Strictly speaking it was the Competition Commission who thought that the BBC, ITV, and C4 teaming up would squash UK streaming competition. What they didn't anticipate was how much international… (View Post)

If it wasn't "the BBC" you would look at the audience share and viewing hours broken down be demographics and conclude that the BBC is already done for. The BBC lumbers on in much the … (View Post)

I agree, but politicians are more than capable of persuading themselves that they can do the impossible. (View Post)

The BBC is on a terminal trajectory, the over 75s watch 10x as much BBC TV output as the 16-24 year olds (down to a mere 1.5 hours per week). The BBC is completely stuffed if it cannot reverse that t… (View Post)

Exactly. Nobody invokes comparisons with 30s Germany meaning anything other than the Nazis unless they explicitly clarify that they don't mean the Nazis. If I said "Labour's policy is … (View Post)