If you approach the issue with the belief that any solution must not involve prosecution of any sort, then a progressive, publicly accessible basic (C4[ish]) ad-funded tier, below premium tier(s) funded by subscription, can be established.
Devote a V&A gallery to the BBC & leave the nostalgia there.
π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ too small to be noticed (I hope) but the π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ connection runs a little deeper I'm afraid.
Simple Demographics - "traditional" News sources are much more likely to be used by the elderly and/or the less well educated in the UK.
E.G. Viewing the top 100 YouTube channels with its 2x top 10 Russian entries amongst Indian & US content puts BBC bleatings about its World Service in perspective.
Axel Springer beating DMG to own the TMG is interesting.
With a falling digital viewership, does the DMG have a revenue issue?
As hardcopy newsprint approaches freefall for Reach PLC & managed decline for DMG & Newscorp & as ad revenues fall, how long for DMGs "Metro" freepaper (950k M-F printed)?
Larry Ellison and Oracle who are the biggest cheer leaders of the Greater Israel Project.
They are Tony Blairs biggest donors.
Makes the surveillance state thing make sense now doesn't it?
Labour has been captured Mike.
Starmer is clueless.
open.substack.com/pub/thepolit...
news.sky.com/story/why-is... π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ Sky's comically simplistic narratives that either include (Ukraine) or exclude (Iran) NATO, ignore basic logistics & essentially insult the viewers grasp of military procurement, have little relevance in today's age of information.
It's TV for the >65-90 demographic.
WAR CRIME BY THE US.
An unarmed Iranian ship was takIng part in an Indian naval exercise, alongside the US.
The US withdrew and torpedoed the Iranian ship.
THEN the US refused to rescue the sailors, letting them drown.
This is treachery, cowardice, cruelty and a war crime of the highest order.
This is the man who is now in charge of US Homeland Security.
Bride of Frankenstein (1935) [Elsa Lanchester]
The Princess Bride (1987) [Robin Wright]
Kill Bill Part 1 (2003) [Uma Thurman]
No UK residents presiding over News Corp, DMG or Reach PLC. The abuse of UK citizenship by non-domicile tax exiles must surely now come under scrutiny.
M*A*S*H (1970), Heat (1995), Fury (2014)
The "World Service" did a good job 1939-1945. Like the Spitfire, it belongs in the same interactive museum exhibit - given great granddad is no longer with us to explain.
The BBC is a true global minnow & needs to shed Legacy outliers if it is to attract subscribers to a future core service model.
Mars Attacks (1996), The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Paul (2011)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Singinβ in the Rain (1952)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
"All-Together-Now"
Is "What The Papers Say" still a thing when all brands are printed under one roof?
5x UK multi-branded print plants remain by mid year.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-t...
FYI Reach PLC & DMG both have all-Ireland solutions
Dick Jones - RoboCop (1987), Jean-Baptiste Emmanuel Zorg - The Fifth Element (1997), Miranda Priestley - The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Pelican Brief (1993)
[I grudgingly accept the consensus that Howard The Duck is not a good movie]
Lots of mediocre stuff out there in big franchises, so setting the bar @ 51%+ "very good" : Avengers (MCU), Spiderman, Bourne
Romeo & Juliet (1968), Henry V (1989), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
I'm not a fan of regimes like Maduro's but grown-ups appreciate that flouting international law has its consequences - including its copycats, particularly within olde worlde "spheres of influence".
Taiwan must be sh****ng itself today.
Cool Running (1993) [bobsleigh], Blades of Glory (2007) [figure skating] Dodgeball: A true underdog story (2004)
Blazing Saddles (1974), Airplane! (1980), Galaxy Quest (1999)
Michael (1996), Meet Joe Black (1998), Dogma (1999)
Children of the Damned (1964), See No Evil,Hear No Evil (1989), Sinners (2025)
Silent Running (1972), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Cool Running (1993)
Pretty in Pink [1986] - The Psychedelic Furs: β Pretty in Pinkβ (1981)
Rocky IV [1985] - James Brown βLiving in Americaβ (1985)
Highlander [1986] - Queen βWho Wants To Live Forever?β (1986)
Field of Dreams (1989), The Fisher King (1991), Amelie (2001)
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid (1969), The Sting (1973), The Natural (1984)
π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ (2xdays on from a follow-up NHS Wales cataract Op) Watching Netflix, Apple TV & Disney+. A time to give, thanks for publicly funded medical care, & last rites to a moribund UK broadcast media. Going to surface in 2x days or so, nothing of note happening here at the moment.
