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Bill Wright[_2_] March 23rd 11 06:06 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/BBC%20cuts.jpg

Bill

Michael Chare[_3_] March 23rd 11 06:19 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On 23/03/2011 17:06, Bill Wright wrote:
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Bill


I am hoping that they will not cut 'This Week' as suggested today in
another newspaper.


--
Michael Chare

Doctor D March 23rd 11 07:10 PM

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Bill


The first thing that should be done is for the BBC to stop paying to show
the lottery. Either show it for free or allow another channel to show the
bloody thing, but for the BBC to be paying to screen it is an abomination.

The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other channels
for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our money to produce
and show progarmmes that are in the public interest, of public relevance and
are those which won't be produced by the other channels.


Peter Duncanson March 23rd 11 07:18 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:10:35 -0000, "Doctor D"
wrote:


The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other channels
for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our money to produce
and show progarmmes that are in the public interest, of public relevance and
are those which won't be produced by the other channels.


That is one point of view. Another is that the BBC has a duty to all
licence fee payers to provide them with the material they want.

When independent TV was introduced in the UK it was so that the new
companies would provide competition for the BBC. That was the political
justification for independent television. Such competition cannot exist
if the BBC stops competing with the independent sector.

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(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

Scott[_4_] March 23rd 11 07:27 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:06:19 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/BBC%20cuts.jpg

A few comments:

1. If many potential viewers are asleep between 10.35 and 6 am and
Question Time is a 'flagship show' then wtf is QT broadcast at 10.40?
2. The idea of transmitting HD programmes in the early hours makes
sense but I thought that was what the HD channel did anyway. Maybe
they mean merging BBC2 with BBC HD throught the night. I would have
thought the savings there would be minimal.

3. What about simulcasting TV and radio? I have already written to
Feedback to suggest that the tedious Broadcasting House on Radio 4
could be replace with the Andrew Marr Show soundtrack.

4. I assume there is no saving in transmission costs by shutting a
channel when they are part of the same multiplex. I don't imagine
there is much original programming shown through the night, so where
are the savings? Is BBC3 or BBC4 at risk?

Scott[_4_] March 23rd 11 07:30 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:18:48 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:10:35 -0000, "Doctor D"
wrote:


The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other channels
for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our money to produce
and show progarmmes that are in the public interest, of public relevance and
are those which won't be produced by the other channels.


That is one point of view. Another is that the BBC has a duty to all
licence fee payers to provide them with the material they want.

When independent TV was introduced in the UK it was so that the new
companies would provide competition for the BBC. That was the political
justification for independent television. Such competition cannot exist
if the BBC stops competing with the independent sector.


Wtf should anyone pay to show the lottery. Surely the lottery needs
the publicity more than the TV companies need the lottery. They
should charge National Lottery a fee and whoever offers the lowest fee
should show the lottery. That would be my idea of competition.

Clem Dye March 23rd 11 07:54 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On 23/03/2011 17:06, Bill Wright wrote:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/BBC%20cuts.jpg

Bill


Yeah, there was something similar in the Telegraph. TBH, I don't have a
problem with some programmes being repeated on another channel later in
the week -- I'm not a fan of iPlayer and I can't be arsed to connect my
TV et al to the internet. I would however object to BBC2 becoming a
part-time BBC News channel. IMHO, if the BBC needs to make cuts, get rid
of BBC Parliament and BBC News. I think that their news coverage on
BBC1/2/4 etc. is more than adequate -- BBC News was only launched as a
spoiler to Sky News anyway. If push came to shove, get rid of BBC Three
too -- that was supposed to fend-off the likes of E4, but as E4 shows
largely dross nowadays there's not a lot to choose between them. I have
watched a few programmes on BBC Three, but given the high number of
repeats now there's more than enough free airtime on the other channels
to take the few good programmes that do appear on BBC Three first, such
as Being Human. Cut a few radio channels too, come to think of it.


Clem

pete March 23rd 11 08:05 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:18:48 +0000, Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:10:35 -0000, "Doctor D"
wrote:


The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other channels
for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our money to produce
and show progarmmes that are in the public interest, of public relevance and
are those which won't be produced by the other channels.


That is one point of view. Another is that the BBC has a duty to all
licence fee payers to provide them with the material they want.

When independent TV was introduced in the UK it was so that the new
companies would provide competition for the BBC. That was the political
justification for independent television. Such competition cannot exist
if the BBC stops competing with the independent sector.


