The following is my guess, John. I am not a lawyer, I just play one at condo
association board meetings.
The BBC World News channel is not available to cable or satellite TV providers
in the USA because it would compete with BBC America, a money-making network
operated by Discovery Communications who also own the Discovery
Channel. There is probably an exclusivity clause in that contract. World
News is available from 6 to 8 AM Eastern time in the USA via BBC America which
now has an HD version which our local Comcast provider has recently added.
Joe
From: John Figliozzi <[email protected]>
>To: Internet radio discussion <[email protected]>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:02 PM
>Subject: Re: [Internetradio] Saving Auntie: Meet the BBC's new boss : CJR
>
>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-----
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>> 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
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>> From the Columbia Journalism Review
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>> RC
>>
>> http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/saving_auntie_meet_the_bbcs_ne.php
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