Originally Posted by blueisthecolour:
“To answer for the poster: No, he just saying that he tends to like the the services provided by BT. The same way that some people like Apple products or Samsung phones. In a world of endless choice and multiple options, it's probably quite sane to stay broadly loyal to a brand whose products you like.”
“To answer for the poster: No, he just saying that he tends to like the the services provided by BT. The same way that some people like Apple products or Samsung phones. In a world of endless choice and multiple options, it's probably quite sane to stay broadly loyal to a brand whose products you like.”
Exactly. Some people on here go the other way and seem to hate anything connected to the BBC or to Sky, so it's the same as some people having a loyalty to a certain broadcaster or an entertainment provider.
I am a massive fan of the BBC, not because I think everything they do is brilliant or because I don't think they make huge mistakes now and again, but because I believe in the role they play in our national culture. To that extent I have a blind loyalty towards them in a way I could never have towards private companies like Sky or BT. If however you have a certain political gripe against Murdoch or against the BBC it's natural to 'support' those who provide competition for them.
We've seen enough stories and enough political decisions made around the role of the media in the last few years to know that these companies are not merely providing a method of entertainment for us, it is more important than that and the power or lack of power that certain companies and broadcasters have can shape important decisions.
Personally I think people who have a strong interest in the media but don't spend any time analysing the roles of the players within the media are naive and missing the big picture.




One possible outcome could see Sky Sports leaving DTT so the line-up could be: