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BBC self-advertising and general quality
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You're right. I think they're introducing new comedy guidelines designed to stop people from being offended.
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1: Get V+, Sky+ or Freeview+.
2: Record everything you want to watch
3: Play it back at least 5 minutes laterfor BBC, 10 mins per half hour on ITV
4: Skip the adverts at 32x speed.
2: Record everything you want to watch
3: Play it back at least 5 minutes laterfor BBC, 10 mins per half hour on ITV
4: Skip the adverts at 32x speed.
I don't have Sky, nor Virgin media. The op is on about normal terrestrial TV (Freeview) if I'm not mistaken. plus their is s*** all on Sky also haha.
I agree completely the sooner we no longer have to pay the licence fee the better; it should be a choice like any other not something which is state mandated.
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One that's incorrect; the original broadcast version is edited for overseas broadcast on commercial channels.
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Didn't you get the memo? It's the BBC's job to make the founders of Twitter and Facebook as rich as possible via my licence fee. How did they manage with "Contact Us" submission pages and e-mail? They managed perfectly well ...
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BBC = fantastic.
BBC news (etc.) = leftist bias.
Judge rules: still awesome.
BBC news (etc.) = leftist bias.
Judge rules: still awesome.
I catch the news around 1pm most days and have to say I am seriously bored of the 10-15mins of coverage the "big freeze" gets every day.
How all these places people are struggling to get around, grinding to a halt but they manag to have reporters there standing in a field "as you can see its snowing here".
Great use of resources that is.
Don't really watch much of anything on regular TV, there is nothing I go out of my way to watch other than peep show at the minute I think, Sky sports gets most of my attention.
Freeview is dire really, BBC3 is so poor its embarrassing. Isn't it aged at 18-30 kind of audience? Should suit me but I find it so dreadful.
How all these places people are struggling to get around, grinding to a halt but they manag to have reporters there standing in a field "as you can see its snowing here".
Great use of resources that is.
Don't really watch much of anything on regular TV, there is nothing I go out of my way to watch other than peep show at the minute I think, Sky sports gets most of my attention.
Freeview is dire really, BBC3 is so poor its embarrassing. Isn't it aged at 18-30 kind of audience? Should suit me but I find it so dreadful.
Isn't BBC3 and a couple other channels to be dropped due to cuts? I'm sure I read that somewhere. Personally, I prefer paying the TV license. I'd rather pay it and get no advertising and a reminder or two of later programming than pay Sky's ridiculous fee and then be bombarded with 5 minutes of advertising per half hour of programming.
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I agree. TV in this country is just trash. UK TV is pretty much overwhelmed with "reality" shows and glorified talent shows like that dancing one on BBC and that X-factor one. Pile on all the Worlds Strictest Parent, 30 minutes with this chef, 22 min meal with the other chef....geez.
As for news I stay away from BBC News 24..awful channel. I know its not perfect either but I've really taken to watching RT - the Russian News channel. Totally different take on things and they have some very interesting news shows as well. A lot of their newsreaders and journalists are Brits. And there is this one hella pretty Russian newsreader as well. Ohh I love her accent hee hee.
http://rt.com/on-air/
As for news I stay away from BBC News 24..awful channel. I know its not perfect either but I've really taken to watching RT - the Russian News channel. Totally different take on things and they have some very interesting news shows as well. A lot of their newsreaders and journalists are Brits. And there is this one hella pretty Russian newsreader as well. Ohh I love her accent hee hee.
http://rt.com/on-air/
Ive not really watched TV for a few years now. Only things worth watching for me are. Formula One (the only thing i watch on BBC), Misfits which is E4, which i watch online, and Lost (RIP).
Rather boring all other times.
Rather boring all other times.
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When start it BBC3 used to be a platform for less well known good quality programs to be aired, but now it just seems to want to be Channel 4 with it's cheap to produce reality TV.... So I would not be sorry to see it go... I mean come on, 'Fishmonger of the year'? Who thought that would be worth turning into a TV program...
Nor would I. Before BBC 1 HD, they used to clutter up the BBC HD channel with Doctor Who and Gavin and Stacey re-runs (from BBC3). When it's obvious that what they should have been showing was fantastic documentaries like Planet Earth. Happily now they've got the two HD channels, this seems to be more the focus of BBC HD, though it's still not perfect.
I do hope they keep BBC 4 though, it's done some great programming such as Folk Britannia and other music based programs.
I do hope they keep BBC 4 though, it's done some great programming such as Folk Britannia and other music based programs.
Reality TV **** is what is the most annoying, its not just the BBC its all channels (freeview and sky etc) doing the reality *****.
Im looking forward to the day reality progs go away, and they all have to come up with something new.
bring back noels house party, big break, you bet, etc ohh and gladiators lol (but not that sky 1 remake fail), generation game.
Im looking forward to the day reality progs go away, and they all have to come up with something new.
bring back noels house party, big break, you bet, etc ohh and gladiators lol (but not that sky 1 remake fail), generation game.
I think the BBC does have a lot of great programs, but they are just let down by a few programs that fail (e.g. Robin Hood). A lot of their 'talking' shows seem to be absolute rubbish, but I suppose all talkshows are probably like this. Recently, I have thought that channel 4 has a lot of good shows on it and its related channels, so BBC would be about equal with C4, if C4 didn't have any adverts.... which it does, so BBC wins for me. I think having just a couple of minutes trailers inbetween programs is good - it allowas time to get a drink, go to the toilet etc, and might make you aware of an interesting program you wouldn't otherwise have watched.
There's a couple of reason they do this:
1. Many programmes are purchased now and in a format suitable only for commercial stations, without BBC "adverts" between them you wouldn't have a normal schedule, it'd all be finishing at random times i.e. 7:43pm, next program finishing at 8:12pm. It'd be a nightmare. In most US stations 25% of the viewing time at peak hours is adverts, not shows.
2. There's are so many channels and services available on the BBC now that they have to do something to create awareness amongst viewers, otherwise their services simply won't be used and that license fee would be even harder to justify.
1. Many programmes are purchased now and in a format suitable only for commercial stations, without BBC "adverts" between them you wouldn't have a normal schedule, it'd all be finishing at random times i.e. 7:43pm, next program finishing at 8:12pm. It'd be a nightmare. In most US stations 25% of the viewing time at peak hours is adverts, not shows.
2. There's are so many channels and services available on the BBC now that they have to do something to create awareness amongst viewers, otherwise their services simply won't be used and that license fee would be even harder to justify.
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I don't think reality TV is going anywhere I'm afraid, the reason? Cost. Reality TV costs next to nothing to make when you compare it to the cost of shooting a drama like Dr. Who...
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