BBC iPlayer for 360 indefinitely postponed due to disagreement with Microso

[Scoobes]

Euphoria14 said:

heruamon said:
Something will be worked out...UK is M$ strongest foothold in Europe, and they are going to find a way. M$'s goal is to get as many people as possible on Gold, and I can't fault them, because they are responsible for maintianing the cost of upkeep for the service, whereas I can't say what the model is for Wii and PS3.

Sony maintains the cost through advertisements, which oddly MS does as well, even if you're a Gold subscriber.

They can upkeep LIVE even without the subscription fee.

I don't think I'll understand why people are willing to pay for Live when you can get similar or better (dependent on your needs) services elsewhere for free. It's just one huge source of pure profit for MS. They don't even have to maintain dedicated servers which even Sony does for certain 1st party titles. And now they want only Gold members to have access to TV paid for by the UK license payers?!

Can MS really keep this up?