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
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