Netflix boss: BBC is holding back UK children's shows

Ted Sarandos says corporation restricts UK licensing for up to five years, forcing streaming service to buy US shows instead.
Ted Sarandos, Netflix's content chief, has accused the BBC of stifling the potential of homegrown children's shows by holding them back from the US video-on-demand company's UK streaming service for up to five years.
Sarandos said the BBC's restrictive policy towards licensing kids' shows to VOD services such as Netflix in the UK means a potential source of extra money to invest in creating the next great homegrown show, such as Teletubbies or In the Night Garden, is being cut off.
He added that his company has been forced to invest in US kids' shows to offer to its 2 million-plus UK users.

Source: https://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/may/30/netflix-boss-bbc-uk-childrens-shows