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On Jan 28, 2026 at 3:07:05 AM PST, ""Blueshirt"" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
wrote:

Your Name wrote:

On 2026-01-27 21:51:46 +0000, Blueshirt said:

There were rumours that the BBC were in talks with Paramount
to bring "Doctor Who" to Paramount+... whether that would be
enough to keep your subscription going, or not, is another
matter.

Of course, it might also depend on if the rumours are true...
:-)

The latest rumour is that YouTube is the new partner for
Doctor Who.

BBC to make shows for YouTube in landmark new deal
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q4521pg28o>

Doctor Who's New Streaming Partner is... YouTube?!
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gteVRN6D2ow>

The BBC making shows for YouTube is an interesting direction for
them, and probably a sensible one in the modern world. (Everyone
watches YouTube!!!) But I'm not sure they'd premier new episodes
of one of their [so called] flagship shows direct to YouTube on
release.

If they did, expect plenty of adverts!

I wonder how this sort of thing is going to impact those of us who pay a monthly fee specifically to be ad-free on YouTube. Will a new season of DOCTOR WHO suddenly become an "exception" to our ad-free plan, where we'll have to
sit through all the ads even though we're paying to be ad-free?


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BTR1701 wrote:

On Jan 28, 2026 at 3:07:05 AM PST, ""Blueshirt""
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

Your Name wrote:

The latest rumour is that YouTube is the new partner for
Doctor Who.

BBC to make shows for YouTube in landmark new deal
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q4521pg28o>

Doctor Who's New Streaming Partner is... YouTube?!
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gteVRN6D2ow>

The BBC making shows for YouTube is an interesting direction
for them, and probably a sensible one in the modern world.
(Everyone watches YouTube!!!) But I'm not sure they'd
premier new episodes of one of their [so called] flagship
shows direct to YouTube on release.

If they did, expect plenty of adverts!

I wonder how this sort of thing is going to impact those of us
who pay a monthly fee specifically to be ad-free on YouTube.
Will a new season of DOCTOR WHO suddenly become an "exception"
to our ad-free plan, where we'll have to sit through all the
ads even though we're paying to be ad-free?

The BBC haven't officially said that "Doctor Who" will be part
of their recently announced streaming deal with YouTube... but
should it happen, I couldn't see the BBC giving new episodes of
"Doctor Who" away for free without there being some way of them
getting revenue from it. That's the whole point of the deal at
the end of the day, to make money for the BBC.

Maybe Google would pay the BBC based on the amount of their
YouTube Premium subscribers that watched the episodes for x
amount of time, without the need for ads for those people... and
run adverts at the beginning of episodes like some other
streaming services do for people on the free tier.

Either way, it's good to see the BBC try and do something
different...
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On 2026-01-28 11:07:05 +0000, Blueshirt said:

Your Name wrote:

On 2026-01-27 21:51:46 +0000, Blueshirt said:

There were rumours that the BBC were in talks with Paramount to bring
"Doctor Who" to Paramount+... whether that would be enough to keep your >>> subscription going, or not, is another matter.

Of course, it might also depend on if the rumours are true...
:-)

The latest rumour is that YouTube is the new partner for Doctor Who.

BBC to make shows for YouTube in landmark new deal
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q4521pg28o>

Doctor Who's New Streaming Partner is... YouTube?!
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gteVRN6D2ow>

The BBC making shows for YouTube is an interesting direction for them,
and probably a sensible one in the modern world. (Everyone watches YouTube!!!) But I'm not sure they'd premier new episodes of one of
their [so called] flagship shows direct to YouTube on release.

If they did, expect plenty of adverts!

Certainly not on regular free-for-all YouTube, but on the pay-for
YouTube Premium which has already had quite a few "original" shows.
YouTube Premium was created to be a proper TV creation and streaming
service, alongside places like Netflix, BritBox, Acorn, etc. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_YouTube_Premium_original_programming>


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On 2026-01-28 20:39:10 +0000, Blueshirt said:

BTR1701 wrote:

On Jan 28, 2026 at 3:07:05 AM PST, ""Blueshirt""
<blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

Your Name wrote:

The latest rumour is that YouTube is the new partner for Doctor Who.

BBC to make shows for YouTube in landmark new deal
<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q4521pg28o>

Doctor Who's New Streaming Partner is... YouTube?!
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gteVRN6D2ow>

The BBC making shows for YouTube is an interesting direction for them,
and probably a sensible one in the modern world. (Everyone watches
YouTube!!!) But I'm not sure they'd premier new episodes of one of
their [so called] flagship shows direct to YouTube on release.

If they did, expect plenty of adverts!

I wonder how this sort of thing is going to impact those of us who pay
a monthly fee specifically to be ad-free on YouTube. Will a new season
of DOCTOR WHO suddenly become an "exception" to our ad-free plan, where
we'll have to sit through all the ads even though we're paying to be
ad-free?

The BBC haven't officially said that "Doctor Who" will be part of their recently announced streaming deal with YouTube... but should it happen,
I couldn't see the BBC giving new episodes of "Doctor Who" away for
free without there being some way of them getting revenue from it.
That's the whole point of the deal at the end of the day, to make money
for the BBC.

Maybe Google would pay the BBC based on the amount of their YouTube
Premium subscribers that watched the episodes for x amount of time,
without the need for ads for those people... and run adverts at the beginning of episodes like some other streaming services do for people
on the free tier.

Either way, it's good to see the BBC try and do something different...

It would just be a standard licensing deal. Same as with Disney or the overseas networks before that, YouTube Premium would simply pay
$Xmillion to be allowed to play episodes exclusively (outside the UK)
for Y number of years.


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Ubiquitous wrote:

I didn't have high expectations about Starfleet Academy when I sat down to >watch it, but boy... they somehow managed to take the bar, dig a trench >under it, and camp there. It transcends your stereotypical CW-type show
with characters so unbelievably bad, I'm not sure how this got greenlit.
So let's rip into it.

https://youtu.be/ukW9b00fAOQ?si=i-nRmQUZ1anBKFTn

I like that stupid fat nigger girl with the teeth. She reminds me of all
the niggers who voted against Trump in 2024.
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