BBC launches download store for 60 years of BBC programmes

MK_Slinky — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 01:07:42 GMT

The BBC Store launches today and allows you to pay to download individual shows and complete series, from never-before-seen content to classic series and the very latest episodes of your favourite BBC shows. More than 7,000 hours of downloadable TV content is available on the newly-launched BBC Store. It will sit alongside BBC iPlayer, which will continue to offer 30-day catch-up (and offline playback) for the latest shows.

The new BBC Store website will be a bigger archive of BBC programming, offering classic content from more than 60 years of BBC shows. There will also be previously unseen episodes, banned programmes, plus all the BBC's latest TV shows. All the programmes will be available to buy, download and keep forever.

The BBC says shows will typically cost £1.89 per episode or £6.99 per series. Programmes are available in SD and HD, with a premium for HD content. A six-episode series of Peter Kay's Car Share, for example, is available for £9.99 in SD and £12.99 in HD.

The BBC is aiming to generate up to £1.2bn from the website over the next five years, which it intends to use to fund future programmes.

The site is live now, full of new and old programmes from the BBC archive, with the latest shows set to be available to purchase and download just 24 hours after they're first broadcast.

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BBC launches download store for 60 years of BBC programmes