Comments on: BBC embraces Internet file-sharing network; it may get swallowed whole http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2006/12/24/bbc-embraces-internet-filesharing-it-may-get-swallowed-whole/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bridesmaid Gowns http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2006/12/24/bbc-embraces-internet-filesharing-it-may-get-swallowed-whole/comment-page-1/#comment-242609 Bridesmaid Gowns Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:29:22 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2006/12/24/bbc-embraces-internet-filesharing-it-may-get-swallowed-whole/#comment-242609 There is no question that the BBC deserves the licence fee and more. The only question is whether we should allow commercial stations, such as cable and satellite television, to exist at all. For a much greater cost than the BBC, Sky (Rupert Murdoch’s satellite company) provides hundreds of channels, none of which make their own programming, either showing foreign programmes or repeats of BBC shows. All of the channels advertise heavily (up to almost twenty minutes of advertisements in an hour). There is no question that the BBC deserves the licence fee and more. The only question is whether we should allow commercial stations, such as cable and satellite television, to exist at all. For a much greater cost than the BBC, Sky (Rupert Murdoch’s satellite company) provides hundreds of channels, none of which make their own programming, either showing foreign programmes or repeats of BBC shows. All of the channels advertise heavily (up to almost twenty minutes of advertisements in an hour).

]]> By: Joseph http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2006/12/24/bbc-embraces-internet-filesharing-it-may-get-swallowed-whole/comment-page-1/#comment-143879 Joseph Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:14:50 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2006/12/24/bbc-embraces-internet-filesharing-it-may-get-swallowed-whole/#comment-143879 The BBC provides seven television channels (ignoring variations for nation and region, for example BBC1 Wales, BBC2 Wales) and 16 radio channels. Almost all of the programming broadcast by the BBC is produced by the BBC or an affiliate British production company and is original, the only exceptions are films and the occasional American series (like Heroes). The BBC, because of its charter, is committed to providing high quality documentaries, educational programmes, cultural review programmes, news and business programmes and everything that is simply not found in the commercial media (replaced instead by tired police dramas and programmes made entirely out of funny clips). The BBC shows as much sport as it is able, including the tennis, snooker, football, the Olympics, rugby, the Commonwealth Games, darts, and much more. When sport is shown on commercial stations (for which you already pay a subscription and throughout which they advertise heavily) people are often required to pay even more. There is no question that the BBC deserves the licence fee and more. The only question is whether we should allow commercial stations, such as cable and satellite television, to exist at all. For a much greater cost than the BBC, Sky (Rupert Murdoch's satellite company) provides hundreds of channels, none of which make their own programming, either showing foreign programmes or repeats of BBC shows. All of the channels advertise heavily (up to almost twenty minutes of advertisements in an hour). Really, they should have to justify their existence. Commercial television amounts to a parasitical money-making scam. For all the faults of the BBC, it is probably the finest broadcasting corporation in the world. It is a shame that Rupert Murdoch's pet journalists are allowed so vociferous a voice in calling for the removal of his only worthwhile competition. The man and his media empire is a menace, and should like McDonalds and Starbucks, be outlawed. The BBC provides seven television channels (ignoring variations for nation and region, for example BBC1 Wales, BBC2 Wales) and 16 radio channels. Almost all of the programming broadcast by the BBC is produced by the BBC or an affiliate British production company and is original, the only exceptions are films and the occasional American series (like Heroes). The BBC, because of its charter, is committed to providing high quality documentaries, educational programmes, cultural review programmes, news and business programmes and everything that is simply not found in the commercial media (replaced instead by tired police dramas and programmes made entirely out of funny clips).

The BBC shows as much sport as it is able, including the tennis, snooker, football, the Olympics, rugby, the Commonwealth Games, darts, and much more. When sport is shown on commercial stations (for which you already pay a subscription and throughout which they advertise heavily) people are often required to pay even more.

There is no question that the BBC deserves the licence fee and more. The only question is whether we should allow commercial stations, such as cable and satellite television, to exist at all. For a much greater cost than the BBC, Sky (Rupert Murdoch’s satellite company) provides hundreds of channels, none of which make their own programming, either showing foreign programmes or repeats of BBC shows. All of the channels advertise heavily (up to almost twenty minutes of advertisements in an hour).

Really, they should have to justify their existence. Commercial television amounts to a parasitical money-making scam. For all the faults of the BBC, it is probably the finest broadcasting corporation in the world.

It is a shame that Rupert Murdoch’s pet journalists are allowed so vociferous a voice in calling for the removal of his only worthwhile competition. The man and his media empire is a menace, and should like McDonalds and Starbucks, be outlawed.

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