fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 days agoThe BBC’s proposal to switch off Freeview is a threat to its universal service | Letterwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down10
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkThe BBC’s proposal to switch off Freeview is a threat to its universal service | Letterwww.theguardian.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareCodpiece@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoThe flip side of this is the actually find out what people want to watch and when, and can spend budget accordingly.
minus-squaremjr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoExcept they don’t, which is why they’re losing ground. Also, the BBC mission is “to serve all audiences” and “inform, educate and entertain” and not simply to give people whatever junk TV gets the biggest audiences: that’s more ITV/STV and 5.
The flip side of this is the actually find out what people want to watch and when, and can spend budget accordingly.
Except they don’t, which is why they’re losing ground. Also, the BBC mission is “to serve all audiences” and “inform, educate and entertain” and not simply to give people whatever junk TV gets the biggest audiences: that’s more ITV/STV and 5.