Re: [Swprograms] Consultants view of BBC's public service role

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Heh... perhaps you can see why I am so interested in analyzing trends
and strategy changes in broadcasting.

But seriously, the rate at which new media habits are being developed
is dizzying.

The term "podcasting" didn't exist a year ago.

TiVo has not been around much either.

It was interesting to see that Gyr works with many different types of
"enterprises".  That word choice is important -- it includes
businesses, governments, and nonprofits.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA 

On 4/13/05, Scott Royall <royall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Now we know you're a "plant." :)
> 
> Seriously, I sure endured a lot of those presentations before Shell let me
> go.
> 
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> 
> Seems that a common thread to all this is the notion of significant
> change that's taking place in "radio listening".  I don't know what it
> should be called...content distribution sounds wrong.  Frankly,
> content *aggregation* is probably not too far off a description.
> 
> In the USA much public programming -- even that distributed by NPR --
> comes from independent producers.
> 
> One of the things Mr. Gyr is doing is emphasizing the importance of
> the BBC "brand".  Whether a program is produced internally or
> externally doesn't matter -- it must nonetheless be compatible with
> the image, reputation, and credibility the BBC has as a broadcaster.
> 
> One of his titles looks interesting:  "The Dynamic Enterprise: Tools
> for Turning Chaos into Strategy and Strategy into Action".
> 
> Instead of "Anna Analogue" and "Digital Joe", a more apropos moniker
> might be "Curious George", from a series of children's books.
> 
> FWIW, part of what I do is in a similar space -- helping companies
> understand and respond to the actions of their competitors in an
> environment when user needs are changing.
> 
> I can't draw either.
> 
> 8-)
> 
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
> 
> On 4/13/05, Mike Barraclough <mikewb@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Senior programme editors across the BBC are being shown a badly edited
> video
> > of a "presentation" designed to explain "the new myth" of the BBC and to
> > clear up any confusion over why 20 per cent of its programme makers must
> now
> > be made redundant.
> 
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