BBC cuts may mean the test card returns

[colin25]

i used to like the test card...at least until one night when i came home drunk, i noticed she was watching me strangely...since then been a bit paranoid

If interested, found this link (geek in me), but I refuse to read it for long, just in case she started watching me again :|

http://www.testcardcircle.org.uk/tchistory.html

[Mick Fisher]

Originally Posted by colin25

i used to like the test card...at least until one night when i came home drunk, i noticed she was watching me strangely...since then been a bit paranoid

if interested, found this link (geek in me), but i refuse to read it for long, just in case she started watching me again :|

http://www.testcardcircle.org.uk/tchistory.html

[Hom3r]

Well they should cancel those crap lotto quizes they do, just give us the numbers,

I will not be happy if they drop F1.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

Well they should cancel those crap lotto quizes they do, just give us the numbers,

I will not be happy if they drop F1.

But l am afraid that l believe they will drop it as it cost them about £40 million a year.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by denphone

But l am afraid that l believe they will drop it as it cost them about £40 million a year.

Agreed, I feel we are about to see the BBC hit the bottom of the barrel as far as there programming output goes whilst maintaining the extravagant pay of the top brass and presenters like big mouth Clarkson.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Agreed, I feel we are about to see the BBC hit the bottom of the barrel as far as there programming output goes whilst maintaining the extravagant pay of the top brass and presenters like big mouth Clarkson.

Yes as far as l am concerned Clarkson is vastly overated.

Originally Posted by AdamD

For a publically funded service, it sure does burn through a lot of cash and yet, despite cutbacks, the license fee always seems to remain the same.

Maybe they should switch to an ad based service and scrap the license fee, after all, we are in hard, economic times.

The BBC would probably do reasonably well out of ad funding ... Slots around Eastenders and Doctor Who would be worth a fortune. However, the adverts are paid for by the marketing departments of the major brands and retailers operating in the UK and those departments do not have a bottomless pit of money to spend. Money spent advertising on the BBC would be money not getting spent on any number of smaller channels - inevitably driving some of them into bankruptcy.

If the licence fee distorts the broadcast industry, be in no doubt that the absence of it would also cause distortion.

Personally, I'm in favour of retaining the licence fee because it gives us, via the BBC Trust, a far greater degree of influence over the service than we get to have over the commercially funded public service channels. That, in turn, means that the BBC has to continue to cater for a far wider range of interests and tastes than the other PSBs are interested in these days.

As for the test card ... I'm all for it. BBCs One and Two have very little reason to exist between 9am and 5pm and between 1am and 6am especially as the corporation caters for much of the potential audience that exists between those hours through its 'digital' channels.

[Mick Fisher]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Agreed, I feel we are about to see the BBC hit the bottom of the barrel as far as there programming output goes whilst maintaining the extravagant pay of the top brass and presenters like big mouth Clarkson.

That's about the strength of it.

BBC One already shows BBC News which is free for them to do and BBC Two shows repeats or archive shows/films which cost next to nothing while 3 and 4 aren't broadcasting.

So the story is a pile of baloney.

[Lew]

Originally Posted by colin25

i used to like the test card...at least until one night when i came home drunk, i noticed she was watching me strangely...since then been a bit paranoid

Are you sure you're not really Sam Tyler?

[JMcB]

Will the BBC Test Card be in HD.....lol Sorry ;-)

[Lew]

You do realise that there is an HD version of the test card, right?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marksmanuk/3098983708/

[colin25]

Originally Posted by Lew

Are you sure you're not really Sam Tyler?

lol I had to look up who Sam tyler is, though i did watch first series of that show

[ThunderPants73]

Originally Posted by denphone

Well everybody to their own taste bit l would like to see more Documentaries, nature programmes and some Real music programmes instead of this manufactured rubbish.

ER.... you did get that I was joking....right?

[denphone]

Originally Posted by ThunderPants73

ER.... you did get that I was joking....right?

Of course.