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Utopian Scholastic historian.
Raconteur of things.
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One of my main hopes for Labour in office was that it would oversee a period in which the BBC didn’t suffer death by a thousand cuts and could be more confident in its future. Unfortunately, as with everything else, the government is determined only to suck up to people who hate it.
With the guaranteed public funding, the BBC should have been at the vanguard of the switch to online "broadcasting". And for a while when iPlayer first launched, it was. But now, it lags behind. The innovation is long gone. This could be too little too late.
Advertising on BBC R1 and R2, no reason not to carry advertising.
Something I miss about the UK is sitting on the bus and reading the Metro and howling at letters like this.
The last sentence is why I've had this stored on my phone for 11 years.
“To be perfectly honest, there are too many regenerations. I love all the Doctors, but I've lost count. The weight of regeneration... is diminished."
This is why the show needs a hard reset and to ditch virtually all of the lore if it is going to succeed in future.
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All these savings must mean the license fee coming down too?
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These savings, as well as job cuts and efficiency savings, are to save the BBC £25m. Net reduction of 200 roles.
BBC has to save £500m in all, with further cuts announced across all deparments over the next few months.
Billions for Palantir. Not a penny for things that would make Palantir redundant and recognised as a cancer in democracy.
The BBC recently struck a deal with YouTube to release more kids programmes online first. IIRC, this came with a welcome increase in spending on children's shows. It's a key demographic that the BBC are keen to retain. Where does the new social media ban leave that plan? Dead in the water?
Does any one appointed to decision making positions in recent years at the BBC have any actual love for the institution ( at least what it aspires to be ) & its viewer’s & listeners ? As billionaires invest in media to control news, the BBC slashes its best current affairs & news shows . Grim .
