 japPremium
join:2003-08-10
038xx | reply to firephoto
Re: Interesting... said by firephoto:So UK people get many bbc channels, no commercials, no commercial bias, not much political bias, all for £145.50 or so a year. And the iPlayer 2-week on-demand streaming of everything. The BBC content quality has slowly declined while US has risen but still the UK (there's great productions that aren't BBC) has best overall content in the world. In any language. Though Germany's supposed to be very good too, just not as much selection.
The license fee is a deal for most but not at all if you watch very little TV - like say Top Gear only and occasional news. |
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| said by jap:The BBC content quality has slowly declined while US has risen .........
WTF??!???!?
Now that's funny, dude. |
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 firephotoFacts hurtPremium
join:2003-03-18
Brewster, WA | reply to jap
said by jap:The license fee is a deal for most but not at all if you watch very little TV - like say Top Gear only and occasional news.
The UK gov't or BBC could probably bring in a fair amount of revenue if they offered worldwide licences for access to content online. I know some of their content makes it to BBC America channel but a good amount is only available to a lot of people via file sharing.
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japPremium
join:2003-08-10
038xx | said by firephoto:The UK gov't or BBC could probably bring in a fair amount of revenue if they offered worldwide licences for access to content online. I know some of their content makes it to BBC America channel but a good amount is only available to a lot of people via file sharing. Excellent point on the intl webstream though I suspect there are territorial agreements between countries that would need to be overcome. Probably different terms in each country with every show needing to be price negotiated. Might be why we haven't seen it.
A co-worker claims BBC America sux in content selection and is re-edited & dumbed down for the US audience. And, yeah, it's very poorly distributed. Mostly satellite last I knew. |
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japPremium
join:2003-08-10
038xx | reply to MaynardKrebs
said by MaynardKrebs:said by jap:The BBC content quality has slowly declined while US has risen ......... WTF??!???!? Now that's funny, dude. Yeah, I get ya on the waves of crap but no way we could have produced The Wire or Rubicon previous to the mid 1990s. I think the studios recognize there's a market for more challenging content and they've stepped up. I'm old enough to remember when All In The Family was the brainy stuff.
News, using the term very loosely, has gone completely to shit. Our coverage was once something to be proud of now it's a damaging laughing stock. |
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