If they can't afford the £3.50 required to get the TV rights for the Commonwealth Games then they really are in trouble
Or the fact that the BBC is supposedly the premier broadcaster of the lead nation of the entire commonwealth (or should I say the nation of the head of the commonwealth)and can’t compete to get the games it should lead in says a lot. But then apparently I’m not supposed to comment on this threadIf they can't afford the £3.50 required to get the TV rights for the Commonwealth Games then they really are in trouble
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Useful to have in the unlikely event they ever get sued.....
I know it’s been reported re Beeb missing out on the commonwealth games, but the more this kind of “ outbidding” happens, the more it is a nail In The coffin of having a tv licence. I mean what exactly is the point. What are you actually paying for. The only thing that the BBC won’t be outbid on is SPOTY
Not every licence payer is interested in football/sports and would criticise the beeb for paying the exhorbitant fees.
I know it’s been reported re Beeb missing out on the commonwealth games, but the more this kind of “ outbidding” happens, the more it is a nail In The coffin of having a tv licence. I mean what exactly is the point. What are you actually paying for. The only thing that the BBC won’t be outbid on is SPOTY
I totally get that, but the money the BBC gets from the tax payer should be spread out between soaps, reality tv, documentary’s, sports etc etc. there’s no doubt they make fantastic documentary’s like Attenboroughs planet earth etc. but the coverage of sports is Diminishing. Over the last X years we have had Apple TV, Netflix, Prime, TNT, Sky etc etc whilst the BBC seems to be going backwards. That’s without mentioning Amazon fire sticks
I totally get that, but the money the BBC gets from the tax payer should be spread out between soaps, reality tv, documentary’s, sports etc etc. there’s no doubt they make fantastic documentary’s like Attenboroughs planet earth etc. but the coverage of sports is Diminishing. Over the last X years we have had Apple TV, Netflix, Prime, TNT, Sky etc etc whilst the BBC seems to be going backwards. That’s without mentioning Amazon fire sticks
Younger viewers hardly watch any mainstream terrestrial TV preferring YouTube etc. The BBC is unrecognisable from 10 up years ago. Be interesting to see where it is in 10 years time.
Do you think the cost to acquire sports may be significantly higher than other types of TV?I totally get that, but the money the BBC gets from the tax payer should be spread out between soaps, reality tv, documentary’s, sports etc etc. there’s no doubt they make fantastic documentary’s like Attenboroughs planet earth etc. but the coverage of sports is Diminishing. Over the last X years we have had Apple TV, Netflix, Prime, TNT, Sky etc etc whilst the BBC seems to be going backwards. That’s without mentioning Amazon fire sticks
Younger viewers hardly watch any mainstream terrestrial TV preferring YouTube etc. The BBC is unrecognisable from 10 up years ago. Be interesting to see where it is in 10 years time.
Obviously, the BBC budget is not just competing with Sky. It is Sky + TNT + Amazon + Premier Sports + whatever other subscription service pays for sport.
I dont think they need any licence fee money. They get plenty and more from advertising, subscriptions etc.I totally get that, but the money the BBC gets from the tax payer should be spread out between soaps, reality tv, documentary’s, sports etc etc. there’s no doubt they make fantastic documentary’s like Attenboroughs planet earth etc. but the coverage of sports is Diminishing. Over the last X years we have had Apple TV, Netflix, Prime, TNT, Sky etc etc whilst the BBC seems to be going backwards. That’s without mentioning Amazon fire sticks
Younger viewers hardly watch any mainstream terrestrial TV preferring YouTube etc. The BBC is unrecognisable from 10 up years ago. Be interesting to see where it is in 10 years time.
