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Old 27-12-2012, 17:11   #41
carlwaring
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Re: 'Austerity' at the BBC

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Originally Posted by martyh View Post
No it doesn't. The bbc gets it's money regardless.
Well I meant in terms of staffing, for a start. You think it would get the money if it didn't do it's job well enough? Pretty sure if it got no viewers and wasted every penny it received it would not go down very well with anyone.

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Commercial stations have to produce programs that advertisers are willing to pay money to advertise next to...
Whereas the BBC do not and can therefore take risks with some programming and have a dedicated channel for programmes that may not get a lot of viewers but which is appreciated by many; BBC4.

You know you just made the case for the BBC there, don't you?

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To get it's revenue the BBC simply has to produce programs..
Well yes. Apart from that Royal Charter nonsense and it's remit to "inform, educate and entertain" then yes, it can do what it likes

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... ,if viewing figures fall then the only consequence is a change in manager ,no loss of income at all ,so in reality no competition at all
Yeah. Okay. Well done on completely missing the point though
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