Netflix wins Christmas TV crown with £15bn budget dwarfing BBC and ITV

Netflix wins Christmas TV crown with £15bn budget dwarfing BBC and ITV

Netflix is poised to steal the BBC’s Christmas TV crown as streaming platforms and mobile devices consign the traditional festive viewing experience to history. Once Morecambe and Wise and Only Fools and Horses entertained 20m viewers as the nation’s families gathered around the TV in a post-turkey slumber. But in today’s multi-platform world, teenagers are more likely to be streaming YouTube or watching Stranger Things on a tablet in their bedr…