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It's worth also remembering that the UK television viewing day is as follows
From http://downloads.bbc.co.u….pdf
Also, radio is different
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Also from BBC document
http://downloads.bbc.co.u….pdf
"Peak time defined as 6-11pm"
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Rob: The BBC subtitles are just fine ... the problem is your set-top box, surely?
"bbc sell programmes all over the world and have world wide service via subscription"
If you have a look at http://downloads.bbc.co.u….pdf
BBC Worldwide income... £155m
Total licence fee income.....£3,656m
The BBC just needs to make 23 to 24 times more from selling programmes abroad.
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L.Arnold: As I posted just above, Movie Mix is owned by
SQUARE 1 MANAGEMENT LIMITED
United Kingdom
WESSEX HOUSE, STATION ROAD, WESTBURY, WILTSHIRE
BA13 3JN
To be honest, the reason there are rules forcing broadcasters to provide subtitles is because the cost of providing them does NOT bring sufficient additional viewers to increase the income.
The reason for the "regulatory intervention" is because "the market does not provide".
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trevorjharris:" One of the problems with the BBC is that it has become a law unto itself while being funded by taxation with criminal sanctions."
Right, so something that has been the case since 1923, "has become"?
I would be interested to know what form of "taxation" has no "criminal sanctions"?
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Sean: Thanks for posting that. I have modified the UK Free TV database to represent this information.
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Alan Rowe: Will MIMO bring HD to Freeview? | High definition | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice ?
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Riv-dogg: Thanks.
"why these head shots of young women, what is the relevance?"
The photos (of both genders) are there to ensure that Google accepts these pages as "news postings". If you don't have an 460 × 276 image, then fewer people would get to see the postings and comments.
Whilst the site is popular - 3m visitors from the UK last year, there is a bit of gender imbalance. Choosing faces, rather than logos or equipment is an attempt to make UK Free TV accessible to all.
Interestingly, from an "age" point of view, the site is very balanced indeed.
"but it seems to be getting updated much less frequently than it was."
I had a bit of bad time the end of last year: I managed to break my leg (yes, again!) and then had a back muscle-spasm thing... I tried to keep Zeitgeist | ukfree.tv - 11 years of independent, free digital TV advice being posted with new articles.
I *have* done quite a few updates, but most of them have been in "the back end". This means the site is much, much faster.
I'm trying to put some new posts together. The next one - today I hope - is "8 weird ways that the weather will actually stop you watching free TV".
Re "BTW I think 20% as proportion of screen time given to adverts is bit optimistic" - I know it seems that way, but Ofcom | Regulating the quantity of advertising on television says
" This sets a limit for all channels of 12 minutes on the amount of advertising which may be shown in one hour.
The rules which apply in the UK set limits for the commercial public service broadcasters (PSBs) Channel 3, Channel 4, S4C and Channel 5 - and all other commercial broadcasters. For example, there is a limit on the average number of minutes per hour of advertising across the day of 7 minutes an hour (off peak) for PSBs and 9 minutes an hour for all other broadcasters ."
12 minutes = 20%. 7 mins = 12%, 9 mins= 15%
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Tuesday 14 January 2014 5:49PM
trevorjharris: I guess you don't want BBC programmes to be shown during the night with in-vision signing for people with hearing loss? BBC - My Web My Way - BSL programmes online
Seems a bit selfish to me.