If there is to be competition between the BBC and all the others it
should at least be with the same conditions applying to all the "players".
So they should all be subject to the same commercial pressures and have
to abide by the same scheduling rules (i.e. gaps between and during
programmes).


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Scott[_4_] March 23rd 11 08:27 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:54:29 +0000, Clem Dye wrote:

On 23/03/2011 17:06, Bill Wright wrote:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/BBC%20cuts.jpg

Bill


Yeah, there was something similar in the Telegraph. TBH, I don't have a
problem with some programmes being repeated on another channel later in
the week -- I'm not a fan of iPlayer and I can't be arsed to connect my
TV et al to the internet. I would however object to BBC2 becoming a
part-time BBC News channel. IMHO, if the BBC needs to make cuts, get rid
of BBC Parliament and BBC News. I think that their news coverage on
BBC1/2/4 etc. is more than adequate -- BBC News was only launched as a
spoiler to Sky News anyway. If push came to shove, get rid of BBC Three
too -- that was supposed to fend-off the likes of E4, but as E4 shows
largely dross nowadays there's not a lot to choose between them. I have
watched a few programmes on BBC Three, but given the high number of
repeats now there's more than enough free airtime on the other channels
to take the few good programmes that do appear on BBC Three first, such
as Being Human. Cut a few radio channels too, come to think of it.

I would certainly not support losing BBC News. The function of
informing goes back to the days of Lord Reith. There may be some
savings, such as using more automated output at off-peak times.

News coverage is not 'more than adequate' through the night for
example on other channels - and certainly not on holidays such as
Christmas Day when the news virtually disappears from the main
channels even though events continue to take place throughout the
world (including places where there is not the same enthusiasm for
celebrating Christmas).

[email protected] March 23rd 11 08:28 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:18:48 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:10:35 -0000, "Doctor D"
wrote:


The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other channels
for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our money to produce
and show progarmmes that are in the public interest, of public relevance and
are those which won't be produced by the other channels.


That is one point of view. Another is that the BBC has a duty to all
licence fee payers to provide them with the material they want.

When independent TV was introduced in the UK it was so that the new
companies would provide competition for the BBC. That was the political
justification for independent television. Such competition cannot exist
if the BBC stops competing with the independent sector.


Come off it!
That was 'one' of the arguments for ITV at the time. But a hell of a
lot has changed in the past half century.

tim.... March 23rd 11 08:36 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 

"Scott" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 17:06:19 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/BBC%20cuts.jpg

A few comments:

1. If many potential viewers are asleep between 10.35 and 6 am and
Question Time is a 'flagship show' then wtf is QT broadcast at 10.40?
2. The idea of transmitting HD programmes in the early hours makes
sense but I thought that was what the HD channel did anyway.


Eh, how does showing HD programs overnight make sense when showing SD
programs doesn't?

Maybe
they mean merging BBC2 with BBC HD throught the night. I would have
thought the savings there would be minimal.


As the broadcast standard is different how does this work?

4. I assume there is no saving in transmission costs by shutting a
channel when they are part of the same multiplex. I don't imagine
there is much original programming shown through the night, so where
are the savings?


That's what I was thinking

Is this saving from transmission costs or program costs.

I've just had a look at the overnight schedule and most of it is repeated
programs or rolling news (presumably from News 24) so it deosn't seem very
expensive to me

Is BBC3 or BBC4 at risk?

Dunno!

tim




J G Miller[_4_] March 23rd 11 08:36 PM

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On Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 19:27:40h +0000, Charles wrote:

In article ,
J G Miller wrote:

The BBC has a duty to "inform, educate, and entertain" by virtue of its
charter;


regretfully it doesn't.


And what is your justification for that unsupported rebuttal?

It clearly states at

http://www.bbc.co.UK/aboutthebbc/purpose/

QUOTE

Our mission

To enrich people's lives with programmes and services
that inform, educate and entertain.

UNQUOTE

This is based directly from the charter issued to the BBC by
Brenda's command in 2006

QUOTE

5.How the BBC promotes its Public Purposes

the BBC's mission to inform,educateand entertain

(1)The BBC's main activities should
be the promotion of its Public Purposes through theprovision
of output which consists of information, education and entertainment ...

