BBC Cuts..

Rofl, haven't seen that pic before.

Can't say I'm surprised by that post. Some people certain aspects so much, all perspective of logic flies out the window.
 
Trying to create substitutes for the price mechanism is better than no consequences at all. But why would the bbc care what the money is spent on when their revenue is forced through taxation. But i thought taxation was for essential services, i seem to remember a prominent member of this forum throwing out the "socialism is about saving lives" card, something where a profit motive has no place. You might have me at that one. But i would like to know the rationalization for forced programming? Since when is the television an essential service? since when do we even need socialist television media organizations?
 
Information (news) and educational programs. Which many of us see as very much essential services for a well rounded nation.
I would even include sport in it as it insures at least some sport is free to view, which again is good for the nation.

Perhaps you should read the charter and see what the BBC has to do and why it would benefit people.

Even Internet is considered an essential service.
 
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groen said:
Trying to create substitutes for the price mechanism is better than no consequences at all. But why would the bbc care what the money is spent on when their revenue is forced through taxation. But i thought taxation was for essential services, i seem to remember a prominent member of this forum throwing out the "socialism is about saving lives" card, something where a profit motive has no place. You might have me at that one. But i would like to know the rationalization for forced programming? Since when is the television an essential service? since when do we even need socialist television media organizations?
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Have you stopped to read the replies to your posts?

Whatever it is, I think you need to relax a bit, you went past Franco a few posts ago, not much more left if you keep running in that direction,
 
groen said:
But i would like to know the rationalization for forced programming? Since when is the television an essential service? since when do we even need socialist television media organizations?
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Nobody is forcing you or anyone else to watch or a buy a television.
 
arknor said:
here is the future of BBC wildlife documentaries

accept that sort of narration instead of attenboroughs

heres the attenborough version
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Thats the oprah commentary, which was USA only. We have been doing multiple versions/commentrys of programs for years, this is nothing new.
 
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Never thought I would as a supporter of the BBC but now I question the license fee, the money I spend on that could at least be put towards the frankly astronomical Sky Sports fee :(

**** YOU BBC!
 
This is just the first step. I knew when the Conservatives got in with Murdoch the BBC was going to be in for a rough time. Remember that if the hacking scandal hadn't broken we'd now be talking about a Sky wholly owned by the Murdoch family, who will not stop until the BBC as we know it is destroyed.
 
scorza said:
This is just the first step. I knew when the Conservatives got in with Murdoch the BBC was going to be in for a rough time. Remember that if the hacking scandal hadn't broken we'd now be talking about a Sky wholly owned by the Murdoch family, who will not stop until the BBC as we know it is destroyed.
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Say hello to the era of Fox UK :(
 
Ysmalari said:
Never thought I would as a supporter of the BBC but now I question the license fee, the money I spend on that could at least be put towards the frankly astronomical Sky Sports fee :(

**** YOU BBC!
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You can pretty much blame the Government and Murdoch for this :(

The BBC are facing an effective cut of over 20% (possibly a lot more if inflation is bad), over the next few years as they have a licence fee freeze implemented to "help keep the hardship of the recession down" (or some such rubbish).

Hence the need to cut costs, and F1 is relatively expensive, at least they are maintaining over half the coverage (half the races, and highlights).


*You'll notice that at the same time Sky have IIRC already upped their prices over the level of inflation, and will no doubt continue to do so.
 
BBC is well known to extract urine when it comes to production and expenses. Their three day Glastonbury coverage was staffed by 407 people. Basically anyone who wanted to go, could go. Think about it for a second - 407 people. Most TV stations in the world had 30-40 people covering entire olympics from Beijing, but BBC sent 250 staff. Just because they could. You and me pay for it.

This is all while BBC is apparently in "credit crunch" - while the future of programming and quality is being irreversibly damaged by moving studios from London to Manchester - and let's face it, not only why would any good technician, engineer, producer or journalist want to move their family to place like Moonchester (or Glasgow) on social and lifestyle level, but also in terms of career move - what kind of journalistic coverage of political, social and sports life could you provide from 300 miles away from parliament, capital life and olympic village. So for every penny saved on secretaries earning Moonchesterian 15k instead of £25k in London, hundreds of crew and commentators will accumulate massive expenses by staying in London hotels indefinitely to continously cover events that anyone with a bit of common sense could predict will not be possible to cover from Moonchester.
 
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Dear BBC,

Please scrap BBC 3.
Please scrap BBC 4.
Please scrap BBC Radio 6.
Please sack all your overpaid Jonathan Ross, Russell Brand, Chris Evans, etc.
Now look at the money you have saved. That is far more than showing the F1 costs.

Hugs and kisses,
Ed.
 
If they would just stop making **** reality shows, dance, singing comps etc that would save money, frankly itv do it better but BBC do f1 and science much much better than anyone else, they should stick to what they do well
 
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