The BBC announced some changes yesterday with a view to focussing more\u00a0on quality programming and keeping the license fee stable.\u00a0 Three headline changes are the closure of Radio 6, Asian Network and a reduction in the website.<\/p>\n
The BBC is one of Britains premier institutions but there can be no doubt that it has expanded far too broadly for too long\u00a0and somehow been allowed to get away with it.\u00a0 My own opinion is that the license fee should be capped at \u00a3120 for the next 10 years. The excellence of the BBC should be unharmed by this as it’s cost increases are more related to excessive air time given to fringe programming and apparant over representation\u00a0like teams from different channels\u00a0at the same event.<\/p>\n
With facilities like the iPlayer it should\u00a0be possible to programme less time and enable it to be watched or heard when required.<\/p>\n
At the moment Radio 6 is getting the most support against closure, \u00a0and I admit to never having heard it. From what I’ve read it is claimed new bands are given an opportunity on this station. Yet watching the Brits this year I didn’t hear any new bands – Kasabian,\u00a0Robbie Williams and Liam Gallagher got the British headlines.\u00a0It seems that whatever they do in the USA is producing better new acts. No British world talent has been found for a few years, Arctic Monkeys come to mind and Lilly Allen seems well known.<\/p>\n
I will admit to being a fan of the BBC and fortunately as it is a charge on every household its charges are\u00a0able to be kept down to what appears quite cheap when compared with other stations.\u00a0 Although when I add it to my other subscriptions and the broadband,\u00a0telephone and mobile charges my bills for communication become large.\u00a0 Also there is a conundrum that if the BBC focusses on too much quality it might lose the justification for a compulsory charge as its appeal will be too limited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The BBC announced some changes yesterday with a view to focussing more\u00a0on quality programming and keeping the license fee stable.\u00a0 Three headline changes are the closure of Radio 6, Asian Network and a reduction in the website. The BBC is … Continue reading