In the showdow of the forthcoming SKY NEWS IRELAND, is there going to be a BBC Ireland?
Please post your views......
Will they pay the licence fee? Nope, doubt it. But then these days, the BBC seem to be trying to be an International Broadcasting corporation, with just the stupid so and sos in the UK paying for their privilege.
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In the showdow of the forthcoming SKY NEWS IRELAND, is there going to be a BBC Ireland?
Please post your views......
Will they pay the licence fee? Nope, doubt it. But then these days, the BBC seem to be trying to be an International Broadcasting corporation, with just the stupid so and sos in the UK paying for their privilege.
(Oh look, its 22:03, time for another news revamp, we only had one at 22:02.)
In the showdow of the forthcoming SKY NEWS IRELAND, is there going to be a BBC Ireland?
Please post your views......
Will they pay the licence fee? Nope, doubt it. But then these days, the BBC seem to be trying to be an International Broadcasting corporation, with just the stupid so and sos in the UK paying for their privilege.
(Oh look, its 22:03, time for another news revamp, we only had one at 22:02.)
Thats not 100% true, look at BBC America funded by adverts. It could be the same for BBC Eire.
The BBC's domestic services are widely available in Ireland and BBC World is also available via cable, though it's profile is apparently not very high.
There's not much need for the BBC to launch a channel to Eire. BBC America is funded by advertising and shows entertainment from Britain (rather than just the BBC). Most popular British programming is already available to the Irish on RTE, Network 2 or TV3 anyway.
In the showdow of the forthcoming SKY NEWS IRELAND, is there going to be a BBC Ireland?
Please post your views......
well, seeing as "the best" bites of the bbc end up on rte, residents in the east can point their aerials to bbc wales, in the north to bbc ni, and the the bits left out (i am lead to believe) can see bbc 1 and 2 and possibly the other uk terrestrials) on local cable services - what would be the point.
and politically it would be sensitive having the british broadcasting corporation actively jumping in on the irish market - a country which would no doubt wish to assert it's independence from britain whenever possible.
Just a thought, and by uttering it I dont want to be visited by Special Branch...
...but "BBC Ireland" would be a giant I.R.A. target...even more so than TVC.
Besides, I think the existence of BBC America and BBC Canada are mainly so that BBC can obtain broadcast licences for programmes in North America. They've already got licences for Northern Ireland, no doubt, and Irish telelvision companies would prove highly competitive in the Irish market anyway.
I don't believe that there should be a BBC Ireland for simple reasons such as....
1) A lot of people in the Republic can recieve BBC NI anyway, either through terrestrial, cable or Sky. Though the majority of people who watch prefer UTV apparently.
2) The best of what the BBC has to offer is usually shown on RTÉ, such as Eastenders, Casualty, My Family etc.
Though there is no point as the BBC is not that popular in NI and pratically anything which is made by and shown on the BBC or ITV is shown on RTÉ1, Network 2 or TV3.
Will they pay the licence fee? Nope, doubt it. But then these days, the BBC seem to be trying to be an International Broadcasting corporation, with just the stupid so and sos in the UK paying for their privilege.
You're such an ignorant **** aren't you?
As any fule know that the license fee pays for domestic services, government pays for World service and advertising/subscription the rest.