| Page 1 of 2 | 1 | 2 |
|
|
|
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC?
Regards David |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
And where do the EBUget the dosh?
Brian -- From the Bed of Brian Gaff. The email is valid as Blind user. "Martin" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 May 2012 20:44:29 +0100, "David" wrote: How is it paid for tomorrow, Azerbaijan? BBC? EBU and Azerbaijan. -- Martin |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
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. -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
In message , Brian Gaff
writes And where do the EBUget the dosh? Brian The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most towards it, go straight into the final. GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise. -- Ian |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
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. -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. www.paras.org.uk |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
Martin wrote:
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. Isn't it 9 hours or didn't the BBC show the semi finals? Oh yes, I forgot about about those, (so easy to) they were tucked away on BBC 3, therefore probably making them BBC 3's most expensive programming; ever. -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. www.paras.org.uk |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
In message , Martin
writes On Sat, 26 May 2012 00:39:02 +0100, 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. UK should have gone for basing contributions on GDP and not population, as is used in other international organisations and agencies of which UK is a member. Yes, it would then be cheaper every year. -- Ian |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:09:39 +0200, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 02:14:08 +0100, Ian wrote: In message , Brian Gaff writes And where do the EBUget the dosh? Brian The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most towards it, go straight into the final. All the members. Some pay a lot more than others. GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise. There's scope for a Western European Song Contest. Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan? -- Peter. The gods will stay away whilst religions hold sway |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On Sat, 26 May 2012 12:18:27 +0100, PeterC
wrote: On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:09:39 +0200, Martin wrote: On Sat, 26 May 2012 02:14:08 +0100, Ian wrote: In message , Brian Gaff writes And where do the EBUget the dosh? Brian The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most towards it, go straight into the final. All the members. Some pay a lot more than others. GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise. There's scope for a Western European Song Contest. Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan? Just give it time. -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
PeterC wrote:
Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan? We are actually at war with Pakistan. Bill |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:55:59 +0200, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 12:18:27 +0100, PeterC wrote: On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:09:39 +0200, Martin wrote: On Sat, 26 May 2012 02:14:08 +0100, Ian wrote: In message , Brian Gaff writes And where do the EBUget the dosh? Brian The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most towards it, go straight into the final. All the members. Some pay a lot more than others. GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise. There's scope for a Western European Song Contest. Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan? They haven't joined the EBU :-) All the North African countries & Jordan are members too http://www.ebu.ch/en/ebu_members/actives/index.php The Vatican is also a member. Isn't it time we had European Song Contest entry from the Vatican. The Vatican's Swiss Guard could provide backing dancers: http://www.tienda-medieval.com/blog/...rdia_suiza.jpg -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
Bill might seem right depends where you live.
Regards David "Martin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:09:48 +0100, Bill Wright wrote: PeterC wrote: Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan? We are actually at war with Pakistan. Does the MOD know? -- Martin |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
I know just the lyric, "The Vatican Rag" by Tom Lehrer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKWI41G8h_A On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:25:42 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote: The Vatican is also a member. Isn't it time we had European Song Contest entry from the Vatican. -- ================================================== ======= Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On Sat, 26 May 2012 14:21:09 +0100, Java Jive
wrote: I know just the lyric, "The Vatican Rag" by Tom Lehrer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKWI41G8h_A Ah, yes, but I don't think that would meet the contest rules. It is a song contest not a singing contest. The songs have to be new. On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:25:42 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote: The Vatican is also a member. Isn't it time we had European Song Contest entry from the Vatican. -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On 26/05/2012 2:14 AM, Ian wrote:
In message , Brian Gaff writes And where do the EBUget the dosh? Brian The "Big Five", who are the countries who as a result of paying most towards it, go straight into the final. GB wouldn't ever be in the final otherwise. apparently it does still work out as the cheapest 3 hours of prime time event television of the year though. -- Gareth. That fly.... Is your magic wand. |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On 26/05/2012 13:35, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:25:42 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote: The Vatican is also a member. Isn't it time we had European Song Contest entry from the Vatican. The Vatican's Swiss Guard could provide backing dancers: http://www.tienda-medieval.com/blog/...rdia_suiza.jpg I was expecting the inquisition. :-) You must be a nobody then. ;-) -- Phil Cook |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
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. http://www.nytimes.COM/2012/05/24/world/asia/doctor-who-helped-find-bin-laden-given-jail-term-official-says.html |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
To Ireland's eternal shame, that didn't stop Dana winning it, even
though her song was a plagiarism of "My Favourite Things" from "The Sound Of Music". On Sat, 26 May 2012 14:26:57 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote: Ah, yes, but I don't think that would meet the contest rules. It is a song contest not a singing contest. The songs have to be new. -- ================================================== ======= Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
