Originally Posted by eggchen:
“It is certainly premium entertainment if it is the most watched show in the UK I would argue. No wonder Love wanted the premium rate then.”
“It is certainly premium entertainment if it is the most watched show in the UK I would argue. No wonder Love wanted the premium rate then.”
It does not satisfy the caveat: "e.g. Saturday night entertainment shows on BBC One or one-off specials. Key price drivers will be high studio or location costs and format fees".
And certainly not this:
"The price the BBC is prepared to pay for a programme will be determined by reference to a number of factors including the estimated production budget, the expected level of upfront third party investment or other sources of funding, and will be inclusive of any development funding paid by the BBC. "
Being "the most watched" isn't (and shouldn't be) a blank cheque as far as the BBC is concerned (for reasons already discussed, repeated and repeated yet again).




And you have a strange definition of business. The BBC might well have wanted it, but their year long negotiations simply ended with them losing the show to a rival channel who were willing to pay more for the rights to air it once the three year rights contract was up. That isn't betrayal, anymore than an employee leaving his long term job for better prospects isn't betrayal. Love didn't just text the BBC the night before with a "Hi Lv hr, wr going 2 C4 w BO. Thnx"