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drama about the queen's life has gone online today. it comes at a time when netflix and other streaming services like amazon and apple are ploughing billions of pounds into programme making. and as our media editor amol rajan reports, it's dramatically reshaping the way we watch television. 70 years ago, the wedding of queen elizabeth and prince philip was broadcast on a single channel in black—and—white. the world has changed. today, their marriage and times has been dramatised in a multimillion—pound, high—tech production, consumed on a range of devices. yet this very british story was made by netflix, not the bbc. the company now boasts over 100 million subscribers, and was irresistible to the british executive behind the crown. well, you know, you can get to see tech companies very, very easily, and they make decisions very speedily, and they seem to have lots of money. so all of these are very attractive qualities when you're trying to sell

a tv show. netflix have said they will spend up to £6 billion on programmes next year. that is around double the bbc‘s entire budget. meanwhile, according to analysts atjp morgan, amazon will spend £3.5 billion on video content next year, with mega—productions such as their version of top gear top of the list. and now apple, the world's richest company, is now also moving into original programming. it will probably spend at least £750 million next year on content, small fry for a company whose value is approaching $1 trillion. companies like netflix and amazon are part of a worldwide transition from scheduled tv to online and on—demand broadcasting. these tech firms have discovered that consumers will pay for content online, provided it is of sufficiently high quality. and that is why they are now shamelessly pursuing notjust young and digitally savvy audiences, but also older viewers, whose loyalty traditionally lies elsewhere. and yet that loyalty to traditional broadcasters endures. for the likes of channel 4

and the bbc, superstar shows like great british bake 0ff and blue planet are still watched by up to 10 million people, and generate national conversation. the streaming services of netflix and amazon are certainly making a very powerful mark, and that's great for consumers. my worry is that we can see over the next decade the amount of money going into content made in britain, for british audiences, dramas that reflect british lives, comedies that reflect the uk, documentaries, and so on, is going to go down. and i think that we would be the poorer for that. as the next chair of bafta argues, older broadcasters will have to form alliances with new ones if they are to thrive. the danger will come if the streaming services no longer need that money from the bbc or itv or channel 4, because they want to fully fund something, and take world rights. the internet has simultaneously undermined the business model of broadcasters reliant on advertising, while giving paying customers unprecedented quality and choice. luckily for viewers, this is a revolution that will be televised.

now on bbc news, our world. in august 1996, can end roof pohler, an american couple from michigan, arrived in china. —— can end roof. they adopted a baby girl from a social welfare home. they called her kati. —— ken and ruth. doesn't she look like a picture! money is pretty... i can. it is

obvious that you are different, from day one. she wasjust beautiful. but seeing that picture and seeing her in life was, yes. very happy, very emotional, just tears running down my face. i grew up in a place that was very white, very caucasian. but for me, my community was so close and so tight. i saw myself as different but i was actually really accepted. but then things started to become different when i went outside the community, and everyone knew me and you my story, and they expected me to act certain ways. kati was probably five years old. and she came up to me, we probably five years old. and she came up to me, we were probably five years old. and she came up to me, we were at a meeting at church, she asked me his tummy she came from. did i come from your

tummy? and i said no, you didn't come from my tummy. you came from a lady's tummy in china. but you came from my heart. you were born of my heart. and she was off running, doing something else. that was all she needed to know, and she was happy with that. looking back at it now, i thought the right thing to do was to not really pursue that and think about that. i guess part of the reason i didn't pursue it more too was because i knew, especially from my mum, it was hard to her. when ken and ruth receive their baby can they were given an unexpected piece of paper. it was a note, and it was written by kati's both pa rents. it was written by kati's both parents. —— birth parents. for the last 15 years, the couple

have been visiting the broken bridge in hangzhou, hoping to find their daughter. their story was picked up either chinese media. finally, through a contact, they discovered their daughter had been adopted by a couple in the united states. but kati's adopted family didn't

