Re: [Swprograms] [Sporrans] OT: Fox News competes for international viewers

[jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Sandy et al:

In the far recesses of my brain <g>, I seem to recall that BBC World 
has indeed been in negotiations with U.S. cable providers for some 
time.  Why exactly these discussions have not borne fruit is not 
readily apparent to me.  I do know that a lot of BBC programs have 
been sold piecemeal to various U.S. outlets--among them A&E, BBC 
America (part owned by A&E), Animal Planet, PBS, and several other 
narrowly focused specialty networks.  Perhaps navigating around those 
rights makes it difficult to bring BBC World to stateside viewers?

John Figliozzi 

----- Original Message -----
From: Sandy Finlayson <SFinlayson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 10:15 am
Subject: Re: [Swprograms] [Sporrans] OT: Fox News competes for 
international viewers

> Fox News has not exactly been welcomed in Canada.  For one thing 
> they haven't exactly gone out of their way to understand the 
> nuances of Canadian politics when they have carried Canadian 
> stories and their take on American politics and life isn't shared 
> by all Canadians. At this point I think Fox News is only available 
> in Canada to people who pay extra for it so it does not have the 
> same access to Canadians that CNN has had for a long time.
> 
> CNN International used to be on DirectTV but was quietly dropped a 
> number of months ago and with the loss of Newsworld International 
> at the end of July there will be even less international news 
> coverage.  It is odd that BBC World is not available in the USA.  
> It seems as if the BBC has decided to simply make a part of that 
> output available on BBC America and PBS.  I would have thought 
> that they would have been able to secure a contract for national 
> distribution to cable and satellite companies here.
> 
> Sandy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> To: Richard Cuff; Shortwave programming discussion
> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] OT: Fox News competes for international
> viewers
> 
> 
> Well, trying to put the best spin on this as is possible, I note 
> that 
> (at least IMHO) CNN International is a far superior and more 
> informative service than its domestic US version.  Murdoch is a 
> pretty 
> savvy businessman.  He probably will think twice before trying to 
> proffer the same kind of content Fox offers to domestic US (and 
> now 
> Canadian) consumers to a likely less docile and receptive 
> international audience.
> 
> Maybe someone on the list familiar with Sky News would be kind 
> enough 
> to offer an evaluation of Sky and a comparison, for example, 
> between 
> Sky and the BBC.
> 
> John Figliozzi
> ...anticipating the CRTC decision on satellite radio 24 hours from 
> now.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:44 am
> Subject: [Swprograms] OT: Fox News competes for international viewers
> 
> > see http://tinyurl.com/btm42 or
> > http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?
> type=televisionNews&storyID=2005-06-
> 14T093700Z_01_N14146759_RTRIDST_0_TELEVISION-FOXNEWS-DC.XML:
> > 
> > Fox News mentioned as possibly starting a news channel specifically
> > for international consumption.
> > 
> > Interesting note:  The CRTC has already approved the existing 
> Fox 
> News
> > Channel for distribution in Canada.
> > 
> > Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA
> > 
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