I'm speaking from personal experience on this a bit. My late brother TJ lived in Belfast, wich is in Nirthenr Ireland and, sadly as such, is part of the UK. I know for a fact that he watched an absolute dshit load of TV, and almost never any BBC channels, opting instead for a paid YouTube subscription that gave him far more TV options than just the BBC. And yet he still had to pay annual 'TV Tax' imposed by the Brits so that they could make a 47th year of Downton Abbey and a bunch of other shite he had no interest in.
According to a report on Breitbart, 51.9 million people watched Google-owned video platform YouTube in December, fractionally more than the 50.8 million who watched all BBC output, the Broadcasters Audience Research Board (Barb) has found. Being overtaken by free-choice internet watching in December is particularly damning for the BBC, given it is traditionally the peak television-watching month and when the big broadcasters release some of their most premium content.
The Daily Telegraph notes YouTube had already overtaken Britain’s second broadcaster, ITV, the previous year, and that the BBC itself challenged these latest figures, offering its own spin on events. Complaining that Barb - for decades the standard for measuring television viewing in the UK and the national equivalent of Nielsen Ratings - counts short-form video watching as short as three minutes in its data, the state-backed broadcaster said that by only counting shows longer than 15 minutes, “the BBC continues to lead the way”.
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In Australia the Beeb equivalent is the ABC which a couple of years ago ran “The Story Of The Century” … the details of how Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. I know Trump is suing the BBC over incriminating editing and I’d love to see him zero in on Down Under as well
ReplyDeleteI've always found it fascinating that people who know monopolies are bad can sometimes suddenly believe they are fantastic if the government runs them. That goes for the BBC or public schools.
ReplyDeleteI watch a lot of regular YT so I hate having to pay for something like Hulu. There are some very good channels these days as traditional TV stations/channels/producers have gotten out of making watchable shows. My list are channels are devoted to airplanes, car repair, travel, military, guitars, etc. The creators put out content almost every week and most is very well produced. If you watched the old MotorTrend shows like Roadkill or Hot Rod Garage, the people all have their own channels now and are very entertaining (just not with the mega buck production anymore). Vice Grip Garage is another favorite, Greg's Airplanes, Not a Pound for Air-to-Ground, etc.
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