Comments on: BBC: new old media organisation http://www.writingforyeu.eu/2010/03/bbc-new-old-media-organisation/ A blog for a team. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mathew http://www.writingforyeu.eu/2010/03/bbc-new-old-media-organisation/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 mathew Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:12:17 +0000 http://www.writingforyeu.eu/?p=3717#comment-2129 It's true - the BBC is quite extraordinary. I'm only speaking for myself here, but I've found it's difficult for non-English speakers to grasp how important the BBC can be to us anglophones, and how good its output is. Some more stats: just one radio station (BBC4) is the world leader in commissioning drama; another (World Service) broadcasts in 32 languages to a weekly audience of over 150 million listeners. And There Are No Ads (except for other BBC stations and products). Brits complain about the license fee, but it's similar to what most Europeans pay, and they get ads and dubbed US programmes in primetime for their money. OK, I admit it, I'm a bit of a fan, and it's far from perfect. But there's not really anything like it, anywhere else. Expect to see fireworks in the UK over the proposed cuts. Hands off Auntie! It’s true – the BBC is quite extraordinary. I’m only speaking for myself here, but I’ve found it’s difficult for non-English speakers to grasp how important the BBC can be to us anglophones, and how good its output is.

Some more stats: just one radio station (BBC4) is the world leader in commissioning drama; another (World Service) broadcasts in 32 languages to a weekly audience of over 150 million listeners.

And There Are No Ads (except for other BBC stations and products).

Brits complain about the license fee, but it’s similar to what most Europeans pay, and they get ads and dubbed US programmes in primetime for their money.

OK, I admit it, I’m a bit of a fan, and it’s far from perfect. But there’s not really anything like it, anywhere else. Expect to see fireworks in the UK over the proposed cuts. Hands off Auntie!

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