Sarcasm aside, I think the feeling is that you get all you want from CNN, etc.
-- -Rob de Santos -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Finlayson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 7:15 AM To: [email protected]; Internet radio discussion Cc: Internet radio discussion Subject: Re: [Internetradio] Saving Auntie: Meet the BBC's new boss : CJR 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.ph >>> p _______________________________________________ >>> 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.
