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James Andrews & Cathy Owen

BBC and ITV's Netflix rival BritBox will launch in the autumn

More details of the BBC and ITV's new streaming on demand service BritBox, which aims to rival Netflix, have been revealed.

It will be priced at £5.99 a month when it launches in the UK later this year.

The streaming subscription service will launch some time between October and December.

New programmes will also be made specially for Britbox, with the first arriving next year.

Other existing series to be made available will include Victoria, Happy Valley, Les Miserables, The Office and Benidorm.

ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall called the agreement to launch BritBox "a milestone moment".

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BBC director general Tony Hall said: "I am really excited about the new shows it will commission. With a remit to be daring and different, many future classics will be commissioned and live on BritBox for the future."

He said the new shows made specifically for Britbox would be "future classics".

BritBox would have a collection of British boxsets and original series in one place.

BritBox already exists in North America where it has more than 500,000 subscribers. BritBox is free there for the first seven days, then costs $6.99 (£5.27) a month - making it less than half the price of a TV licence.

Ms McCall said: "Subscription video on demand is increasingly popular with consumers who love being able to watch what they want when they want to watch it.

"They are also happy to pay for this ease of access to quality content and so BritBox is tapping into this, and a new revenue stream for UK public service broadcasters."

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