BBC ditches shows for old people

Stormo said:
Didn’t that new controller say if they offered a subscription service instead of a licence it would be about £400 a year and a lot more than Netflix.

Didn’t think he expected everyone to say ‘go on then offer it please’. I for one wouldn’t be subscribing to it.
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I wouldn’t either, absolute liberty you have to pay a license fee for something you don’t watch, as well as paying for Virgin Media tv that also shows the same channels as part of their ‘package’. Surely the likes of Sky etc should be paying the BBC a fee out of the subscription you’re already paying them?
 


CheersMarra84 said:
I wouldn’t either, absolute liberty you have to pay a license fee for something you don’t watch, as well as paying for Virgin Media tv that also shows the same channels as part of their ‘package’. Surely the likes of Sky etc should be paying the BBC a fee out of the subscription you’re already paying them?
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If Sky and Virgin stuck their prices up and funded the BBC would that make you feel better?
 
CheersMarra84 said:
No, Just paying for the content that I watch would. That’s why it’s called a subscription, and not a grifting.
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You did say that they should be paying them, albeit not by increasing their fees, therefore you would be paying them in a backhanded fashion anyway.
Just stop paying the license fee, it's not that difficult.
 
They should start by ditching the god squad on Sunday.

Other than that, Auntie can do what she wants and i'll gladly pick and choose the bits i like.

Online news.
National Radio news.
Look NorthKorea. About 30 seconds, 3-4 times a week for local covid cases.
Online weather.
Online football news and results.

Fairly happy with paying for BBC.
CheersMarra84 said:
I wouldn’t either, absolute liberty you have to pay a license fee for something you don’t watch, as well as paying for Virgin Media tv that also shows the same channels as part of their ‘package’. Surely the likes of Sky etc should be paying the BBC a fee out of the subscription you’re already paying them?
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Fair point. I'd not thought of that.
 
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Parents never have the BBC off, homes under the hammer and that one about people looking to emigrate to Australia seem to be always on.

With Covid they had the BBC news on non stop and it turned them very paranoid to the point that my dad would pull people up in Tesco’s if they weren’t wearing their mask properly with my mam telling him to pack it in.
 
Apache Inbound said:
www.google.com

BBC admits it doesn't make shows for older viewers - but pumps £40m into channel for young

THE BBC has sparked fury after revealing it will not make programmes aimed specifically at an older audience because their tastes are too varied, and is instead pumping an additional £40million into content for younger viewers.
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‘THE BBC has sparked fury after revealing it will not make programmes aimed specifically at an older audience because their tastes are too varied, and is instead pumping an additional £40million into content for younger viewers.’

Another reason to stop paying the licence fee?

(Satire)

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Whats shows are for old people like
 
vinegar hill said:
The BBC just doesn’t know what to do with itself in the modern age.
It’s flapping around trying to find what it can do to be relevant, so it’s basically tried to be right on.
A shame because it still does great documentaries and dramas.
Unfortunately it’s on borrowed time and the gravy train will eventually grind to a halt.
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:lol: You have all the modern buzzwords.

I see nobody has bothered to actually read the words the BBC used in the article instead of the sensationalist headline.
They alway have catered for a wide and diverse audience and continue to do so, including the elderly who, surprisingly enough, don't all have the same tastes.
 
I very rarely watch live broadcasts and I'm 44. The news from time to time and that's about it. But appreciate the vast and varied content the BBC put out and watch the best of it on iPlayer. And happily pay my licence fee.
 
I’m only 60 odd and thick as whale spunk but think most of the BBC’s programmes are for people a generation older than me or school kids or the hard of thinking. Since I was in my late teens all I’ve watched voluntarily on TV are football, fillums, documentaries, music and comedy. I’ve no idea who all the other shites aimed at, though I can imagine old people on their own may want voices in the background.
 
The BBCs flagship Saturday night program is a ballroom dancing show that was presented by an octogenarian until he dropped. It’s followed by a hospital drama and then the news. The following morning is more news, politics, church stuff, antiques, countryside and more ballroom dancing during the evening.

Daytime weekday TV is news, property development, antiques, a soap opera and quizzes.

Is that the BBC abandoning old folk?
 

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