On Oct 20, 8:33 am, Jay Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/20/2010 1:11 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > > > In response, "Top Gear" will introduce "Really F-ing Cheap Car > > Challenges" as a regular feature on the series. > > >http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101019/media_nm/us_britain_spending_bbc > > I get the cuts and the Brits need to get spending/budgets under control. > But...why do you hamstring one of your biggest money makers? > > Top Gear isn't just the show, there's tons of merchandising and > licensing (same goes for Dr Who). It appears to be cutting their head > off to spite their face. > > Altho, I'm sure the Daily Fail readership is THRILLED by this news.
Uh, Jay--Kevin was kidding. Just like when Tom Bergeron said on "Breakfast Time" that his two kids were named "Cody and Cody." I'm sure the Beeb appreciates every dollar/pound/Euro/yen they get from syndication, licensing and merchandising of "Top Gear," "Doctor Who," "Torchwood" and, lest we forget, "Dancing With the Stars" (although they don't get as much as they could get in North America because they farmed the licensing of "Dancing" out to Disney). For the record, 6Music seems to have been saved for now. I believe the Asian Network became the digital network that got canned, as originally planned. And it's the BBC radio World Service that's now getting funded by the licence fee (and Brits do hear it overnight on Radio 4 and on an AM frequency in London 24/7). BBC World News and the other various BBC TV channels around the world are run or co-run by BBC Worldwide, the for-profit arm--I would assume the legality is that Worldwide gives the news department a license fee to pay for World News' programming. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