think a reunion would be in her best interests. until now. i guess meeting my birth parents is something that i never had a really strong desire to do. but i don't think i ever considered it as something that could ever even happened. so now that is happening, it isato happened. so now that is happening, it is a to think about. the dominating emotion is properly excitement. we should have brought oui’ excitement. we should have brought our bags to make us look better! kati's adopted parents told her about the full story of her adoption when she turned 20. she is mature and she made that decision, and so we are here tobacco completely —— to back her completely and matt shaw that it

back her completely and matt shaw thatitis back her completely and matt shaw that it is a good experience for her. —— and make sure. and that her trip over there will be a blessing to her birth parents. how are you, i'm good. how are you? we were just wondering where you were? in a way i see it as a loss, but also a game. it'sjust a see it as a loss, but also a game. it's just a change see it as a loss, but also a game. it'sjust a change in see it as a loss, but also a game. it's just a change in the relationship. we pray that kati will go well and she will have safe travel to china, and that you return safely back to us. after finding out about her birth parents, kati decided to fly to china, to meet them herself. i think my biggest fear in meeting my biological family is that somehow i will disappoint them, i mean, in a lot of ways, obviously they feel they have let me

down. but i also know how much pain they have gone through. is so large. i see that! ahead of the big reunion, kati spent some time getting to know the country of her birth. the meeting under strain to try and take it as it comes, and try to be in the moment as much as possible. and make the best decision to me at that time. this is kati. higher. hello. the big day has

arrived. kati and her birth family are travelling to the broken bridge where they will meet for the first time. iam i am excited. ifeel i am excited. i feel pretty ready. i feel like there has been a lot of build—up to this point, so i feel like... feel like it is time. i'm generally not a very symbolic person. like, ithink generally not a very symbolic person. like, i think it is nice, but i'm not early one fall, like, sentimental things. but it was my biological‘s father's idea. i respect that, and i do see the beauty and out. so yes, i think meeting on the bridge is definitely the logical choice, and i think it will be good. the legendary broken bridge in hangzhou is famous in chinese folklore. it is the inspiration for an ancient love story. and millions of people visit each year. it was a beautiful afternoon, and so

it was definitely kind of surreal, walking across the bridge, just looking at the people, like, this is it. iam looking at the people, like, this is it. i am only going to do this once. you only meet your biological family once in your life. i don't get super emotional and those types of situations, but for my birth mother, i think she was just... she was actually really sad, ina lot just... she was actually really sad, in a lot of ways. she just kind of helped me and sold for about a half—hour. and that is another time when i was, like, you know what? i'm glad i can't speak chinese, because i have no idea what i would say otherwise. so, after the meeting, like, my

biologicalfamily so, after the meeting, like, my biological family really wanted me to, like, stay with them for the night. and i was, like, no. i have met so many people today, i haven't been sleeping a lot, so ijust want some time to myself. so i think, yes, that first night, yes, i didn't stay with them. and then after that, the day after that, i hung outwith, yes, my parents. they have brought kati back to their family home in hangzhou. they have brought kati back to their family home in hangzhoulj

they have brought kati back to their family home in hangzhou. i am kati's biological mother. hello. thank you very much. for taking care of kati. we are also very thankful to you for giving her to us. that night they skype chat with kati's adoptive family in the us. it is the first time that two families have left. can you tell us a little bit how the bridge reunion went?|j can you tell us a little bit how the bridge reunion went? i haven't really tried to talk about it yet, because i don't know how to talk about it well. because... 0k. because i don't know how to talk about it well. because... ok. i don't know how to capture what it was. i don't know. we love her dearly, and she knows that, and we

haven't lost anything today. we haven't lost anything today. we haven't lost anything at all. we are just happy for her. i am just happy that she has come to this point. i just hope there is a sense of peace and contentment with her, and that, you know, if it means developing a relationship with them, but that's 0k. because that is good. 0ne one thing! one thing i realised, going on this trip, that i almost did it more for my biologicalfamily trip, that i almost did it more for my biological family than myself. 0bviously my biological family than myself. obviously it was both, but in a lot of ways it was a lot more meaningful to them. just because it was a lot more traumatic for them, and they have been living with a lot more

