comment/

 Not sure how that supposedly "prioritises UK fans" ... seems
more of a publicity stunt since UK fans are the only ones who
can legally access iPlayer anyway.

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They iPlayer and Disney+ episode release times are simultaneous.
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So before, the USA & Canada got new Doctor Who episodes on the
Friday afternoon on Disney+, and the UK viewers had to stay up
until midnight or 1am on the Saturday morning to watch the
episodes on the BBC iPlayer.
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Now, it's the North American viewers that have to wait until the
early hours of Saturday morning to watch the new episodes on
Disney+ and people in the UK can watch them from 8am on the
iPlayer.
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A small difference but they seem to thing it's important... I'm
not sure the midnight iPlayer viewings were getting many viewers
beyond a few hardcore fans anyway. I tried it for the first few
episodes but gave up and just watched them when I got up or in
the afternoon.
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I actually think this move is better for publicity purposes worldwide: 8 am
UK is midnight on the west coast of the USA, This means that the worldwide
release date is the same the world over apart from in Alaska and a
scattered handful of French and US