Ah, OK. Definitely worth a listen. However, this concept of a "clearinghouse" shouldn't surprise anyone -- much of the US public broadcasting output -- with the exception of NPR's news programming -- works on this model. The Public Radio Exchange -- which I've touted here before -- is 100% based on that model.
This dovetails nicely with the principal segment of the BBCWS' "Over To You" this past week. A Brazilian listener grumbled that "Have Your Say" demeans the role of the BBC in that listeners trust the BBC to vet the news and insight it presents -- whereas it seemed to this listener that "Have Your Say" provided too easy of an opportunity for people with opinions grounded in neither perspective nor research to sound off...that the program was "too interactive". The BBC and other international broadcasters are reducing their levels of vertical integration -- the BBC no longer owns its transmitters; increasingly programs are produced by third parties. Content aggregation sites like iTunes and YouTube reduce the need for a "broadcaster" such as the BBC to exist. Scott, you should join us in Kulpsville one of these years...we sit around and cogitate stuff like that during the days and evenings... Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA On 3/4/07, Scott Royall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, did you listen to the program? It is a BBC discussion of the future of > "broadcasting." They are specifically focusing on news operations, but the > inferences are general in nature. The gist is that the one-way nature of > broadcasting is changing. That organizations such as the BBC are morphing > into clearinghouses of content. The presenter made a few interesting remarks > about the transmitters. One person even made the scandalous suggestion that > even the BBC's future is not guaranteed. (I can already hear the high-pitch > howl of Luddites spooling up in their graves now. :)) _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
