Board Thread:The Panopticon/@comment-1317169-20130203002409/@comment-88790-20130211134226

Not sure if this needs to be a separate discussion.

Where does broadcast end and digital distribution begin?

I refer to on-demand players provided by the broadcast rights holders of DW, namely the BBC's iPlayer in the UK and the ABC's iView player in Australia.

Both have the shows available for watching following (or in the case of the ABC's iView prior to) broadcast. They are free (practically) and they are essentially an extension of the broadcast. In the UK, I believe the viewing figures are counted towards or counted separately (I'm not sure) to the final ratings of each story.

While these are "digitally distributed" they're not sold/available in the same way that things from iTunes, AmazonVideo, Netflix etc are.

Should we then have the information from the broadcast holder's on-demand players in the Ratings section of the article (and perhaps rename "Ratings" to "Broadcast") or should it be included in the "Home media release" section?