BBC Adds Shows to iTunes

As predicted, the BBC has added their television programs to iTunes UK. Accessible through UK iTunes:
BBC Worldwide brings iTunes users in the UK the best of British TV programmes from the BBC. Our programmes are exciting, compelling, passionate, provocative, bold, unpredictable and moving, and include some of the best comedy -- Little Britain, The Catherine Tate Show and Two Pints of Lager & a Packet of Crisps -- and a fantastic selection of contemporary drama, including Torchwood, Spooks and Life on Mars, all available to download now. New titles will be added regularly, including top-quality documentary series and brand-new drama and comedy
Shows are priced at 1.89 per episode and are still being added to. Apple's UK Hot News also lists Robin Hood and Ashes to Ashes amongst the available shows. They also specify that the newest episodes will be available for for purchase and download eight days after they are screened on TV.
Top Rated Comments
(View all)Hooray!
Wait a minute...
So, now all us licence fee payers in the UK can pay again to download these programmes.
Hooray!
Wait a minute...
Technically they're available for free on BBC's website for UK residents. The BBC iPlayer is another story however. This is for those outside of the UK to have access to BBC content online. Thus I don't see how it's insulting when you can go to BBC and get it free if you're in the UK and therefore pay (or supposed to) TV licence.
so DVDs of BBC stuff should be just the packaging costs?
Fair point, but £1.89 a pop is a bit steep, don't you think? Who's going to actually pay this?
[ Read All Comments ]

Analytics firm Chitika today released a report showing that by its metrics iOS has now surpassed OS X in overall web traffic share in the United States. Chitika's methodology involves an analysis...
One of the most frequent reasons for an iPhone to go on a trip to the Apple Store's Genius Bar is because of water damage. Typically, a water damaged iPhone can be replaced for a flat $199...
TheVerge's Joshua Topolsky summarizes the iPad 3 casing findings reported earlier today, but also adds his own sources regarding some details of the iPad 3.
Image from RepairLabs
As...
Last July, Apple discontinued the white MacBook from its consumer lineup, pushing consumers toward the company's popular MacBook Air line or the 13-inch MacBook Pro. The company didn't kill...
Popular iPhone Twitter client Tweetbot has finally arrived on the iPad, with a user interface instantly familiar to any current Tweetbot user. Designed for the Twitter power-user, Tweetbot packs a...