Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

On Sunday, May 27th, 2012, at 20:04:27h +0100, Mark Carver explained:

He stepped down.

To avoid being pushed? ;)

Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

In message , Scott
writes
On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David"
wrote:

How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
Regards
David

(Drifting off topic) Was Terry Wogan fired or did he choose to step
down?

I watched it for a short time last night and Graham Norton was dire
(IMO). I heard people complaining about him on the car radio today.

At least Wogan was a broadcasting legend who brought a distinctive
form of presentation to the Eurovision.

I got the impression that Graham Norton trying to 'do a Terry Wogan' -
making cynical, disparaging remarks about the artists, the songs, and -
in particular - the voting.
--
Ian

Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

On Sun, 27 May 2012 21:04:48 +0100, Ian Jackson
wrote:

In message , Scott
writes
On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David"
wrote:

How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
Regards
David

(Drifting off topic) Was Terry Wogan fired or did he choose to step
down?

I watched it for a short time last night and Graham Norton was dire
(IMO). I heard people complaining about him on the car radio today.

At least Wogan was a broadcasting legend who brought a distinctive
form of presentation to the Eurovision.

I got the impression that Graham Norton trying to 'do a Terry Wogan' -
making cynical, disparaging remarks about the artists, the songs, and -
in particular - the voting.

I got the same impression. I think the idea is to keep it light-hearted.

Treating the whole thing completely seriously would make it unbearable,
at least to me.


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

Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

Martin wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 14:38:08 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:
On Saturday, May 26th, 2012, at 13:09:48h +0100, Bill Wright wrote:

We are actually at war with Pakistan.

And Pakistan really, really, really does have weapons
of mass destruction.

And the man who helped the CIA in tracking down Bin Laden's
location has just been sentenced to 33 years behind bars for
providing the information.

and the CIA caused the Russian plane crash in Indonesia, were
responsible for recent Russian rocket failures and all Russian
submarine disasters.

Nope, it was the US Navy that caused the Kursk to sink

Steve Terry
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Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

Mark Carver wrote:
Peter Duncanson wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 00:13:20 +0200, Martin
wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David"
wrote:

How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
EBU and Azerbaijan.

The EBU member broadcasters contribute to EBU funds. I understand
this is roughly in accordance with each country's population size.

It's heavily sponsored too, though all of that is hacked and blanked
out of the programme for UK consumption by the Beeb.

Despite the proportionately larger contribution the BBC pay
(mentioned by another poster) it still remains an incredibly cough
cost effective way for the Beeb to fill three hours of peak time BBC
1. Per min, it's probably cheaper than Frozen Planet, Hustle, Strictly
Come Dancing, etc.

I'd rather watch three hours of Strictly Come Dancing repeats,
with the juice of jalapeño peppers squeezed into my eyes

Steve Terry
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Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

Mark Carver wrote:
Scott wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David"
wrote:

How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
Regards
David

(Drifting off topic) Was Terry Wogan fired or did he choose to step
down?

He stepped down.

To spend more time with his money

Steve Terry
--
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Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

In message , Steve Terry
writes
Mark Carver wrote:
Scott wrote:
On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David"
wrote:

How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
Regards
David

(Drifting off topic) Was Terry Wogan fired or did he choose to step
down?

He stepped down.

To spend more time with his money

Steve Terry

Was he pushed, or did he have a bit of a fall?
--
Ian

Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

On Sunday, May 27th, 2012, at 23:20:02h +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote:

Treating the whole thing completely seriously would make it unbearable,
at least to me.

Well if you know that your entry is never going to win,
it is best not to take it seriously.

And if you are not going to take it seriously, then you are
never going to win ...

(Self-defeating cycle eh?)

If I understand correctly, second last this year?

Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

On Mon, 28 May 2012 09:14:07 +0200, Martin wrote:

On Sun, 27 May 2012 15:31:40 +0100, Graham. wrote:

On Sat, 26 May 2012 17:24:14 +0100, Dickie mint
wrote:

On 25/05/2012 20:44, David wrote:
How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
Regards
David

From an old FoI:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/foi/class...ts_to-_ebu.pdf

2009 £279,805
2010 £283,190

Cheap TV! even including artiste fees, studio, lines/sat, etc

Richard

I spent the time trying to guess which visual elements were real and
which where virtual.

I decided that the water fountain was fake, but was proved wrong when
Jedward got its hair wet.

Are you saying that Jedward are real?

They are. Unfortunately, some would say, Jedward are not a CGI creation
that can be switched off when not needed.


The Irish score reporter had trouble with her vertical hold, and being
the final score it keeps being repeated on the news with the genlock
problem.

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

Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
 

On Mon, 28 May 2012 11:37:43 +0000 (UTC), J G Miller
wrote:

On Sunday, May 27th, 2012, at 23:20:02h +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote:

Treating the whole thing completely seriously would make it unbearable,
at least to me.

Well if you know that your entry is never going to win,
it is best not to take it seriously.

And if you are not going to take it seriously, then you are
never going to win ...

(Self-defeating cycle eh?)

If I understand correctly, second last this year?

Yes.

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