BBC harnesses power of Facebook to rent TV episodes

THE COMMERCIAL ARM OF the BBC is expanding its presence in Canada by renting via Facebook episodes of its popular sci-fi series Doctor Who.BBC Worldwide said that users may visit the show’s official page to select from nine digitally re-mastered stories, including one that was not released on DVD making it exclusive to the social media site, and pay for the rental using Facebook credits. The episodes are available for Facebook users in Canada, the US, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and can be viewed for 48 hours once rented."As we have grown internationally, we've seen through our Facebook channel...