UNQUOTE

tim.... March 23rd 11 08:38 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 

"Clem Dye" wrote in message
...
On 23/03/2011 17:06, Bill Wright wrote:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/BBC%20cuts.jpg

Bill


Yeah, there was something similar in the Telegraph. TBH, I don't have a
problem with some programmes being repeated on another channel later in
the week -- I'm not a fan of iPlayer and I can't be arsed to connect my TV
et al to the internet. I would however object to BBC2 becoming a part-time
BBC News channel. IMHO, if the BBC needs to make cuts, get rid of BBC
Parliament and BBC News. I think that their news coverage on BBC1/2/4 etc.
is more than adequate -- BBC News was only launched as a spoiler to Sky
News anyway. If push came to shove, get rid of BBC Three too -- that was
supposed to fend-off the likes of E4, but as E4 shows largely dross
nowadays there's not a lot to choose between them. I have watched a few
programmes on BBC Three, but given the high number of repeats now there's
more than enough free airtime on the other channels to take the few good
programmes that do appear on BBC Three first, such as Being Human. Cut a
few radio channels too, come to think of it.


I've always thought [1] that the BBC should not be competing in the local
radio market, but I suspect that the saving from this is minimal in the
great scheme of things

Tim

[1] well after independent radio became established





Clem




Terry Casey[_3_] March 23rd 11 08:51 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
In message on Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:38:25 -0000
tim.... wrote:

"Clem Dye" wrote in message
...
On 23/03/2011 17:06, Bill Wright wrote:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/BBC%20cuts.jpg

Bill


Yeah, there was something similar in the Telegraph. TBH, I don't have a
problem with some programmes being repeated on another channel later in
the week -- I'm not a fan of iPlayer and I can't be arsed to connect my TV
et al to the internet. I would however object to BBC2 becoming a part-time
BBC News channel. IMHO, if the BBC needs to make cuts, get rid of BBC
Parliament and BBC News. I think that their news coverage on BBC1/2/4 etc.
is more than adequate -- BBC News was only launched as a spoiler to Sky
News anyway. If push came to shove, get rid of BBC Three too -- that was
supposed to fend-off the likes of E4, but as E4 shows largely dross
nowadays there's not a lot to choose between them. I have watched a few
programmes on BBC Three, but given the high number of repeats now there's
more than enough free airtime on the other channels to take the few good
programmes that do appear on BBC Three first, such as Being Human. Cut a
few radio channels too, come to think of it.


I've always thought [1] that the BBC should not be competing in the local
radio market, but I suspect that the saving from this is minimal in the
great scheme of things

Tim

[1] well after independent radio became established





Clem


I can't remember the precise figure but I'll think you'll find that all BBC
local radio combined costs the licence payer less than 50 pence ...

--

Terry

Peter Duncanson March 23rd 11 09:13 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:36:05 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 19:27:40h +0000, Charles wrote:

In article ,
J G Miller wrote:

The BBC has a duty to "inform, educate, and entertain" by virtue of its
charter;


regretfully it doesn't.


And what is your justification for that unsupported rebuttal?

It clearly states at

http://www.bbc.co.UK/aboutthebbc/purpose/

QUOTE

Our mission

To enrich people's lives with programmes and services
that inform, educate and entertain.

UNQUOTE

This is based directly from the charter issued to the BBC by
Brenda's command in 2006

QUOTE

5.How the BBC promotes its Public Purposes

the BBC's mission to inform,educateand entertain

(1)The BBC's main activities should
be the promotion of its Public Purposes through theprovision
of output which consists of information, education and entertainment ...

UNQUOTE


Exactly.

The BBC has a duty to provide output that entertains all licence payers,
both high-brow and low-brow.

--
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(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

J G Miller[_4_] March 23rd 11 09:34 PM

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On Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 20:13:45h +0000, Peter Duncanson wrote:

The BBC has a duty to provide output that entertains all licence payers,
both high-brow and low-brow.


Which it does most effectively for the latter in the form of Eastenders,
Casualty, The One Show, Homes Under the Hammer, Britain's Empty Homes,
Cash in the Attic, Bargain Hunt, Escape to the Country, and
"Would I Lie To You?" to name just a few examples.

In fact, most of the schedule of BBC-1 network.

