Too much information

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  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #62

    Us to, the whole school was walked to our local Rembrant? cinema to see the colour film of the Coronation

    Our school from infants through to leaving and starting work was all in the same groundssurprised

  • Rufs
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    edited April 2021 #63

    Yes and i bet in the grand scheme of things you are in the minority undecided

    Pretty sure you mentioned the on/off switch, but i apologise if it was not you, cannot be bothered to trawl back laughing

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #64

    Thats no way to talk about Husky and the person who is there to keep him in the life he entitled tosurprisedwink

  • huskydog
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    edited April 2021 #65

    No , I’m giving my option , but it seems that I don’t have the same view as you and your mates ( where’s Corners ?) so I’ll leave it there and leave it to your cohort (your words) to run the forum 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2021 #66

    I may well be, Rufs, but I suspect it is a sizeable proportion nonetheless.

    I responded to another who made reference to turning the TV off via its on/off switch but you took it to a whole new level and it is that which warrants an apology.

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    edited April 2021 #67
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  • DavidKlyne
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    edited April 2021 #69

    I think we need to get this in perspective. The BBC has a duty to cover such events in depth, hopefully most would understand this. The complaint as I see it is not about the coverage but the fact that they decided to run the exact same programming over three channels and completely take another off air. I perfectly understand that BBC1 and the BBC News Channel would have the same content as they reach different audiences. The puzzlement is why they needed to run the same content on BBC2 and close BBC4. It could be of course that they felt it was disrespectful to run "light entertainment" on other of their channels given the seriousness of the occasion. It will be interesting to see the BBC's reaction to the complaints they have received?

    David

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2021 #70

    You were right in an earlier comment DK. They are damned if they do, damned if they don’t. I recall Beeb being considered a tad irreverent at the time of the Queen Mother’s funeral, mainly because one of the news readers hadn’t been wearing a black tie.

    But it’s a paid for service nowadays, whilst still purporting to be the “National” broadcaster. 

     

     

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2021 #71

    I’m sorry WTG but you have me stumped, you were never mentioned nor even intimated at🤷🏻‍♂️. I’d love to understand your post.

    PS-‘freedom of choice’, yup me too👍🏻

  • SteveL
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    edited April 2021 #72

    I suppose it was a paid for service at one time, when it was all that was available. However, now what you are paying for is the right to receive transmissions over  the air. It does not matter if you never watch BBC programmes but only Pick or CBS, you still have to pay.

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2021 #73

    Isn’t it a paid for service now, Steve, as it's funded by the licence fee?

  • brue
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    edited April 2021 #74

    Steve, we all pay for an independent service which is a rare commodity. 

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  • SteveL
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    edited April 2021 #76

    My point was what you are paying for is the right to receive electronic transmissions. Personally I am happy to pay for the news alone.

    However, if I never watched BBC coverage, I would still have to pay. I might then be indirectly funding the BBC, but I wouldn’t be paying to watch their output. There is a subtle difference. In the past when it was the only option, if you didn’t want it you wouldn’t buy a TV license.

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2021 #77

    This explains the License Fee.

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-51376255

    if you own and use a TV, or stream programmes in the UK, you have to pay the License Fee, even if you never watch or listen to anything broadcast by the BBC. You pay to watch anything broadcast/streamed to any device. 

  • SteveL
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    edited April 2021 #78

    I think that’s what I said.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2021 #79

    I’ve noticed that most can disagree intelligently whilst conceiving points of weakness & continuing a positive relationship. Then there are a few that Wade in throwing verbal punches with no forethought. I was questioning the need to put the passing of HRH on so many channels but it was hijacked & repackaged as near Royalists vs Republicans🤷🏻‍♂️

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2021 #80

    Mmm, exactly what I found.

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2021 #81

    👍🏻. I have no beef with Royalty I don’t bother them & they swerve me👍🏻😁

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2021 #82

    + 1 to that👍

  • brue
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    edited April 2021 #83

    There's a history behind it starting with radio licences then TV licences, I presume the licence fees have helped to develop transmission opportunities in general with a great degree of indepence not found in the commercial sector. People are paying extra for companies like sky and Netflix but these companies are controlled by commercial interests, the BBC is free of those shackles and can commission a broader range of programmes. I think complaints about the BBC are about commissioning too much rather than in house production. They've paired things back due to financial constraints.  So yes some are paying for a service they don't use but I'd be sad to lose out to commercial interests. (Even if, on rare occasions, the BBC appear to get it wrong. )

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited April 2021 #85

    OK, John, to answer the question raised in the first para of your OP, no I don't.

    Have you complained to the BBC about the banners? The link I provided earlier can be used for that purpose.

    I think it was inevitable that the thread went the way it did and I'm surprised you didn't anticipate that.

  • JVB66
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    edited April 2021 #86

    The "blanket coverage" that was broadcast was not an off the cuff cobbled together ,it would have been,,  as many of that type of programmes  ready for months if not years, with just dates and extra on the day inputs already to be transmiited ,and the the persons who it was about would have been aware of what was to haapen

  • Rocky 2 buckets
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    edited April 2021 #87

    Here’s another one-no it bothers me not one iota, in fact I appreciate it rather than have someone padding out their on screen time. I’d prefer(for me) to have all the relevant info as straplines on the screen. Your thread would be dead in the water shortly after you posted it without the thread drift🤷🏻‍♂️

  • Takethedogalong
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    edited April 2021 #88

    I made brief reference to your dislike of the banners in my response. And yes I also raised the issue of how the blanket coverage of an event left many rather baffled about what was going on, or complaining because their viewing preferences had been altered. Sorry if it took your opening post away from the intended debate/ observation.

    Try Channel 4 News, I don’t think the use of rolling news updates is as bad on there, and it’s usually a more in depth look at issues, rather than the hurried scurry through you get on the BBC or ITV news programmes.

    Not sure how much else can be said about a news format that almost every single broadcaster has adopted, or can it be made any better? It is what it is🤷‍♀️

  • Metheven
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    edited April 2021 #90

    Does anyone else get frustrated by the amount of information superimposed on TV screens especially during important events.

    No

  • brue
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    edited April 2021 #91

    I admitted, I didn't read the question properly, probably due to coming in via latest activity and so only looking at the latest comments. 

    But I did say had you watched ITV on Saturday the coverage was good and Cardiff Castle wasn't obscured by banners. Yes information superimposed on screens can detract from the actual programme and you can contact the BBC with your ideas about improvements.