All, I've been reading this thread with great interest and it seems to sum the whole current situation up rather well and I would add stuff but I've buggered my rotator cuff (apparently).
The BBC being a "public service newspaper" - it is certainly a long way from the days of Ceefax and three-TV-bulletins-a-day. If you were an alien and looked at the internet news sites you would need to dig very deep to understand that the BBC was somehow different, especially from outside the UK. One thing I am wondering, will News International realise that "The Times" brand needs a TV channel more than BSkyB does? There could be such a cost-saving my merging Sky News with The Times, giving "historic paper brand" an instant global news TV presence. And then there's that gizmo, the one that can deliver the Sun to "white van man" cheaply and reliably. 2009/3/16 Dave Crossland <[email protected]> > Bingo :) > > Regards, Dave > > On 16 Mar 2009, 11:45 AM, "Robert (Jamie) Munro" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Kevin Anderson wrote: > > funding - the licence fee. Commercial newspapers > are finding their > reade... > I think that news.bbc.co.uk is already a public service newspaper - > albeit one without a print edition. > > Robert (Jamie) Munro > > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
