What I have heard about BBC World News is that cable operators feel that they already have enough news channels and feel viewers don't want more "international" news. My sense is that in addition, they feel if they open the door to the BBC, they feel will have to open it to Al Jazeera and other channels.
-- -Rob de Santos -----Original Message----- From: internetradio-boun...@hard-core-dx.com [mailto:internetradio-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Finlayson Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:48 PM To: Internet radio discussion Cc: Internet radio discussion Subject: Re: [Internetradio] Saving Auntie: Meet the BBC's new boss : CJR I share your distress over how hard it is to find BBC World News. Where I live Verizon Fios carries it and some Comcast systems have carry it but neither Dish Network or DirecTV have it. I've long since given up asking DirecTV, they just refuse to comment. Sandy Finlayson On Jul 10, 2012, at 8:02 PM, John Figliozzi <jfigl...@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > Yeah, let's hope that Jubilee show was just a stumble and not an example of what's to come. I've been complaining for years (it may seem longer to others) about the penchant for public broadcasters to recreate themselves as "commercial broadcasting lite". They have markedly different missions and values, if they're doing the jobs correctly. > > A side issue: Why is it so damn hard to get stateside cable operators to add BBC World News Channel? I can't get a suitable answer from Time Warner officials... and I work in the industry! (as a regulator) They carry BBC America and I doubt it's a capacity issue. They just added about half a dozen "adult pay per view) services. It's not a reach to say that the latter do make them money.. but the BBC services are not a heavy lift financially speaking. > > John Figliozzi > > On Jul 10, 2012, at 4:42 PM, Sandy Finlayson wrote: > >> Interesting that the article picked up on the complaints over the >> Diamond Jubilee. The coverage I saw on BBC America was certainly a >> mixed bag ranging from the professional and traditional to the >> utterly frivolous and silly. The coverage of the Thames pageant will >> go down in history as some of the worst live coverage the BBC has >> ever done. Everyone gets things wrong but it was really bad. >> >> SF >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: internetradio-boun...@hard-core-dx.com >> [mailto:internetradio-boun...@hard-core-dx.com] On Behalf Of Richard >> Cuff >> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:35 PM >> To: Shortwave programming discussion; Internet radio discussion >> Subject: [Internetradio] Saving Auntie: Meet the BBC's new boss : CJR >> >> From the Columbia Journalism Review >> >> RC >> >> http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/saving_auntie_meet_the_bbcs_ne.php >> _______________________________________________ >> Internetradio mailing list >> Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >> internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit >> the URL shown above. >> _______________________________________________ >> Internetradio mailing list >> Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Internetradio mailing list > Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. > > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above. _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list Internetradio@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to internetradio-requ...@hard-core-dx.com?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