Peter Duncanson March 23rd 11 09:36 PM

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On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:28:08 +0000, lid wrote:

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:18:48 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote:

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:10:35 -0000, "Doctor D"
wrote:


The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other channels
for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our money to produce
and show progarmmes that are in the public interest, of public relevance and
are those which won't be produced by the other channels.


That is one point of view. Another is that the BBC has a duty to all
licence fee payers to provide them with the material they want.

When independent TV was introduced in the UK it was so that the new
companies would provide competition for the BBC. That was the political
justification for independent television. Such competition cannot exist
if the BBC stops competing with the independent sector.


Come off it!
That was 'one' of the arguments for ITV at the time. But a hell of a
lot has changed in the past half century.


Look at it another way.

The TV licence fee is a subscription which pays for BBC output. Because
it is a compulsory subscription all licence payers have a right to be
treated equally and to get the sort of programmes they want.


--
Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

charles March 23rd 11 10:10 PM

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In article ,
tim.... wrote:



I've always thought [1] that the BBC should not be competing in the local
radio market, but I suspect that the saving from this is minimal in the
great scheme of things


Tim


[1] well after independent radio became established



who is doing the competing? The BBC started local radio before the
commercial stations appeared

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J G Miller[_4_] March 23rd 11 10:44 PM

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On Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 21:10:15h +0000, Charles explained:

The BBC started local radio before the commercial stations appeared


Long before in fact: 2LO in the City of Westminster, 5IT in Birmingham,
2ZY in Manchester, 5WA in Caerdydd, and 5SC in Glasgow.

But did these stations every carry commercials?

Mark Carver March 23rd 11 11:17 PM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
charles wrote:
In article ,
tim.... wrote:



I've always thought [1] that the BBC should not be competing in the local
radio market, but I suspect that the saving from this is minimal in the
great scheme of things


Tim


[1] well after independent radio became established



who is doing the competing? The BBC started local radio before the
commercial stations appeared


BBC Local Radio generally was a dire peak hours only service listened to by
few, (even after it was able to broadcast on MW from '72) until ILR came along
and forced it to wake up.


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Bill Wright[_2_] March 24th 11 01:43 AM

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charles wrote:

who is doing the competing? The BBC started local radio before the
commercial stations appeared

And anyway BBC local radio doesn't compete in an real sense with local
commercial stations. The audiences are very different and there isn't
much overlap.

Bill

Bill Wright[_2_] March 24th 11 01:49 AM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
Mark Carver wrote:

BBC Local Radio generally was a dire peak hours only service listened to
by few, (even after it was able to broadcast on MW from '72) until ILR
came along and forced it to wake up.

I wonder if funding increased at that time, with the Beeb realising that
it needed to offer a half-decent service.

Bill

Mark Carver March 24th 11 08:15 AM

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Bill Wright wrote:
charles wrote:

who is doing the competing? The BBC started local radio before the
commercial stations appeared

And anyway BBC local radio doesn't compete in an real sense with local
commercial stations. The audiences are very different and there isn't
much overlap.


Indeed so, but ILR in the 70s had a huge influence on it, and in some cites
audience levels ended up neck and neck, but, as you say with little crossover.

Radio Trent/BBC Nottingham and Radio City/BBC Merseyside are two prime
examples, they kept each other on their toes, and the combined audience
dwarfed that of the national stations in those areas.

All been ****ed away now of course, the 1991 Broadcasting Act saw to that, and
Mark Thomson appears to be constructing a coffin for BBC LR.


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Brian Gaff March 24th 11 08:25 AM

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Cut what, hint, jpgs are not textual.

Brian

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"Michael Chare" [email protected] wrote in message
o.uk...
On 23/03/2011 17:06, Bill Wright wrote:
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Bill


I am hoping that they will not cut 'This Week' as suggested today in
another newspaper.


--
Michael Chare




Brian Gaff March 24th 11 08:28 AM

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I agree totally. When you have a limited pie, you have to try to divide it
up in the most efficient manner. The big problem of course is that the semi
commercial arm of the BBC relies on selling some of its progs abroad. This
does not include the lottery obviously, so the sooner this ends up on Ideal
World the better.

Brian

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Bill


The first thing that should be done is for the BBC to stop paying to show
the lottery. Either show it for free or allow another channel to show the
bloody thing, but for the BBC to be paying to screen it is an abomination.

The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other
channels for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our money
to produce and show progarmmes that are in the public interest, of public
relevance and are those which won't be produced by the other channels.




