BBC should not have to justify ‘very existence’ every 10 years, says chairman
New BBC chairman Samir Shah said the corporation should not have to justify “our very existence” every 10 years and the Government should have the confidence to say “the BBC is a really good thing”...
He told an audience of leading media figures and decision makers on Tuesday that he questioned whether the BBC needed a “root-and-branch review of everything we do, including our very existence” every 10 years.
If the BBC shouldn't have to justify its existence every ten years then it sounds as if government doesn't expect any such justification and Mr Shah knows it. The BBC as official state broadcaster sounds grim but not unexpected.
Mr Shah said: “In reality, it is possible that in January 2028 the BBC stops existing and the Government just sells off its assets.
He already knows this isn't going to happen in January 2028 and his job is to sell the BBC as hard as possible until it doesn't happen.
8 comments:
"Samir, all you have to do is not rock the boat, broadcast what we tell you, and develop a good line in faked impartiality. We'll see you're OK..."
Eventually, the money handed to Capita to threaten non-licence people will be more that the income for the rubbish programmes they produce, and also clip the ridiculous waste of money on biased news...
The corporation should not have to justify “our very existence” every 10 years - agreed. Make it every two years.
Sam - and that will be the unspoken but perfectly clear deal.
Scrobs - let's hope we reach a situation where there are too many non-licence people to threaten.
DJ - then annually.
Every two years ... yes.
Anon - then raze it to the ground.
Honestly, the only thing I willingly* watch on broadcast TV are foreign dramas and repeats of pre 1990 stuff on BBC4, as well as things like Maigret, old BBC, on Talking Pictures. I listen to Radio3 and Radio4Extra and simple, they can't afford the "high production values" - constant foreground noise and ex-Blue Peter presenters who will memorize 10 seconds of monologue presented to them just before the "take", local regional programmes.
*Of course I stay in the same room and read, with ear defenders inserted, as my wife watches some tosh.
Doonhamer - Maigret was good, particularly the Rupert Davies version. Mrs H watches some TV programmes on her laptop via catch up, but not BBC iPlayer because we don't have a licence. It works well because she uses earbuds too.
Yes - those "high production values" often detract from any production. It seems to be one reason why old films often have something modern productions can't recapture.
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