Comments on: BBC to ’scale back’ website

By: GReta56

GReta56 — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:14:52 +0000

Readers Write above – you live a twisted life and agenda , the BBC is in the cack with no money to continue what are in effect , heavily subsidised loss making avenues , its in the BBCs remit to do so , to try and explore different avenues and styles of channel but when youre struggling to pay the bills , you cut the excess ft of first , dont be so twisted and stupid to think its anything to do with Murdoch .

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:43:03 +0000

“Sacling back”, what a joke! Mr Murdoch’s revenues shrink, so media giants want to remove a competitor for which the consumers have already paid with their taxes. Reminds me of an attempt from a weather forecast company in the US which tried to outlaw free weather data from the administration (again, funded by taxes).

The answer should be a clear no but are politicians courageous enough when they would be risking a negative campaign from media moguls?

By: wallow-T

wallow-T — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:13:44 +0000

I sure hope “BBC 3″, rumored for cuts, refers to a TV station and not BBC Radio 3, the classical and world music station, which is one of the cultural jewels of civilization.

6Music– which I used to describe as Serious Rock Music — has its moments, though when I have tuned it in lately its been way too much talk and not enough music. There should be a balance and usually the BBC, across its myriad channels, gets it pretty right.

By: Rabbit80

Rabbit80 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:23:45 +0000

Except – we are switching to Digital TV broadcating within the next few years. OTA digital broadcasts are already available to most people and will soon be mandatory. Perhaps the reason these channels only “reach” a relatively small audience is due to the quality of the programming?