£600 million savings at the BBC.

Pennywise

Since I got Sky a few months ago, I never watch anything from the BBC at all - I keep looking, but there's just nothing there of any interest to me. I only really noticed when I looked at my "saved" listings on the Sky box and noticed a total absence of any BBC channels. The only news I ever watch is ITV or Sky because I just can't stand the BBC's so-called "impartiality" - I can't see how they have the nerve to say they aren't biased - just watch the same day's news on BBC and compare it with ITV and Sky and they are poles apart.

It doesn't need a prune, it needs a hatchet job on it, scaled right back down to a simple public information/entertainment service. There's so much that could be profitably privatised, like Radio 1 and local radio, and there's so much that costs a fortune but gets so few viewers it could be scrapped and few would notice. It's madness that the public have no choice but to pay for it to actually compete with commercial businesses - let the commercial end compete with eachother in the private sector and keep the BBC for the basics - a couple of TV channels, a handful of radio stations and the World service - what more is needed? - In fact, isn't that what the BBC did a decade or two ago?

ses6jwg

Pennywise wrote: »

Since I got Sky a few months ago, I never watch anything from the BBC at all - I keep looking, but there's just nothing there of any interest to me. I only really noticed when I looked at my "saved" listings on the Sky box and noticed a total absence of any BBC channels. The only news I ever watch is ITV or Sky because I just can't stand the BBC's so-called "impartiality" - I can't see how they have the nerve to say they aren't biased - just watch the same day's news on BBC and compare it with ITV and Sky and they are poles apart.

It doesn't need a prune, it needs a hatchet job on it, scaled right back down to a simple public information/entertainment service. There's so much that could be profitably privatised, like Radio 1 and local radio, and there's so much that costs a fortune but gets so few viewers it could be scrapped and few would notice. It's madness that the public have no choice but to pay for it to actually compete with commercial businesses - let the commercial end compete with eachother in the private sector and keep the BBC for the basics - a couple of TV channels, a handful of radio stations and the World service - what more is needed? - In fact, isn't that what the BBC did a decade or two ago?

I agree that the BBC is not impartial, but it comes a ruddy hell of a lot closer than Sky News!!!

robin_banks

Generali wrote: »

Sky revolutionised sports coverage, albeit in a rather over-excited way. You're old enough to remember pre-Sky football coverage: a camera behind each goal and one above the half way line (way, way above the half way line at White Hart Lane). Sky improved that no end.

The rest of it? A thousand channels of crp plus Radio 4 and Radio 5 without crackles.

And no Elton Welsby either.

StevieJ

Lance wrote: »

I do not watch the BBC but I still pay £140 a year to avoid being sent to prison. At least with Sky you do not have to pay for it if you do not watch it. For those that love the present BBC let them pay for it. Before someone harps on about it's great past I totally agree but for some years I do not think it has enough good shows to warrent living off the past........ most of which they wiped and would stay missing if not for the cash in VHS and now DVD's.

Independent tv revenues are being wiped out or watered down by the internet and a plethora of crap channels, we need somewhere that quality can be maintained more than ever.

tomterm8

Running_Horse wrote: »

Where do I get my tax refund? Must be about £20 per.

You don't. Tough luck. This is the kind of notional saving whereby they are cutting one set of services no one likes, to replace it with another set of services no one in britain likes, in order to sell new drama products to the US, with a nice cut to the management consultants who thought of this marvelous idea.

ukcarper

Apart from the sport can somebody tell what all these good programs on Sky are?

tomterm8

ukcarper wrote: »

Apart from the sport can somebody tell what all these good programs on Sky are?

Dr who is on sky. As is corrie, and eastenders. So, it does have some good programs.

chucky

ukcarper wrote: »

Apart from the sport can somebody tell what all these good programs on Sky are?

The Dog Whisperer

ukcarper

chucky wrote: »

The Dog Whisperer

If that’s it I’m glad I haven’t got it

carolt

Whereas my OH has signed petitions and stuff to save Radio 6!

I'm not bothered but he actually does listen to Radio 6 a lot. (When not listening to Radio 4.)