Originally Posted by mfr:
“The Bake Off will still be on TV, it'll still be FTA. We're now getting Bake Off and, presumably, £15m of new programming from the BBC. Result!
There's no reason for the BBC to provide content that can be provided by another broadcaster. There's no reason for it to deny C4 the right to broadcast the Bake Off early - no gain to either it or the public.”
“The Bake Off will still be on TV, it'll still be FTA. We're now getting Bake Off and, presumably, £15m of new programming from the BBC. Result!
There's no reason for the BBC to provide content that can be provided by another broadcaster. There's no reason for it to deny C4 the right to broadcast the Bake Off early - no gain to either it or the public.”
The only thing C4 cannot do is show a series next year as that was the original contract and as Love being at the end of a contract was able to say they wanted a 400% increase for no other reason than greed then why should they not have to abide by the contract they signed with the BBC should Love be able to ignore legal contracts ? and C4 new what they were buying, well so they say.
As for the BBC having no reason to provide content another channel could then what you really mean is the BBC should be closed down because any channel could do what they do however that does not mean they will . We heard the same about websites, the BBC was forced to close down websites including some that accompanied its own programmes after complaints from the commercial sector that the BBC was taking work from them and they could be running such sites. The BBC closed them down including educational ones and what happened ? not one of those sites was then reopened by a commercial company and the educational ones which I would think is PSB remit area are gone so now parents rather than being able to get free learning aids for the kids have to pay private sites for membership.
The BBC were quite right Love cannot have its cake and eat it, I would add if it does lets hope it chokes on it.




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