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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 13:04:48 GMT
Well apparently the long term plan includes preserving the license fee funding of the BBC until at least December 2027 which is what the last Conservative government agreed to - an odd way to go about undermining the BBC but there you are. That settlement, and the previous one, did significantly reduce the BBC's budgets by loading significant extra costs on to them (the World Service, S4C, over-75s free licences, etc.) But I agree that it preserved the structure of the BBC and didn't start any break-up or destruction. |
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Post by Jan on Sept 12, 2017 13:28:57 GMT
Well apparently the long term plan includes preserving the license fee funding of the BBC until at least December 2027 which is what the last Conservative government agreed to - an odd way to go about undermining the BBC but there you are. That settlement, and the previous one, did significantly reduce the BBC's budgets by loading significant extra costs on to them (the World Service, S4C, over-75s free licences, etc.) But I agree that it preserved the structure of the BBC and didn't start any break-up or destruction. In some areas the BBC has ten layers of management which is unprecedented for any organisation of that size, one would hope financial constraints might induce them to reform their management structure though one fears they will choose instead to cut their output. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 13:40:28 GMT
Yes, you're right - they've been forced to cut management structure, etc.
But they still provide national and regional tv, national and local radio, etc.
There have been significant cuts to output but the breadth remains.
If Ofcom regulations are reduced, they'll maintain the breadth of output, but in a reduced manner.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 19:34:23 GMT
Well just so long as they don't get rid of Tomasz Schafernaker then they can do what they like.  Have you seen the video of him in Florida at the moment - he's soaking wet in the middle of a gale and it looks like he doesn't have any trousers on! I think you'd like it! I did! It's so wrong but oh so right. |
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Post by Mr Snow on Sept 12, 2017 20:33:53 GMT
Sorry to tell you this Ryan, but there's a secret plan for him. But of course I can't say anything about it.
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Post by n1david on Sept 13, 2017 8:43:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 15:46:49 GMT
Sorry to tell you this Ryan, but there's a secret plan for him. But of course I can't say anything about it. Well that plan had better involve him presenting the weather in his trunks every day from my house or I shall not pay the licence fee. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 15:56:39 GMT
Sorry to tell you this Ryan, but there's a secret plan for him. But of course I can't say anything about it. Well that plan had better involve him presenting the weather in his trunks every day from my house or I shall not pay the licence fee. Somewhere here, there's a joke about 'warm fronts'. |
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Post by oxfordsimon on Sept 13, 2017 20:37:01 GMT
The BBC clearly asked for a slimmer remit. There has to a reason for that. You can't ask for change and no change at the same time. They are hiding their real motivation. |
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Post by lynette on Sept 14, 2017 0:07:08 GMT
Did they send Tomasz to Florida do you think in which case waste of money. Sorry Ryan. Or was he there on his hols and checked in? Do the people who pop up on the news in foreign countries have a BBC retainer or are they paid per appearance ? Not darling Ora G ( apologise can't spell her name) but the odd ones we never see again.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2017 10:30:13 GMT
Did they send Tomasz to Florida do you think in which case waste of money. Sorry Funny, my first reaction when he appeared was "how did he blag that one?" Couldn't see the reason either. Also wasn't impressed they were putting an employee in unnecessary danger. You should watch some of the maniac hurricane reporters on some of the US channels. Absolutely crazy being stood out there in 100mph plus winds. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2017 11:33:29 GMT
You should watch some of the maniac hurricane reporters on some of the US channels. Absolutely crazy being stood out there in 100mph plus winds. I was considerably more impressed by the small group of people who were sitting through the hurricane in a gas station in Islamadora so the emergency services could get fuel (and snacks) when they started clearing up the Keys once the storm had passed. With the reporters I was aware that they had the resources of their team and their station behind them and they could have been anywhere. With the livestream from the guy who became known as "gas station man" it was a few people hunkered down in a specific location that I could look at on Google Street View, and it made the whole thing more personal. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2017 18:35:48 GMT
Well just so long as they don't get rid of Tomasz Schafernaker then they can do what they like. Perhaps we should have a dedicated Perving thread, just to keep all the perving in one place. |
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