Andy Burns[_7_] March 24th 11 09:01 AM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
Brian Gaff wrote:

Cut what, hint, jpgs are not textual.


Given News International's pay wall, a text link isn't easy in this case
without OCRing the scan of the physical newspaper ...

Mark[_13_] March 24th 11 10:14 AM

BBC cuts: Times item today
 
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:10:35 -0000, "Doctor D"
wrote:


"Bill Wright" wrote in message
...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11023364/BBC%20cuts.jpg

Bill


The first thing that should be done is for the BBC to stop paying to show
the lottery. Either show it for free or allow another channel to show the
bloody thing, but for the BBC to be paying to screen it is an abomination.


That can't be right surely? The National lottery should be paying
them. Perhaps I should go to the filling station and get them to pay
me to fill up.

The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other channels
for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our money to produce
and show progarmmes that are in the public interest, of public relevance and
are those which won't be produced by the other channels.


Hear hear. They don't need to compete with the commerical channels so
why do they copy some of the most irritating techiques like DOGS,
credit squeezing and my most hated one, advertising the next programme
/during/ the previous one.

If they really want to save money then they should scrap daytime TV.
It's all sh*te anyway. Bring back OU programmes; at least people
would learn something.
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Mark[_13_] March 24th 11 10:16 AM

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On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:43:06 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

charles wrote:

who is doing the competing? The BBC started local radio before the
commercial stations appeared

And anyway BBC local radio doesn't compete in an real sense with local
commercial stations. The audiences are very different and there isn't
much overlap.


The BBC local radio station near here broadcasts exactly the same kind
of crap as the commercial stations and you can hardly tell them apart
- crap pop music and stupid DJs talking drivel. The only difference
is the adverts. I would say they are in direct competition.
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Donwill March 24th 11 11:44 AM

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On 23/03/2011 18:10, Doctor D wrote:

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Bill


The first thing that should be done is for the BBC to stop paying to
show the lottery. Either show it for free or allow another channel to
show the bloody thing, but for the BBC to be paying to screen it is an
abomination.

The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other
channels for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our
money to produce and show progarmmes that are in the public interest,
of public relevance and are those which won't be produced by the other
channels.

Absolutely right, I couldn't agree with you more. They should NOT be in
competition with others to show the best crap with public money.
Don

Donwill March 24th 11 11:48 AM

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On 23/03/2011 20:36, Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:28:08 +0000, lid wrote:


On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:18:48 +0000, Peter Duncanson
wrote:


On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:10:35 -0000, "Doctor
wrote:


The BBC needs to realise that it should not be competing with other channels
for ratings by showing more and more rubbish, but using our money to produce
and show progarmmes that are in the public interest, of public relevance and
are those which won't be produced by the other channels.

That is one point of view. Another is that the BBC has a duty to all
licence fee payers to provide them with the material they want.

When independent TV was introduced in the UK it was so that the new
companies would provide competition for the BBC. That was the political
justification for independent television. Such competition cannot exist
if the BBC stops competing with the independent sector.

Come off it!
That was 'one' of the arguments for ITV at the time. But a hell of a
lot has changed in the past half century.

Look at it another way.

The TV licence fee is a subscription which pays for BBC output. Because
it is a compulsory subscription all licence payers have a right to be
treated equally and to get the sort of programmes they want.



No, not what they want, What they need.
Don

Peter Duncanson March 24th 11 01:10 PM

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On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:25:47 -0000, "Brian Gaff"
wrote:

Cut what, hint, jpgs are not textual.

Here are the headline and the first two patagraphs:

BBC could close TV channel at night in effort to make 20% licence-freeze
cuts.

The BBC is considering swingeing cuts to late-night programming on BBC
One or BBC Two, which could lead to one of the channels going off air
overnight, the corporation’s Director-General warned yesterday.

Mark Thompson said that television programmes shown between 10.35pm and
6am, when many potential viewers are asleep, cost the broadcaster more
than £150 million a year to produce.

Endquote.

The Daily Mail had a similar article about it at:
http://tinyurl.com/6bnvz5u

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J G Miller[_4_] March 24th 11 03:36 PM

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On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:15:28 +0000, Mark Carver wrote:

and Mark Thomson appears to be constructing a coffin for BBC LR.


Do you think "there is something of the night about him"?


