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Originally Posted by Neil

Because when the BBC buy programs they buy them based on where they will show them. The BBC sells programs to Spain as well as all over the world. The TV companies buying the BBC's programs would not be very impressed if anyone could just watch them on the BBC website.

If they are 'paying' to view them then why not. Likewise spanish TV should be able to sell its 'license' to us. The whole global TV broadcast system would become a place where those broadcasting quality programming would survive and thsoe that didn't would pass away. Survival of the fittest at its best.

With regard to teh BBC we are into the semantics of whether they broadcast to a geographic area or broadcast "in " a geographic area. Its technically possible to receive terrestrial signals outside the UK( calais I believe is capable of receiving it as a start) so do the BBC pay to broadcast in france? I bet they don't.