The BBC should be dissolved
And then started to make a joke about the office, which showed his lack of knowledge of what the BBC really is about. He then wax lyrical about CBBC World and how we were distorting the industry.Daniel Morris a developer at BBC Manchester finally debunks most of Mike Arrington's rant about the BBC by pointing out that everything the BBC does has to pass the public value test.
Matthew here made the point that CBBC World is actually created by a independent and not the BBC
so true, the big boy's club has gone on far too long. i won't argue that some of what the beeb does is worthwhile (planet earth and other educational stuff) but our license fees have been abused and it is just so unclear whether they are a commercial organisation or not that i think mr arrington is right in that they should be split up and the license fees should go to more worthwhile causes not to fund overpaid and underworked so called celebreties. please flame away if so desired but you're not going to be able to change my views, which are felt right across.the online (and offline) world.
What? It's perfectly clear that the BBC isn't a commercial entity - it's publicly funded. That's why it has a remit to educate, innovate and entertain.
That's also why it has no ads, and isn't as bound by the constraints of the larger, profit-driven media industry (because let's be honest, it is). That's also how the BBC R&D department has the resources, time and talented people to think up some crazy new stuff - and set standards of quality which (imho) the rest of the industry follow lest they fall by the wayside.
It's hardly a big boy's club, it might seem glamorous to work for the BBC from the outside, but from speaking to people at the Beeb, seeing what they do, how they do it - the work's no more glamorous than working for another PSV like Channel 4, it's just as grueling and hey, I don't think many people do it for the pay - it's because they know they're part of something great. That's why I want to get a job at the BBC in the future after I graduate from Uni, fingers crossed.
Of course, you're entitled to your own opinions, just as everyone is, but in my opinion your opinion is absolute rubbish.
As one Mr. H. Torch once said, Flame on!
Everytime I watch this clip, I laugh more and more. "Crazy embracement by the British Public."
Geez, Mikes just lucky I didn't get a chance to respond again.
Given the choice between the BBC Licence fee and the long, tedious multiple commercials that spoil programming, I'll pay the Licence Fee. It's a bargain. Let's say I waste 2 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year watching TV. On the average US programme that's 18 mins of ads per hour. That's 218 hours a year of ads. At UK minimum wage that's over 1100GBP worth of my time. If I watch the BBC I get that for 126GBP and I'm entertained instead of sold to. That's a bargain - and that's just counting the TV.
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