I don't deny that some other countries do provide media and news outlets to foreign nationals, I just pointed out that Britain goes much further in this regard than other countries do.
If you have read my post above you will know that that is just not true at all.
And there is France 24 on television, with English, Spanish, and Arabic services in addition to its French flagship.
Which is similar to the government funded Russia Today in English, Arabic and Spanish. The Russian Government also own and fund Radio Sputnik in 30 languages,
Do you always treat new-comers this TV Forum who try to break the mould with a relevant point about how the BBC spends it's resources like this?
I'm sure no-one's got a problem with a new person posting a relevant point.... the one you make about Cumbria is valid, although it's by no means unique
Good netiquette is taking your time, getting a feel for and contributing on existing threads on an internet forum first. Don't just storm in with a new thread and spout nonsense to re-enforce your agenda especially when you've not been bothered to research that what you say is actually true. You don't get a pass for fact-checking because you're new
Do you always treat new-comers this TV Forum who try to break the mould with a relevant point about how the BBC spends it's resources like this?
Twenty four hours ago I found a forum to in which I felt I could share something that I felt was relevant to a lot of people in the North West of England. Now I regret having joined this Forum.
Good bye!
Digital Spy is more for your requirements where you can have skewed opinion led discussion on tv, where as here we deal in facts as well as tv presentation speculation.
When there's an issue with the BBC that is based in fact, then we'll debate it as we did with the sexism pay row.
Cumbria is a trick County for the bbc as some of it gets local news from Salford and some from Newcastle, which is the group that the bbc radio stations aligned to, but both Salford and Newcastle are miles away In terms of itv at least border exists albeit actually based in Gateshead and even then some of the county get Granada. However this problem is not unique in the big English counties with Devon being the only 1 not to be in several regions.
Cumbria is one of those parts of the country that is poorly served by the BBC. That's quite fair to say that, but as Inspector Sands stated, it isn't alone in that status. Cheshire is another area poorly served by the BBC, as is Dorset, which like Cumbria, is split between two TV regions, in this case Plymouth & Southampton, and doesn't get well served by either. It also has a mere breakfast optout of BBC Radio Solent, which frankly is an insult to the people of Dorset.
The BBC's foreign lanuguage services are directed by the Foreign Office, so the best people to question about that would be the Foreign Office themselves.
It's always better to back things up with hard evidence. There's a lot of people here with specialised and specialist knowledge, so most people here will know if somebody says something that isn't completely true, or fair, or accurate.
Cheshire is the largest county in England which does not have a BBC Local Radio station. Basically people in South Cheshire get told to listen to BBC Stoke, people in West Cheshire get told to listen to BBC Merseyside, people in North and East Cheshire get told to listen to BBC Manchester. Being in Warrington almost no one listens to BBC Local Radio, but Sport wise we often get mentioned on both Merseyside and Manchester.
But definitely in agreement about Cumbria, it’s always been poorly served. Only South Cumbria (Kendal, Barrow-in-Furness etc) I believe receive Winter Hill. Not sure how strong the signal is for Border and BBC NE&C is in these areas however.
Cheshire is another area poorly served by the BBC, as is Dorset, which like Cumbria, is split between two TV regions, in this case Plymouth & Southampton, and doesn't get well served by either.
Dorset is served by three regions, Plymouth, Southampton, and Bristol.
The Cerne Abbas relay takes Mendip, but more significantly Mendip is the only available transmitter, almost right down to the coast in some pockets around Bridport.
We have friends near Bridport who use Mendip for DTT, actually their preference (interestingly would be Southampton)
Is it a case that perhaps the BBC regions perhaps are unsure as to whether or not they should cover a particular county, or part of a county, or leave it to someone else? The recent inquests into a childs death in Cumbria were covered by North West Tonight. I imagine that BBC NE&C would've covered it as well. But, it does seem to me that often the two regions think about leaving it to each other.
During Michael Grade's tenure at the BBC, he decided that Cumbria should fall within North west, not North east. Reading an article on a website once, it mentioned that there were scores of public protests at the plan, but it went ahead, in 1987 I think. In 1991, a new regime decided to restore the old status, and moved Cumbria back to North East.
I can't help wondering if, today, the same idea was suggested, moving the whole of Cumbria to North West, the plan would face the same level of opposition as it did 30 odd years ago.
I'd also ask though, is it technically possible for the likes of BBC North west and BBC NE&C to do sub regions, like how BBC South west does, with an opt out during their news programme, for the Channel Islands? If it was possible, depending which region you were watching, during the programme, the programme splits into news from the north and news from the south of the region.
I'm sure the resources, i.e. studios and journalists, are available, but its whether the technical logistics are.