In message , Java Jive
writes On Sat, 26 May 2012 14:26:57 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote: Ah, yes, but I don't think that would meet the contest rules. It is a song contest not a singing contest. The songs have to be new. To Ireland's eternal shame, that didn't stop Dana winning it, even though her song was a plagiarism of "My Favourite Things" from "The Sound Of Music". But at least you can still remember the tune, and probably nearly all of the words. This is more than can be said for most of the entries for the past ten years. -- Ian |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
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 |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On Sat, 26 May 2012 17:06:16 +0100, Ian Jackson
wrote: In message , Java Jive writes On Sat, 26 May 2012 14:26:57 +0100, Peter Duncanson wrote: Ah, yes, but I don't think that would meet the contest rules. It is a song contest not a singing contest. The songs have to be new. To Ireland's eternal shame, that didn't stop Dana winning it, even though her song was a plagiarism of "My Favourite Things" from "The Sound Of Music". But at least you can still remember the tune, and probably nearly all of the words. This is more than can be said for most of the entries for the past ten years. Just returning to the original question - Much of the cost of staging the contest is met by the host country. Brief quotes from articles in The Times yesterday and today: Cash-strapped Spain hopes for nul points at Eurovision May 25 2012 Hosting Eurovision may be a badge of national pride for former Soviet republics like Azerbaijan but it inspires financial terror in some cash-strapped members of the European Union. Spain's contestant has admitted that the crisis over the Euro single currency and massive government spending cuts mean that victory in Baku would be greeted with less than generous applause at home. Pastora Soler joked that directors at the state broadcaster, TVE, pleaded with her not to win because they could not afford the cost of hosting next year's Eurovision. "If we won, I think it would be impossible to stage the next edition because it costs so much money," she told ABC Punto Radio. This year's Eurovision has nul points for democracy May 26 2012 Azerbaijan stages the most expensive and extravagant Eurovision final in history tonight, ... .... The Azerbaijani Government has refused to say how much it spent on the 23,000-seat Crystal Hall, built for the event, but researchers put the cost at $277 million (£177 million) based on state orders for the construction. They found that another $500 million had been lavished on improvements in the capital, Baku. These included 1,000 London taxis, nicknamed "aubergines" locally because of their purple livery, to ferry visitors along the Caspian Sea shoreline between the shimmering venue and city centre hotels, which have doubled their rates to cash in on the influx of foreigners. -- Peter Duncanson (in uk.tech.digital-tv) |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
In article ,
Java Jive wrote: To Ireland's eternal shame, that didn't stop Dana winning it, even though her song was a plagiarism of "My Favourite Things" from "The Sound Of Music". If so, it was a great improvement. -- Richard |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
I suspect that you are confusing the winsome pouting of Dana with
Julie Andrews in the film, and thinking she's an improvement. As far as the actual *song* goes, it's not really an improvement - the same sentiments expresses almost the same way with a very similar tune, only sung at a different tempo to suit the winsome singer. It really was an outrageous piece of plagiarism to claim it as a new song. On Sat, 26 May 2012 20:17:45 +0000 (UTC), (Richard Tobin) wrote: If so, it was a great improvement. -- ================================================== ======= Please always reply to ng as the email in this post's header does not exist. Or use a contact address at: http://www.macfh.co.uk/JavaJive/JavaJive.html http://www.macfh.co.uk/Macfarlane/Macfarlane.html |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
Martin wrote:
On Sat, 26 May 2012 13:09:48 +0100, Bill Wright wrote: PeterC wrote: Some countries do seem to be (literally) only marginally European; Israel is Middle East, not European. If we're having ...stans in, why not Pakistan? We are actually at war with Pakistan. Does the MOD know? Of course they do. Haven't you heard about the anti-terrorist precautions for the Olympics? Bill |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On Sat, 26 May 2012 22:19:37 +0100, Java Jive
wrote: I suspect that you are confusing the winsome pouting of Dana with Julie Andrews in the film, and thinking she's an improvement. As far as the actual *song* goes, it's not really an improvement - the same sentiments expresses almost the same way with a very similar tune, only sung at a different tempo to suit the winsome singer. It really was an outrageous piece of plagiarism to claim it as a new song. On Sat, 26 May 2012 20:17:45 +0000 (UTC), (Richard Tobin) wrote: If so, it was a great improvement. Original enough IMHO. The genre is the same certainly. let's call it a whimsical wish-list. Beyond that they are different songs. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
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. 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. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
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. |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
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. -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. www.paras.org.uk |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On Sun, 27 May 2012 13:30:19 +0200, Martin wrote:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/foi/class...ts_to-_ebu.pdf 2009 £279,805 That is £29,805 more than cost of staging the 1948 Olympic Games in London. A pointless comparison. Why don't you compare it to the cost of staging the 2012 Olympic Games, seeing as both events occur in 2012. FFS, some people... |
Paying for EuroVision Song Contest.
On Sun, 27 May 2012 19:46:47 +0100, Scott
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? It was his own choosing. Good timing I reckon. |
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 -- Get a free GiffGaff PAYG Sim and £5 bonus after activation at: http://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/gfourwwk |
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 -- Get a free GiffGaff PAYG Sim and £5 bonus after activation at: http://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/gfourwwk |
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 -- Get a free GiffGaff PAYG Sim and £5 bonus after activation at: http://giffgaff.com/orders/affiliate/gfourwwk |
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) |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:16 PM. |
|
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2021, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
HomeCinemaBanter.com