Burgold Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 http://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/bbc-dropping-television-and-radio-divisions/ London-based broadcasting giant BBC is planning to drop its channel-based television and radio divisions to help reshape the company’s future for “content and audience-led divisions.” The Telegraph reports that the news will be unveiled in a speech by BBC director-general Lord Tony Hall. This may be the largest organizational overhaul in the broadcaster’s 93-year history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Wow that seems like pretty big news Where am I going to watch comedies that aren't funny and narrated nature videos of chipmunks screwing? I guess on the Internet now from the sound of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BornaSkinsFan83 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Wow. That sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovetoaster Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I blame the shakeup of Top Gear for the reorganization. Seriously though, doesn't this sound like most things will be similar, just organized in a different manner? And apparently without some executives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 It sounds like a huge reorganization and reinvention of how they do things. The article isn't rich enough to really understand what it means, but it looks like they are trying to consolidate all their mediums into divisions. All entertainment on radio, TV, and internet in one block, all news in another, etc. What this means for the bureaus, and reporters, producers, writers, cameramen, engineers, execs, and others is a different and very frightening thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 So will it now be the British Broadband Corporation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justice98 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I quite enjoy BBC radio. And the TV people.make some interesting documentaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmySmith Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Where am I going to watch comedies that aren't funny... CBS. Thursday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 PBS is probably soon to go in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 PBS is probably soon to go in this country. I've been wondering about this. Their donation model must really suffer given multiple channels, stations, etc. Public Broadcasting offers some really useful and fun stuff from the NewsHour to entertainment and of course educational programming, but... I don't know how they don't get a little bit lost in the modern cable/internet programming landscape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I quite enjoy BBC radio. And the TV people.make some interesting documentaries. I listen to it on satellite sometimes. It's interesting in that it is nothing but updates from former British colonies. If you ever need to know what's happening in India and Australia and parts of Africa, tune in. We get almost no news from those places in the US. The lack of news from Australia that we get is actually remarkable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Wonder what it means for Doctor Who? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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