Glastonbury & the BBC.

cu3ed

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Honestly don't know, but does the BBC host or put money into this now?, its on the News channel etc so much I feel like its a BBC organised event now.
 
They refused to reveal how much a few years ago, probably because so many public money is put into it, it's a huge festival with a large amount of Illumianti devil-worshipping performers, and a lot of the cash generated probably just goes to fuel their opulent, opiumed, hedonistic lifestyles. There's an insane amount of cash involved there, the whole thing is masterminded by an autocratic and likely crypto-fascist farmer who probably sells and breeds bionic sheep.
 
I did a season at Glasto, and the BBC had a massive presence there.* I think it delivers a huge amount of "free" content for them with major acts; so it is definitely in the public interest. The whole thing is streamed (or used to be) on BBC3.

*Funny story though, we did joke at how low their budget must be as we watched one of their runners change the logos from the previous festival on the media bus using electrical tape :D
 
Lysander said:
They refused to reveal how much a few years ago, probably because so many public money is put into it, it's a huge festival with a large amount of Illumianti devil-worshipping performers, and a lot of the cash generated probably just goes to fuel their opulent, opiumed, hedonistic lifestyles. There's an insane amount of cash involved there, the whole thing is masterminded by an autocratic and likely crypto-fascist farmer who probably sells and breeds bionic sheep.
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I've missed the relentless insanity of your spectacularly unhinged rants.

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cu3ed said:
Because of how much coverage its getting this week across all of the BBC.
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That's always been the case hasn't it?

It's a very easy and accessible way for them to top up any arts/culture/music support quotas they have. They also support loads of other festivals like The Great Escape where they host a stage etc that ties into 6 Music. It's got a huge global reach and no doubt everything accessed outside the UK is monetised.

Would be interested to see how much of that covers their costs.
 
Thekwango said:
you have just go to elaborate on this!!
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Everybody knows the big artists are devil-worshippers, Bille Ellish and Miley Cyrus have hinted at it time and time again. You don't get that much power without without being part of a satanic lodge, which is basically what Glastonbury is, although dressed up as a psuedo-wiccan, neo-pagan pop ritual.
 
Russinating said:
That's always been the case hasn't it?

It's a very easy and accessible way for them to top up any arts/culture/music support quotas they have. They also support loads of other festivals like The Great Escape where they host a stage etc that ties into 6 Music. It's got a huge global reach and no doubt everything accessed outside the UK is monetised.

Would be interested to see how much of that covers their costs.
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Honestly considering how the BBC is, it feels like they are just advertising it.
 
Lysander said:
Everybody knows the big artists are devil-worshippers, Bille Ellish and Miley Cyrus have hinted at it time and time again. You don't get that much power without without being part of a satanic lodge, which is basically what Glastonbury is, although dressed up as a psuedo-wiccan, neo-pagan pop ritual.
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Yeah those North American artists are just over visiting from their local chapter “Hollywood”. Such a hive of villainy and deviancy.
 
dLockers said:
I did a season at Glasto, and the BBC had a massive presence there.* I think it delivers a huge amount of "free" content for them with major acts; so it is definitely in the public interest. The whole thing is streamed (or used to be) on BBC3.

*Funny story though, we did joke at how low their budget must be as we watched one of their runners change the logos from the previous festival on the media bus using electrical tape :D
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IIRC the BBC actually have less staff at Glastonbury for most of it, than Sky did for a standard Football game as of a few years ago*, which is quite an achievement given that your average football stadium these days is built with broadcasting in mind, whilst for Glastonbury the broadcaster has to put together everything from comms and toilets to power.

I remember seeing some reports on how much it cost for it, and it turned out that Glastonbuy worked out very cheap on a per hour basis given there are multiple stages and the music is going on for hours every day, with the BBC either broadcasting live, or recording for later broadcast something in the order of 100-200+ hours (once you allow for Radio, TV and ondemand).

*IIRC The BBC was managing with something like 50-100 staff on site as an average (what could be done remotely was being done remotely), whilst Sky was proudly advertising it took them over 120 staff to cover a game.
 
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Russinating said:
Presume you feel the same way about every other event they and other broadcasters cover then? Chelsea Flower Show, Crufts, any and every sporting event etc.
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I don't know, but I don't think I have noticed anywhere as much coverage across the entire breadth of the BBC for those events.
 
cheesefest said:
Just you wait til Monday. Bloody Wimbledon across the BBC. Drop every programme going bar 'Enders and the news.

Thank goodness for on demand TV, DVDs and Sky Q.
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This is a good point. Much more valid to be upset about this expense given the niche interest.
 
I wish they'd shut up about it on the radio.

During one link this morning the presenter must have said Glastonbury 11 times in 20secs.
 
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