NewsCorp destroys BBC

PhylPho

luckylucky #41:

Your points may possibly be best addressed by Rupert Murdoch himself in his speech in London tomorrow.

lucylucky

PhylPho wrote: »

luckylucky #41:

Your points may possibly be best addressed by Rupert Murdoch himself in his speech in London tomorrow.

To whom is he speaking and about what?

Will he know when Radios 1 & 2 are being sold?

StevieJ

lucylucky wrote: »

To be fair Sky didn't make that show, they just bought it.

Out of interest do they make actually contribute any decent programmes themselves ?

vivatifosi

StevieJ wrote: »

Out of interest do they make actually contribute any decent programmes themselves ?

I don't know how Sky's programming is made though I suspect they buy it in from independents rather than making it themselves, as do the BBC and ITV although not all the time. However one thing I will say is that they have recently got very good at commissioning top British authors for adaptations of their best sellers. For example, Terry Pratchett (Going Postal), Chris Ryan (Strike Back), Mark Billingham (Thorne series). Sky must now have a sufficient critical mass to make going to the expense of commissioning such series worthwhile.

FTBFun

vivatifosi wrote: »

I don't know how Sky's programming is made though I suspect they buy it in from independents rather than making it themselves, as do the BBC and ITV although not all the time. However one thing I will say is that they have recently got very good at commissioning top British authors for adaptations of their best sellers. For example, Terry Pratchett (Going Postal), Chris Ryan (Strike Back), Mark Billingham (Thorne series). Sky must now have a sufficient critical mass to make going to the expense of commissioning such series worthwhile.

Shurely shome mistake?

vivatifosi

FTBFun wrote: »

Shurely shome mistake?

Not my bag but he is very popular. But then strangely, so is Katie Price. I don't suppose there's much space on TV for serialising her novels though when all the airtime is taken up with her true life stuff (goes off and looks for vomiting smiley)...

serious_saver

Here's something I've noticed.

Virtually everyone has said that there is something they like on the BBC and the rest is a waste of the airwaves. Each person seems to have a different oppinoion on what they consider good. Someone mentioned the childrens TV, someone else BBC4 documentaries a few people have talked about sports or drama. THIS IS THE POINT OF THE BBC!!!! To provide a little something for everyone at a cost that is shared across the whole county. I personally think my 40p per day is good value just for the news and if you're one of those people who considers the bbc news left wing - guess what! You can tune in on digital to ITV news or Sky news . . . even some of the American news programmes! And the cost of the digital switchover? It came out of the license fee.

And for the people who say 'I don't need to pay the license fee because I only watch TV online' The bbc couldn't make the programmes or run the iplayer without money from the license fee!!!

jimibaboza

The funny thing about Sky News is that it has more or less become the exact thing that Chris Morris was parodying in "The Day Today", sixteen years ago.

Cleaver

drc wrote: »

Great for you but there are lots of things that I would prefer to be forced to spend my £145.50 on than funding huge pensions for BBC luvvies. You are welcome to pay my share of the BBC licence fee if you think it's so great .

From a purely personal (and I guess selfish) point of view I couldn't care less what they spend the money on. I pay £12 and I feel like I get a great product in return.

£12 a month to fund a luvvie's pension, £60 a month to Rupert Murdoch, fees through buying products that keep Simon Cowell a multi-millionaire... let's face it, all your TV money goes somewhere unpleasant.

angrypirate wrote: »

In which case, if it is turned into a subscription only service you will have no problem paying £15-20 a month (to cover up the cost of people who dont subscribe to it).

Correct. I reckon if the BBC were to keep exactly the same and go subscription tomorrow I'd be happy paying up to around £30 a month for it. Maybe a bit more. There are people out there paying £60 a month for SKY which, in the main, is cultural dross.

Cleaver

StevieJ wrote: »

I know what your saying but my £7.50 unlimited broadband from the best provider O2 runs it close, it allows me to watch BBC I-Player whenever I want

I know what you're saying Stevie, but your unlimited broadband provider doesn't create anything though does it? It's just a portal through to the iPlayer. So if everyone did that and didn't pay a license fee then they'd be no iPlayer to watch.