Is the bbc the best value tv in the world?
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I love the bbc. radio four is brilliant best docs, match of the day, debates etc and no adverts.
is it the best tv on earth and worth it?
is it the best tv on earth and worth it?
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Is the BBC the best TV in the world? Probably not, as there are better examples of most genres around the world, but possibly not from one single broadcaster.
Is the BBC the best value TV in the world? Difficult to answer, as the "forced" element of the LF skews the response. Perhaps it's best broken down a bit...
Is the BBC the best LF-funded TV in the world? i think the answer would be "yes". I can't think of another PSB broadcaster, not funded via advertising, that provides a better, wider range of programming.
Is the BBC the best value LF-funded TV in the world? i think the answer would again be "yes". I can't think of another PSB broadcaster, not funded via advertising, that provides a better, wider range of programming for the unit price, although, £ for $, PBS in the US must run it close.
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So if he's Tony Hall, does that make you Rupert Murdoch? ;-)
Considering We pay nearly £4 billion for the BBC with our Forced pay TV subscriptions, its probably the worst Value TV service in the world. >:(
I think the need for discussion is unfounded.
The answer is obvious.
You looked in the bag and then said "this looks just like the same crap you can get in any old shop. It even says poundland on the bag."
Then I spent the next 15 years telling you how you were wrong and that these were the best items in the world and people from every other country in the world are inferior and cant possibly make theses items as good.
You would finally understand why we find BBC apologists on digital spy so annoying.
No news to speak of. An hour filled with nothing of importance before it all goes on a loop again.
WORLD news...should be done under the trades description act....if that still exists.
For me the BBC is in no way value for money, But I am wise enough to not even try to debate this with the pro BBC army who seem to loiter this forum, ready to pounce on anyone who dares criticize the BBC
The threads are always an amusing read though!......
Game on
No, it isn't the best TV on earth. It definitely comes out with some stuff worth watching, like dozens of other TV companies. Is it "worth it?" I'll leave that question to the people who actually have to pay for it. If the BBC disappeared I would think it a shame, since it makes some interesting things that probably only they would make.
no I never watch it so it is very expensive for me I only watch sky,sky sports,sky news ,sky movies etc so I am paying for a product I don't use
Sky is far more expensive, F1 is a good example.
The Sky entertainment channels alone cost a whopping £258 a year., you want sport that'll be another £294 a year. You want you merely want to watch Sky in one more room that costs £135 a year.
Earlier this week the wife and I cancelled Sky after many years of being with them , we now make do with on demand services like Netflix , it's the future.
I love it when people try to use Sky as supposedly being fairer than the TV Licence when the exact opposite is true.
Indeed - the answer is obviously 'yes'.
There has to be companies making the TV programmes and Films in the first place for Netflix etc to be able to exist, if they stop making programmes then Netflix has no new content.
But that law doesn’t apply to you since you are outside the UK!
(* Of course the US can afford to spend multi-millions of dollars per episode on their dramas. It's called 'economy of scale'. Not sure what the BBC's most expensive drama is but "Doctor Who" can only spend £1m or so on each episode because it's so popular around the world; and yet even that show has has it's budget cut in recent years.)
Come back with a proper, decent argument and you might be taken more seriously.
Ahh! I thought my post had disappeared. Thanks for confirming I'm not going senile just yet
You are aware the BBC is not just television right?
A huge chunk of that license fee goes to radio &online aswell... It's amazing how many on this forum seem to forget that.
We have 59 radio stations in this country that are also covered.
Talk about ignorant. Even with their higher budgets how many of the network TV's scripted content really reach the production values and quality of the BBC's especially when it comes to drama. Hannibal really is the only one that comes close and that's due to the majority of its funding coming from abroad rather than NBC thus limiting NBC's influence. Outside that The Good Wife is probably network TV's high point and even that's a little light and fluffy.
Should also be noted that most people get their network tv via paid platforms, platforms that pay the network a carriage fee per subscriber which brings in many many times the income the LF brings in for BBC so its not like its free.
US Network also has its fair share of trash TV that makes tumble look high brow. This despite only have 2 to 3 hours a night to fill