I've heard similar stories, but I'd like to know where all the international news is. It sure isn't on my TV!
SF On Jul 10, 2012, at 11:25 PM, "Rob de Santos" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] 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 <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] 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 >>> [email protected] >>> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio >>> >>> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >>> [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit >>> the URL shown above. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Internetradio mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio >>> >>> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Internetradio mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio >> >> To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Internetradio mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > > _______________________________________________ > Internetradio mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL > shown above. > > _______________________________________________ Internetradio mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/internetradio To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
