No more Doctor Who if BBC becomes private?
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Doctor Who make a fortune from overseas sales, which subsidises the rest of the BBC. It won't be going anywhere, it's more likely the rights will be sold off to Murdoch as part of asset stripping that certain governments are known for
They'll make more shows like Doctor Who and less documentaries on obscure subjects that get watched by a couple of thousand people.
I'd like to contribute to this speculation. 
Perhaps Doctor Who stories thereafter will be written with the 5 act story structure to incorporate commercial breaks, you know like Star Trek and its 20th century spinoffs. That'll be an interesting challenge for the BBC writers or maybe they'll be sacked and replaced with American network tv writers in the interests of efficiency.
Perhaps Doctor Who stories thereafter will be written with the 5 act story structure to incorporate commercial breaks, you know like Star Trek and its 20th century spinoffs. That'll be an interesting challenge for the BBC writers or maybe they'll be sacked and replaced with American network tv writers in the interests of efficiency.
Fun fact. If you go back and look at episodes from the 1960s there is always a fade-to-black around halfway through which was put there specifically as a place for commercials to be inserted when they were sold abroad.
The BBC is a dinosaur that needs to move with the times, and in the modern world they simply cannot compete with modern streaming services, so the simplest solution is for the BBC to go commercial and be done with it, then they can charge a netflix type fee for access to their iplayer streaming service for those who want to subscribe to a commercial free service to access BBC programs, job done.
^^this
They did phase that out, which is a shame because the commercial break fadeouts also have a nice scene break charm of their own sake for their own sake. Granted, given the pacing of modern shows, the 5 seconds needed to fade out the screen would be way too long...
That's always perplexed me. The schedules were positively grueling for 60s television production. Modern recording methods make piecing together scenes a lot easier and they can film sequences out of order and tons of other things and yet doing the equivalent of 20 episodes per year instead of the ~45 from 1964 is said to be grueling too. They do a lot more single-camera work and a ton of retakes and the "Acton Hilton" or wherever they rehearsed at no longer exists...
Or reality shows, they're cheaper than everything else by far.
What's wrong with the occasional niche show just because you're not part of that couple thousand people?
I fear exactly that´s what will happen
Do Netflix provide local and national radio stations? Do Netflix cater for minority interests? Did Netflix show hours and hours of lessons and other educational content when the pandemic struck and millions of kids had no school? Is Netflix an asset to the UK economy and politically projecting soft power across the globe?
But Russell T Davies can say it more eloquently than me.
If it's so great who wouldn't people keep paying for it without the threats of fines or prison if they don't?
And that is the crux, the BBC keep telling us just how great they are and how people love the TV licence, so a simple solution is as i posted, the BBC goes commercial, job done, ad rev now funds the BBC, and to now add even more money into the BBC coffers, the BBC can have a iplayer subscription service for £160 a year for all those happy tv licence fee payers, so not only will the BBC still have all their licence fee money, but they now earn even more money via commercial TV.......what is not to like about this, it solves every issue, solves the BBC's money issues, solve the BBC tv licence issue, and no one need ever worry again about a TV licence goon at their door or the unending threatening letters, and the BBC save even more money again because they now don't need to spend millions funding Capita, the Tv licence collection agency every year, this is a win win for everyone.
Gods, I hope not. People complain about the writing now. Just imagine how much people would bitch and moan when the writing quality would drop like a rock by such a grueling schedule.
The same reason people wouldn't pay for the NHS/police or any tax if they didn't have to, especially with the Daily Fail et al telling people they shouldn't.
And that is the crux, the BBC keep telling us just how great they are and how people love the TV licence, so a simple solution is as i posted, the BBC goes commercial, job done, ad rev now funds the BBC, and to now add even more money into the BBC coffers, the BBC can have a iplayer subscription service for £160 a year for all those happy tv licence fee payers, so not only will the BBC still have all their licence fee money, but they now earn even more money via commercial TV.......what is not to like about this, it solves every issue, solves the BBC's money issues, solve the BBC tv licence issue, and no one need ever worry again about a TV licence goon at their door or the unending threatening letters, and the BBC save even more money again because they now don't need to spend millions funding Capita, the Tv licence collection agency every year, this is a win win for everyone.
Oh goody, adverts. Might as well watch ITV. The truth is many people wouldn't want to pay for it, which means the amount the BBC has will fall, meaning a decline in quality of programming and more people dropping out. Just what certain elements want.
The same Netflix that seems to cancel most shows after three or four seasons?
Maybe they should have cut back on the left-wing propaganda and made shows for people of all political persuasions then?
It's a public good. In economics, public goods won't be produced at the optimal amount by the free market. Those are the types of things that governments need to provide. Roads, police, education, military, etc.
Maybe the BBC could do a deal where a new doctor Who series has to be made every 3 years or they lose the rights.
I alway love the fact that we are constantly told that while the BBC licence fee is almost mantatory, and which can see you in court with fines and even a criminal conviction if found to be watching Tv without one, the BBC are the greatest thing ever and everyone who buys a TV licence fee and watches the BBC love it and are happy with paying £160 a year, but then if you take away that mandatory nature of the TV licence fee, suddenly no one will want one and it will all fall apart. lol
