All posts by Briantist
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trevorjharris: I've tried and I'm not able to follow the logic of your argument.
"The BBC is no longer a public service as it is concentrates too much on viewing figures "
Q1: In your opinion, what was the date at which the BBC was still a public service? What happened on that date to move it, from your point of view, to something else?
Q2: If the BBC isn't a public service, what would you classify it as?
Q3. Given the BBC has a lower total share for it's channels that it ever has, isn't your argument somewhat backwards?
"The BBC is no longer a public service as it [does not] concentrates enough on quality programmes. "
Q4: Please define what you mean in terms of quality.
Q5: Can you provide a date in the past where you considered the quality of BBC programmes to meet your standards?
Q6: Which broadcaster (UK or worldwide) do you consider to provide "quality programmes". If you could provide some example of these programmes, that would be helpful.
"It should be sold off "
Q7. Who owns the BBC?
Q8. If the BBC were sold to the stock market, say, where would the money from the sale go to?
Q9. What is your expectation of future profits for an corporation that currently spends all of it's income on content? I presume you have an idea of this because otherwise a sale would be pointless as the BBC has a worth of zero without the ability to pay future shareholders.
"It should be funded by a combination of advertising and subscription. "
Q10. Why would a sold-off BBC not be able to collect a licence fee?
Q11: You do realise that price elasticity means that the total advertising revenue for TV would not increase? This would mean that the BBC would have to share the revenue that currently funds ITV and Channel 4? This would send Channel 4 to the wall and cut ITV revenues in half?
"advertising and subscription ... would also have the benefit of freeing the BBC news from government control."
Q12. Legally BBC News has a Royal Charter that requires it to be a public service not beholden to the government of the day. If it were sold off, surely it would need to pander to the whims and whimsy of the new owners? If not, what would be the point in being a BBC plc shareholder.
I look forward to understanding this more.
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J Peter Wilson: " This needs to happen as I have come across elderly people who are over 75 yet are being chased by TV Licensing and threatened with £1000 fines."
Really? TV Licensing - Aged 74 and over says
"when you reach the age of 75, you may apply for a free over 75 TV Licence. We'll send you this licence every three years, provided we have your National Insurance number. ... We'll automatically refund any money you have over paid for each full month after your 75th birthday.
. If you don't have a National Insurance number, please provide a copy of one of the following as evidence of your age: Passport, UK driving licence, UK birth certificate, National identity card"
There is a fishy smell attached to your " 75 yet are being chased" statement.
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I should add that https://reutersinstitute.….pdf
What If there Were No BBC Television?
the Net Impact on UK Viewers
Patrick Barwise and Robert G. Picard
February 2014
to the list of references
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Charles Stuart: Thanks for you response.
Your comments are quote valid.
However, the question I was posing was "which BBC service would you cut?"
I can't accept "fewer reality TV shows" as the BBC doesn't broadcast any!
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What I would like everyone to do is to join me in the "though exercise" of arriving at the supermarket checkout with a basket of services and not having enough money for them all.
Imagine you are three or four hundred million pounds short: you will have to put something back.
I want to know what you will choose and why!
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trevorjharris: "The BBC needs to be sold off and the money used to reduce the national debt."
The BBC doesn't belong to the government. If it were "sold off" then money would go to the BBC.
If you could please engage with the question at hand: "what service do you put back?" rather than reiterate your anti-Licence Fee diatribe.
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Frank Rewaj: That's very strange! I will look into that for you.
Thank you for pointing it out.
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sharealam: Thanks for that. This site will show this when Ofcom update their database.
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Saturday 8 March 2014 3:23PM
Ian: £13 a month? All-you-can-eat data/200 minutes/ 5.000 texts Search Results
I think I pay £15 a month ( I got a deal) for the "The One Plan 12 Month SIM Only." All-you-can-eat data/ 2,000 minutes/ 5,000 Three-to-Three minutes/ 5,000 texts
On three you get 4G for the same price as 3G.