because it robs the company of the chance to sell its products to foreign audiences
I think that for BBC programmes, it's precisely the opposite. They want to sell their programmes, either to BBC America (with ads!) or to other regional broadcasters (like Australia, Canada, Spain etc.)
And in some cases it's licensing. For example, when The Young Ones was shown first in the US, they cut out all the bands playing because the licensing for the music would have be be negotiated separately as the BBC pays for a blanket licence for music for TV broadcast in the UK. (At least that's how I understand things, I've been wrong before ...)
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I think that for BBC programmes, it's precisely the opposite. They want to sell their programmes, either to BBC America (with ads!) or to other regional broadcasters (like Australia, Canada, Spain etc.)
And in some cases it's licensing. For example, when The Young Ones was shown first in the US, they cut out all the bands playing because the licensing for the music would have be be negotiated separately as the BBC pays for a blanket licence for music for TV broadcast in the UK. (At least that's how I understand things, I've been wrong before ...)