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Originally Posted by JetBlack
What's your point listing a bunch of production companies? The BBC commissioned the shows.
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So you agree, even if the bbc went these shows would be bought by other stations.
And I do not care if ch4 benefits or not.
quality happens via consumer choice.
lets take state run British Leyland. Now take its best car, the mini. It was the same model for 30 plus years (most firms upgrade/improve every 4 years), it also cost at the time when I was about 18 £11k. While at the same time the Nissan Micra (also built in the UK) was £6k (I think).
This is like the bbc, its expensive, its out of date.
Its not that the Mini was a bad car (even though it in fact lost money on each car it made in the early days). It simply had no reason to improve. Its not a great example, as we were not all forced to buy a mini from British Leyland regardless i we wanted to or not. The point being that if Mini/British Leyland had not been state run, we (UK) would probably still have a car business and Mini would be british.
Competition pushes up quality.
The bbc has no competition. It has no reason to even care. all it need to do is fill time. And the result is what you would expect, hours of drivel. Of course it may produce the odd decent show, but wow. It has a budget of £3,656 million, so it should be abel to produce somthing decent now and again.
But the bbc also stops quality. when the bbc pays millions for stars, other stations cannot afford them. it means the bbc gets the cream of the crop.
But again, I am not saying get rid of the bbc. i am simply saying that i do not wish to pay for it. clearly you do, and thats great. i am not stopping you. you should be abel to pay for the bbc directly (licence tax) or indirectly (adverts).
Lets face it, if your outside the uk, you get bbc shows (and even stations) and they have adverts on.
so do not panick, no one is saying get rid of the bbc, just let people opt to pay or not.