31-05-2021, 11:56 AM
IanJRedman post_id=15628 time=1622416576 user_id=958 Wrote:For three weeks during the Euros, EastEnders will move to an online-first approach, with the entire week's episodes dropping on the iPlayer every Monday. The episodes will still be shown on BBC One, but broadcast times are likely to be heavily disrupted.It seems that for the Euros, EE is doing a BBC Three style online move
I lurk on an EE forum, and the fans there are spitting nails over this. They hate the idea (spoilers, and fragmenting the audience, I suppose) and think it's going to become permanent.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/30/eastender...e-14677399
My opinion is somewhere in the middle. I can see the logic of using iPlayer to offset disruption from the football, but I dislike the idea of the 'boxset drop' - I'm not mad-keen on the prospect of spoilers floating around several days in advance. If it were me, I'd release them one by one, at the times they would 'normally' air on linear TV.