Two views I've seen from Twitter people with industry experience: One claims that C4's lineup ain't so hot compared to its 80s and 90s glory years, mentioning that where the rule-breaking morning show "The Big Breakfast" (unofficial inspiration for FX's cult favorite "Breakfast Time") was is now "Friends" and "Everybody Loves Raymond" reruns. Someone else has pointed out that the Tories are saying that Netflix and Amazon are proof that C4 isn't needed, which sounds like all those Republicans back in the 90s who said that we didn't need PBS now that Bravo, A&E and Discovery are around (and we all now what those cable channels are now). Not to mention that Amazon Prime is funded by all those other things Bezos sells, while Netflix is spending money like a drunken sailor with no sense of any future profits.
Mark Jeffries [email protected] On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 7:21 AM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > > https://deadline.com/2022/04/channel-4-sale-decried-uk-tv-industry-politicians-public-1234994600/ > > I'm not sure about each side of this, as today is the first I thought of > it. My gut tells me that a publicly owned, but commercially funded, is > probably better for diversity and opportunity of alternate content. > > In Canada, bellmedia and CTV seem to have staff slashing announcements > every six months. And their domestic production isn't so great. > > > > /Doug > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BpfDqJsdxGCfCAot2%2BPnQ2JXdpwUv4u_fVCitpbX8%2B%2Bfw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1BpfDqJsdxGCfCAot2%2BPnQ2JXdpwUv4u_fVCitpbX8%2B%2Bfw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi8_wgM0Z6BzwAFbVk0YJqWBY2hYOaeY7BT8zP6AwKmA-g%40mail.gmail.com.
