tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post8887934609910770259..comments2024-02-13T03:59:13.635+00:00Comments on Eat Electric Death: ITV vs. BBC - new channel, new offensive... same shite? [Brit]Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020308502156946280noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-55383533579036668832004-10-06T00:16:00.004+01:002004-10-06T00:16:00.004+01:00Because people watch it. Clearly it should be bann...Because people watch it. Clearly it should be banned. Yes ban it I say. It's rotten and wrong. BAN THIS SICK FILTH.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-66913999887012525962004-10-06T00:16:00.003+01:002004-10-06T00:16:00.003+01:00For me, the demise of Channel 4 from groundbreakin...For me, the demise of Channel 4 from groundbreaking channel with a wide range of content for everyone and showing independent films and quality documentaries, to a pile of reality show/HBO shite, means they might as well be rebadged ITV3 now.<br>A couple of months ago they had the terrestrial premiere of triple Oscar winner Life is Beautiful. They showed it at 11pm on a Tuesday night. At 9 o Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-19553151768646175242004-10-06T00:16:00.002+01:002004-10-06T00:16:00.002+01:00I think that's the agenda here. The BBC is all abo...I think that's the agenda here. The BBC is all about making shit programs for grannies and also all about dumbing down the current affairs and virtually vanquishing the science interest programming too. They going to pick up their socks on their own?<br>Probably not. So the idea is to show that some other station can compete at doing the real stuff and then this will seriously call into question Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-15132100233761093832004-10-06T00:16:00.001+01:002004-10-06T00:16:00.001+01:00It's early days, but I don't see the point or the ...It's early days, but I don't see the point or the benefit for the public. British folk gone crazy if you ask me.<br>What you need to do is encourage further financial accountability within the BBC (it is improved and still improving) and stop them making shit DIY programmes. You mustn't let them attempt to dumb-down Panorama and Newsnight either, this is utterly barmy and will set the trend for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-57943204512757897542004-10-06T00:16:00.000+01:002004-10-06T00:16:00.000+01:00Yeah this was on Media Guardian awhile back. It's ...Yeah this was on <a href="http://media.guardian.co.uk/mediaguardian/story/0,7558,1318813,00.html">Media Guardian</a> awhile back. It's an Ofcom thing apparently, not something the indies came up with but it's something they're keen on - presumably because it erodes the value of the license fee. BBC is squealing that this is Ofcom moving out of its juristiction and the BBC board of govenors shouldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com