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Stop Murdoch's BBC robbery
30-01-2012 4:55 PM
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30-01-2012 5:07 PM
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30-01-2012 5:07 PM
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30-01-2012 5:11 PM
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30-01-2012 5:29 PM
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No wonder the BBC are costing the licence payer so much.
Maybe as well as paying Sky the BBC should also be paying the licence payer.
It's like something out of Bizzaro world.
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30-01-2012 5:41 PM
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Quote It is worth noting however that there remains one area outside the BBC's control that could deliver us substantial additional annual savings. This is the area of 'retransmission fees'.
Put simply, the BBC currently pays Sky a fee so that it can be broadcast on their platform, this was something that was agreed many years ago in order to help satellite broadcasters justify the investment they needed to build their platform. The annual cost to the BBC is £10m. The question now is whether or not this money is still flowing in the right direction. A new study due to be published shortly argues that the UK is the only country of all those examined (including the US, Canada, France, Germany and Spain) that operates in this way. When you consider that the majority of viewing time remains firmly within these networks it begins to look like the balance here may be the wrong way round.
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30-01-2012 5:42 PM
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I have to admit to being surprised that the BBC pays Sky to air their programmes. I'd have thought that at best they'd be free, or even that Sky would pay BBC for the privilege. I would imagine that having all of the freeview channels would be a minimum for Sky if they wanted to get a decent market share. If Sky didn't include BBC, ITV etc, then I'd be looking for a reduction in my Sky charges, and simply plug the aerial in the back of the set again to get them on terrestrial digital.
Sounds like the BBC needs a decent negotiator, or at least the courage to to call Sky's bluff for a few months.

John
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30-01-2012 5:49 PM
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-number-is-up-for-the-bbcs-national-lottery-draw-...
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30-01-2012 6:03 PM
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30-01-2012 6:14 PM
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30-01-2012 6:58 PM
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30-01-2012 7:12 PM
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If you think that you are avoiding Murdoch by watching Digital Terrestrial Television think again.
"DTV Services, trading as Freeview, is the name for the collection of free-to-air services on the Digital Terrestrial Television platform in the UK. The service is jointly run by its five equal shareholders, BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and transmitter operator Arqiva. "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeview_%28United_Kingdom%29
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30-01-2012 7:42 PM
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But who knows what goes on inside the heads of egomaniacs

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30-01-2012 7:51 PM
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Quote These are our millions — handed over in license fees to fund British content, not to boost Murdoch’s profits. But an unfair system of “retransmission fees” designed by Murdoch leaves the BBC and other broadcasters with no choice. They are forced to pay BSkyB to show their channels, even though they add huge value to the satellite platform — accounting for 41% of all shows watched on BSkyB and vastly increasing customer retention.
Amazingly, Murdoch has argued the exact opposite in the US — there, he charges cable TV companies over $250 million a year to show his content. With the same deal Murdoch gets in the US, our public service broadcasters would have hundreds of millions of pounds extra every year to invest in quality content. This money would allow the BBC to reverse its cuts to BBC4 and local radio overnight.
Murdoch’s cozy relationship with our politicians has won him this outrageous UK scheme — but his power is starting to crumble, and together we can end it. Labour has already come out against this deal, and Culture Secretary Hunt is about to make his decision in his communications review
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30-01-2012 8:26 PM
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I have SKY but I mainly watch Freeview, the SKY box is only used for the few programmes we watch that aren't on Freeview (mainly my daughter watching terrible kids stuff).
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