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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
But Chris, you are failing totally to acknowledge that things can change. Legal precedents do not apply to matters that have been changed by legislation.
The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has stated that he thinks the BBC should be at least partially funded by subscriptions. You can't just pass this off as one of a small number of MPs who favours such a move.
I don't believe that anyone who refuses to believe that change can happen is exactly engaging in a discussion, Chris!  |
What I'm failing to do is to give any credence to your fantasies.
The contents of this thread alone is enough to show you really don't know what you're talking about - all you have done since it started is 'predict' that the future of TV would look pretty much the way you wish it would, based on the way you personally prefer to consume content.
Let's not forget that you started out making bold predictions about linear TV ending in 10 years or a little more, even though the evidence right before you was that the BBC was about to engage in a charter renewal process that would guarantee its functions for a decade, with no prospect of an abrupt end thereafter.
You may have noticed, regardless of the personal beliefs of any member of the government, the charter renewal process isn't examining a move to subscription. It's not even flagging up advance warning that the BBC should start researching it.
You have to learn to separate the noise and chaff of what individual politicians say (even the senior ones), and what is politically possible to achieve. Until you can do that, you are going to carry on making gaffes like this one, from a little over a year ago:
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
I appreciate that there are things that need to be sorted out first, such as giving everyone access to broadband at an appropriate speed, but I do think that this is about 10 years + away. I'm sure it will come, though.
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... which was a thoroughly daft claim you could have avoided making, simply by weighing the real-world evidence over your desire to see TV delivered in the way you prefer it.