Try the U.S. for a few years if you want to see what happens to a society when there is no functioning media. UGH. No real TV, awful radio (NPR is a joke - so amateur) and no newspapers.
Even their "good" programmes are dire beyond belief - make C5 seen elitist. As a BBC 2, BBC 4, Radio 4 addict, I feel I get excellent value from the Beeb. Frankly I can put up with some heavy handedness over the Fox-ification of media. It is the greedy Hollywood studios that are reasonable for the current malaise in broadcasting and the rights/payments issues, not the Beeb. Of course, present government are aping the Americans (foolishly, IMvHO - common mistake Brits make is to think we are more like America than Europe because of the language, but it's a wrong assumption - our ethos is far more European) so I fear for all of our public services in the name of a quick buck at the hands of PR men like Cameron. D Sent from my iPhone On 6 Jul 2015, at 09:48, George Eycott <geo...@eycott.co.uk> wrote: >> equally I would be against any move to make any of the BBC channels to > carry commercials. > > I agree, we visited Canada recently and I am amazed anyone watches TV live > there. Basically the channels primarily carry adverts with odd bits of > programmes shown occasionally. It made trying to watch anything completely > unbearable. Would hate that to happen over here. > > > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list get_iplayer@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
