Doghouse Riley
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I’ve used so much of the BBC services over the last year while on furlough.
6 Music whilst DIYing, BBC sounds app has loads of quality content. The BBC weather app has become my go to. Local football commentary on Saturday’s. iPlayer is just quality compared to ITV hub and All4. The ITV equivalent programmes are often so dumbed down it’s frustrating - and the adverts match too ( betting and food delivery mostly). ITV is free and it’s content quality reflects that. I’m more than happy to pay for the BBC, the value our family gets out of is tremendous.
I think the argument for many is that with a budget of four billion, there should be more accountability.
In a business where what you spend depends on your level of profit, budgets for anything are usually never generous.
The BBC know what money they are getting every year and "just have to think of ways to spend it."
The quality of some of the programmes are excellent, but they have as many "schedule fillers" and repeats as the rest of the channels. So why do we need BBC3..again?
I've got an idea.
In my retail business I had to set a budget, which had to be approved by my bosses. It was always fair, in that it was possibly achievable, "in theory."
If I came in on budget, I'd get my bonus. Coming in any better wouldn't benefit me at all, In fact they'd be looking to make the budget more difficult to achieve the following year. So If I thought that might be the case, say nine months into the year, I'd look for things on which to spend money, to avoid that. But the BBC are often bleating about money.
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