Comments | ontd_political: A 'high-risk' year for the future of the BBC.

atomic_joe2 in ontd_political

A 'high-risk' year for the future of the BBC.

Jan 15, 2015 18:21

Tony Hall's speech on the future of the BBC had a simple message: "there may be trouble ahead."

The Director General's tone was akin to one of those in-flight messages from the captain warning of turbulence.

It was reassuring and calm, but the words were rather more troubling.

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joiedumonde January 17 2015, 23:23:40 UTC

I've always envied the Brits for having the BBC. Even with a mandatory license fee for a TV the general value over what we pay for cable in the US is amazing. (I've been told this can be waived if the TV is only hooked to computer/gaming console, but I don't know if this is true ( ... )