
BritBox launches in Australia
The best of BBC & ITV drama, comedy, documentary is now streaming down under.
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New streaming platform BritBox launches in Australia today with the best of British Drama, Comedy, Documentary & Lifestyle from the powerhouse libraries of BBC & ITV.
Following its launch in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom it will retail at $8.99 per month, $89.99 for a 12 month subscription, and with a 7 day free trial.
Amongst its vast library of premium scripted content are Vera, Prime Suspect, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Father Brown, Victoria, Doc Martin, Gunpowder, Broadchurch,Lewis, Mr Bean, Kingdom, The Vicar of Dibley, The Office, Luther, A Confession, Appropriate Adult, Absolutely Fabulous, Midsomer Murders, Blackadder plus Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Top Gear.
Moira Hogan, Country Manager (Australia) tells TV Tonight, there are also treat for Doctor Who fans and exclusive BritBox titles.
“We’re launching with every available episode of classic and new Doctor Who, stretching from 1963 right through to 2019. There’s over 700 pieces of content. We’re super excited to bring all 13 doctors to Australian streaming audiences. It feels like a really great enduring title that really demonstrates the power of great British content -a combination of classic and new titles that we can put together all in one place.
“We’re also launching with All Creatures Great and Small, the 2020 reboot which is a lovely, warm, cozy, character-driven drama. I remember growing up watching the original series and how lovely it was as a family to sit around watching that. We really hope that Aussie audiences react positively to All Creatures as they have in the UK.
“We’ve got our first Britbox Original, the very buzzy Spitting Image, another reboot, which we’ll be offering the last couple of episodes express overnight. So we’re very excited to be launching with those three tentpole titles. I feel like they give a really good flavour of what’s to come for Britbox.
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“We do have some other territory premieres. The Mallorca Files has played out in the UK and in the US, but it’ll be a territory premiere. It’s in the same vein as Death in Paradise, a police procedural, bit of a fish out of water with 2 cops who are quite different, thrown together where mystery and a bit of fun ensues,” said Hogan.
BritBox will offer HD where available and closed captioning for 60% of titles, with a plan to increase to 100%.
Hogan also does not rule out co-commissions in the future.
“We are focussed on the best of British creativity, but in the future there could be opportunities with commissions and co-productions,” she added,
BritBox is available via web, iPhone, iPad, Android smartphones and tablets, Chromecast, Apple TV (4th gen and newer), Samsung Smart TVs, LG Smart TVs, Telstra TV, and Fetch.
- Tagged with A Confession, Absolutely Fabulous, All Creatures Great & Small, Appropriate Adult, Blackadder, Blue Planet, Broadchurch, Doc Martin, Doctor Who, Father Brown, Gunpowder, Kingdom, Lewis, Luther, Midsomer Murders, Mr. Bean, Planet Earth, Prime Suspect, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Spitting Image, The Mallorca Files, The Office, The Vicar of Dibley, Top Gear, Vera, Victoria
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I suspect that most of the featured BritBox shows have already been sourced by keen UK drama watchers.
I would be curious if this revival of All Creatures Great and Small will include the same invasive vet procedures that star Christopher Timothy carried out in the 80’s.
BritBox did cause a bit of debate in the UK when first announced as some of the latest shows are not included due to ratings considerations.
Why can’t we just have the BBC iPlayer David?
That’s free for Brits who already pay for the service, same as ABC iview. It isn’t monetised.
The future is App hopping. Not channel hopping.
Yet another streaming service. Soon every genre, every movie studio etc will have a streaming service.
Ever since the dawn of cable in the era of Galaxy I’ve heard many people say they only want to pay for the channels they use. If you think about it this is how it is now with services this Britbox , Shudder & Curiosity Stream.
Besides nobody is tied to any service. You can pay monthly , watch the shows you want and then cancel and pay for another one if you want.
This is an awesome series! I was waiting for it to launch in Australia. Now I want to get their subscription for 12 months and their fee is $89.99, I want to get a discount to buy this. I just visited my trusted couponing website EMUCoupon.com to get a coupon for BritBox but now they don’t have one. So can anyone please guide me that how can I get a discount of BritBox?
The 12 month fee is already discounted from 12 x $8.99 = $107.88. If it’s just one show you are after you could try bingeing it in the 7 day free trial.
Thanks David.
i must have been looking at the wrong britbox country as now i’ve had another look corrie, eastenders and emmerdale are not showing
they have corrie, Eastenders and emmerdale. Do you know how up to date it is compared to UKTV on foxtel?
All creatures is a great series. Mallorca files is the most boring I’ve seen. I would consider ditching foxtel or fetch if they had more up to date like BBC First does
Yeah !
Question – how will this differ to Acorn (obviously Acorn has many British shows like Cold Feet…yet to view the last couple of seasons and have read poor reviews about Acorn so have never committed)?