![]() ![]() So it’s sorta-kinda-like a six day trial in many respects. It’s worth noting that if you don’t want more than the free trial, you have to cancel “at least 24 hours before the end of your free trial”. There is a free Britbox Australia trial, but it’s only for seven days. Update: Confirmed - looks like the local site is now live, as per the image below: There’s two pricing tiers (at least via the Apple signup I’ve done it’s feasible that outside the Apple store markup it may be different) at $8.99/month or $89.99 for a year if you pay upfront. It really does do what it says on the tin! How much does it cost? ![]() What is it?īritbox Australia is a subscription streaming service, offering up select drama, crime drama, comedy, documentary and lifestyle content from the archives of the BBC and ITV. I’ve spent a little time digging through what’s one offer. Rather quietly, and seemingly on a Sunday for some reason, it’s live in Australia. So when Britbox launched in the US, I was interested, but figured that between iPlayer’s failure in market and the fact that a lot of BBC and ITV content is already widely available through other subscription platforms that we’d be lucky to see much of a service. The Australia-only version of BBC iPlayer didn’t last long - I think it was around a year or so - and then faded away. You can still read that first review, and my later impressions over at Gizmodo Australia. You see, nearly a decade ago, the BBC launched a video streaming service in Australia, and I was one of the first journalists to write about it. I can’t help but feel like I’ve been down this path before. ![]() You’ll have to forgive me here, because I’m having a moment of severe deja vu. Here’s my early impressions of what it does right - and wrong. The UK-centric streaming service Britbox has rather quietly and subtly “soft launched” into Australia, at $8.99 a month. ![]()
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