Keynsian economics says you cannot work your way out of a financial hole through austerity. The EU countries are beginning to prove Keynes right again. Joe
>________________________________ > From: Richard Cuff <[email protected]> >To: [email protected]; Shortwave programming discussion ><[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 1:19 PM >Subject: Re: [Swprograms] Swprograms Digest, Vol 110, Issue 7 > > >The BBC has stated that, with shortwave, their unduplicated English >language audience would be larger than it is. However at this point >the issue is funding - while back in 2001 that was less of an issue, >the UK's fiscal policy of austerity hit the BBC both domestically and >internationally. In their opinion the expenses saved by reducing >shortwave usage resulted in less audience loss than expenses saved >elsewhere in either program creation or in distribution / >transmission. > >Meanwhile I saw a NY Times story that mentions that the Western >European policies of austerity adopted in their financial crisis are >now being rethought. Will international broadcasting services be >allowed to spend more as a result? Time will tell, I guess... > >Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA > >On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Art Preis <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Agreed Mike. >> >> Also of note is the phrase "Our English language radio programming on the >> BBC World Service has also performed well with audiences holding firm at >> about 44 million overall." I would think that if Shortwave would still be >> part of their worldwide instead of localized delivery platform, growth might >> have been achieved with this medium as well. >_______________________________________________ >Swprograms mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > >To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to >[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL >shown above. > > > >
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