With DVD screeners now phased out, members have complained of multiple tech issues with BAFTA View and criticized the need for an HMDI cable, while the British Academy claims that viewings on the one-year-old platform are up significantly.
While the issue undoubtedly saw a few angry voices raised in front of laptop screens and perhaps the odd hand gesticulation, it’s hardly the worst problem in the world. BAFTA says all votes submitted over the period counted.
The main target of criticism has been BAFTA View, the online platform that BAFTA launched in 2020 for the 2021 awards seasons and on which all eligible submitted films are available for streaming. Among the main reasons for the portal — three years in development — was the industry-wide move away from sending out physical DVDs, an environmentally unfriendly process that was also hugely expensive for distributors without big pockets.
Chief among the complaints is the need for an HDMI cable connecting to a laptop to cast or mirror to a TV. Although many of the smaller distributors have uploaded their films directly onto the portal, which allows for wireless casting via Airplay to Apple TV or smart TVs, piracy concerns saw all majors use their own or third-party online platforms, which BAFTA View then links to. Given that these feature embedded anti-piracy software, such wireless casting isn’t possible.
The same member — who wishes to remain anonymous — said that while he had watched a couple of films on his computer, he felt forced to, and it was an approach that has meant he’s ruled certain films out. “My general rule has been that if it won’t play via Airplay, I won’t watch it.”
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