J G Miller[_4_] March 24th 11 03:39 PM

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On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:16:04 +0000, Mark wrote:

The BBC local radio station near here broadcasts exactly the same kind
of crap as the commercial stations and you can hardly tell them apart -
crap pop music and stupid DJs talking drivel.


This latter point "talking drivel" is particularly noticeable during
the breakfast time shows. At one time, BBC local radio produced informative,
interesting, and relevant breakfast news programs.

Now these shows consist almost entirely of a man and a woman making
silly jokes about the fluff that was on TV the night before with
no direct relevance to local current affairs.

There was a time for example when BBC Radio Sheffield broadcast the
proceedings of Sheffield City Council on a regular basis. Now local
politics is almost completely ignored on BBC local radio stations.

Albert Ross March 24th 11 03:58 PM

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On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:34:32 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 20:13:45h +0000, Peter Duncanson wrote:

The BBC has a duty to provide output that entertains all licence payers,
both high-brow and low-brow.


Which it does most effectively for the latter in the form of Eastenders,
Casualty, The One Show, Homes Under the Hammer, Britain's Empty Homes,
Cash in the Attic, Bargain Hunt, Escape to the Country, and
"Would I Lie To You?" to name just a few examples.

In fact, most of the schedule of BBC-1 network.


Not to mention BBC3

programming for post-operative brain donors

J G Miller[_4_] March 24th 11 05:19 PM

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On Thursday, March 24th, 2011 at 14:58:29h +0000, Albert Ross wrote:

Not to mention BBC3


The digital TV station which is not afraid to try something new,
and offers helpful and practical advice to those with social problems.

Mondays at 21:00h, a show designed for those considering polygamy --

http://www.bbc.co.UK/programmes/b00z86ym

Why polygamy -- the answer is in the title --
"women" plural not "a women" singular.

Seems like Islamization by the back door, ne c'est pas?

Who can possibly claim that the BBC does not actively engage
in social engineering?

Bill Wright[_2_] March 24th 11 06:05 PM

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J G Miller wrote:
On Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 21:10:15h +0000, Charles explained:

The BBC started local radio before the commercial stations appeared


Long before in fact: 2LO in the City of Westminster, 5IT in Birmingham,
2ZY in Manchester, 5WA in Caerdydd, and 5SC in Glasgow.

But did these stations every carry commercials?

Did they have local programming or were they simply line fed from London?

Bill Wright[_2_] March 24th 11 06:16 PM

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Brian Gaff wrote:
Cut what, hint, jpgs are not textual.

Brian

Sorry Brian.

Tried to OCR it but for some reason it came out garbled. I think the
scan was too poor, and of course I've lost the original now.

Bill

Bill Wright[_2_] March 24th 11 06:22 PM

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Mark wrote:
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:43:06 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:

charles wrote:

who is doing the competing? The BBC started local radio before the
commercial stations appeared

And anyway BBC local radio doesn't compete in an real sense with local
commercial stations. The audiences are very different and there isn't
much overlap.


The BBC local radio station near here broadcasts exactly the same kind
of crap as the commercial stations and you can hardly tell them apart
- crap pop music and stupid DJs talking drivel. The only difference
is the adverts. I would say they are in direct competition.

That's interesting. BBC Sheffield broadcasts a lot of speech programmes
which are spoilt by the fact they play pop music every now and then.

Bill

bugbear March 24th 11 06:23 PM

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Brian Gaff wrote:
Cut what, hint, jpgs are not textual.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...ng?INTCMP=SRCH

BugBear

J G Miller[_4_] March 24th 11 06:26 PM

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On Thursday, March 24th, 2011 at 17:05:55h +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

Did they have local programming


They must have, because the BBC National Programme did not come into
service until August 21st 1927, when 5GB Daventry came on the air.

Admittedly these stations did become more regional in their outlook
as their content was rebroadcast by daughter stations when these
came on air eg 2FL Sheffield, 2LS Kingston-Upon-Hull, 2LV Liverpool
carrying 2MT Manchester and ??? Edinburgh carrying 5SC Glasgow.

Listeners in Aberdeen however were privileged to have their own
locally produced material throughout the period from 2BD until
the inception of the Scottish National Service inaugurated soon
after the BBC National Programme came on the air.

or were they simply line fed from London?


From what I understand [corrections requested] "line feeding" did
not happen until a long time afterwards, as the daughter stations
rebroadcast their programs from their off air received signal.


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