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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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tim..... wrote:

they offered to pay more than the next contestant, for it

And yet those airwaves belong to the people.

Yes and their elected government decided to sell them off to the highest
bidder...


Bill

PS when they sold the 3G band they got ~£22,500,000,000

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R. Mark Clayton wrote:

"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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tim..... wrote:

they offered to pay more than the next contestant, for it

And yet those airwaves belong to the people.

Yes and their elected government decided to sell them off to the highest
bidder...


Bill

PS when they sold the 3G band they got ~£22,500,000,000

of course they "they" is actually the taxpayers. Income from these
"sideshows" means less needed from general taxation.

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All that Jaz
 

R. Mark Clayton wrote:

when they sold the 3G band they got ~£22,500,000,000

And how did those high costs affect telco profits and corresponding
corporation tax?

All that Jaz
 

Scott wrote:

Indeed, I have concerns about the BBC though I think they are probably
more selective than biased.

It's called bias by omission. The BBC didn't tell a single fib about the
ship stuck in the Antarctic, but they didn't tell the truth.

Bill

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Robin wrote:
And yet those airwaves belong to the people.

You may well think so but Parliament is not obliged to agree - eg if you
decide to start broadcasting "Wright is Right" 24/7 on all muxes ;)

One person isn't 'the people'.


In any event, I am a little surprised you subscribe to the "public
ownership of the airwaves" concept which I thought largely an invention
of the left who wanted public funding of broadcasting in an attempt to
balance what they perceived (with some justification) as a largely
right-wing press.

Not everything or everyone fits neatly along the left-right continuum.
Those of us who think for ourselves don't consult the policies of the
major parties or the Students' Union before deciding what to think.
Despite my views on the alien hordes we now have attempting to take over
our country — views which you would pigeon-hole as extreme right wing —
I have many opinions which you would regard as left wing. This puzzles
and confuses many people, who like to think that everyone who regrets
Labour's period of unrestricted immigration and who believes that
benefit- and NHS-tourists should be unceremoniously booted out of the
country is an evil fascist who by definition must be a racist; must
believe in unrestricted capitalism; and must eat babies.

Bill

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Mark Carver wrote:

Muxes (aka COM) 7 and 8 are just a means to promote the sale of DVB-T2
equipped receivers, because in a few years, when even more spectrum has
been flogged off, the remaining services will probably need to migrate
to T2, thus obsoletifing

I think you mean discardificated there, Mark.

[1] T1 kit.

I don't really understand the logic, because to date, we've not exactly
received any 'hard sell' for the services, in fact there's been virtually
no publicity at all.

No it's very odd. Unless people do a retune it doesn't happen. We have a
lot of communal systems that will need alteration to carry the new
muxes. There have been no requests for this work to be done.


Anyway, all the BBC TV channels (except BBC Parliament and Alba) are now
duplicated in HD, so it's not as if Al J is displacing them in any way ?

No, but what about a good channel like, err... OK, you win.

Bill

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R. Mark Clayton wrote:
"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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tim..... wrote:

they offered to pay more than the next contestant, for it
And yet those airwaves belong to the people.

Yes and their elected government decided to sell them off to the highest
bidder...

A demonstration of the limitations of democracy.

Bill

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Robin wrote:
And yet those airwaves belong to the people.

You may well think so but Parliament is not obliged to
agree - eg if you
decide to start broadcasting "Wright is Right" 24/7 on
all muxes ;)

One person isn't 'the people'.


In any event, I am a little surprised you subscribe to
the "public
ownership of the airwaves" concept which I thought
largely an invention
of the left who wanted public funding of broadcasting in
an attempt to
balance what they perceived (with some justification) as
a largely right-wing press.

Not everything or everyone fits neatly along the
left-right continuum. Those of us who think for ourselves
don't consult the policies of the major parties or the
Students' Union before deciding what to think. Despite my
views on the alien hordes we now have attempting to take
over our country — views which you would pigeon-hole as
extreme right wing — I have many opinions which you would
regard as left wing. This puzzles and confuses many
people, who like to think that everyone who regrets
Labour's period of unrestricted immigration and who
believes that benefit- and NHS-tourists should be
unceremoniously booted out of the country is an evil
fascist who by definition must be a racist; must believe
in unrestricted capitalism; and must eat babies.




My wife, who often doesn't contribute to discussion on these
sort of things, came out the other day with some very valid
comments about the immigration issue. She said that it is
presenting three problems:-

1) Most concerningly it is diluting our national
heritage/history to the extent that the indigenous
Englishperson/Brit will cease to exist in a few decades time
because of the cross pollination. You only have to look at
what has happened in Boston Lincs which has almost been
overrun by Polish immigrants to see how it has completely
changed the face of the town - and yes, I have been there
recently.

2) The health standards of many immigrants are an unknown
quantity so who knows what diseases etc they are bringing
with them to which the indigenous population have no
resistance and which the NHS will have to treat.

3) Ghettos are already starting to develop in some places
which are becoming no-go for the authorities and police not
only in the UK but elsewhere in Europe, parts of Paris for
example. If any attempt is made to take action of any sort
in these areas - be that health, environmental, or legal for
instance - the occupants immediately start screaming about
racial discrimination and/or make physical attempts to stop
it so the powers that be have no alternative but to back
off. The classic example here is Romas (as we now seem to be
calling them.)

I was reading a newspaper yesterday in a retail shed whilst
waiting for Management. It seems that the German police
stopped a vehicle in Bavaria a few days ago - a nine-seater
mini bus containing 34 people from Romania en route to an
undisclosed western European destination. If they are that
intent on getting across Europe what hope have we of
stopping them invading the UK whether Cameron leaves the
immigration limits in place or not?

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Well they are award winning apparently.
I have no issue with the station, did not Ch 5 decline to use theirs, so I
guess it was fair game.
Brian

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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Does anyone know the political and financial reasons why Al Jazeera
occupies one of the prized HD slots on UK terrestrial TV? Its presence
seems to have little to do with proving the public with the best possible
service.

Bill

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Ha, belong to the people? Who told you that?

I'm surprised we are not charged for the oxygen we breathe since its no
doubt gone around a lot of other organisms and substances over the years.
Brian

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"Bill Wright" wrote in message
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tim..... wrote:

they offered to pay more than the next contestant, for it

And yet those airwaves belong to the people.

Bill