emotion about it for so many years. but for me, also, it was good. it was... yes, it was good in different ways, i think, for us. was... yes, it was good in different ways, ithink, for us. but was... yes, it was good in different ways, i think, for us. but for me, it was definitely fulfilling. what is it? chicken wing. sure. my oldest daughter, she is already 25, but she never went into the kitchen once.|j will teach her how to cook. i guess having two sets of parents, it is... it's hard, because it's a lot of family ties, and that is, like, how much to communicate, and i'm not really good at communicating with my family in the first place, and i have a whole other family. the next morning, kati's dad wants

to ta ke the next morning, kati's dad wants to take her to the place where he abandoned her. but it is difficult to find the exact spot. he really just wanted he reallyjust wanted my forgiveness, which is... it wasjust really interesting, because, like i understand from him why he needed forgiveness, but for me, i didn't feel like i needed to forgive them for anything. like, from my perspective, i understand their situation, as much as i think i can. and, like... yes, they were stuck. they were stuck in a system that was so can. they were stuck in a system that was so can. six hours from hangzhou is

this town. it is the original family home, and it is where kati's grandmother lives. i think another really cool moment was, like tom meeting my grandma. i think she was on the boat and i was born, so, like, she has been also thinking about me a lot through the yea rs. thinking about me a lot through the years. earlier this year, her grandmother nearly died after suffering a stroke. just seeing her, and seeing my

extended family, i am just like... it really made it feel more like family. i don't know, just seeing how much that i was there, and she really wa nted how much that i was there, and she really wanted to see me before she died, and that was kind of... it was a powerful moment. it is time to say goodbye. all the family are at the airport to see kati off. don't cry, 0k? hello. back in michigan, a new chapter is beginning in kati's life, as she prepares for her final year of university. i guess, for like, for other adoptees who are pursuing

reunion or searching, i think it is important to just, like, reunion or searching, i think it is important tojust, like, be very aware of, like, yourfeelings. and, like, there is not really a right and wrong way to feel during any pa rt and wrong way to feel during any part of the process. no matter how much you know about your adoption, or why you were given up, or how much you feel about it, and how much it hurts, or no matter what the circumstance, i don't think it's good to suppress those feelings that might be hard to deal with. hello there. it was very much all nothing as far as the snow was concerned on friday. not only did we have heavy snow showers in northern ireland the northern scotland but there was a covering of snow in many parts of wales, even into the west midlands, north—west midlands and into western parts of birmingham badly affected earlier on in the day. now, there won't be as much snow falling overnight and into the morning. it won't be as widespread that we have got a more widespread

frost, and that will lead to some icy conditions. we could well find some wintry showers moving away from wales but heading more into the north—west of england and on to the pennines. we will see more snow showers across northern scotland, but otherwise many places will have a dry day, and quite sunny as well. we will see cloud increasing in the south—west and rain approaching later, and here we will have the highest temperatures. it will be a cold day but it won't be as windy, so cold day but it won't be as windy, so it shouldn't feel quite as cold. what we have drawn down colder air across the uk, and coming into the colder air, we saw it in the far south—west, some wet weather on these weather systems. the only —— any time that sort of thing happens you are likely to see some more snow. so getting very cold very quickly on saturday evening. you've got rain in the south—west, that will then turn the snow as it moves northwards. perhaps for northern ireland, more likely across wales, northern england, moving into east anglia as well. and it is across the central areas that we have the amber snow warning from the met office.

ten centimetres quite widely, perhaps more over the hills. the heaviest falls of snow will come overnight and early into sunday, before the snow becomes lighter during the afternoon. and southern parts of england and wales get some sunshine, it gets milder, it gets windy, there could be some heavy showers. cold further north, mind you, drying off a bit across northern ireland and most of scotla nd northern ireland and most of scotland will be dry, cold and frosty. now, the weather system bringing that snow is going to then peter out during the second half of the day and overnight, but there is a storm coming in from the atlantic. that is going to bring some stormy winds to northern parts of spain and to the western side of france as well. and that the area of low pressure is going to have an impact across the south—eastern half of the uk. mostly heavy rain and some strong winds. there is the threat of some snow because we have that undercut of colder air, that it should turn drier and quieter on tuesday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is duncan golestani.

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