[Swprograms] OT: International bbc.com to have advertising

[Mike Barraclough <softbulletin1@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a UK licence fee payer I have no objection to this
whatsoever:

http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/bbc-trust-approves-bbccom-proposal

There was also a piece in The Times on Monday on the
massive losses at BBC World which might be of
interest:

BBC prepares for cuts but will spare channel you
cannot watch

The BBC is losing up to £15 million a year on a
rolling news channel which is not available in Britain
but is being protected from the widespread cuts to be
unveiled this week.

The BBC is losing up to £15 million a year on a
rolling news channel which is not available in Britain
but is being protected from the widespread cuts to be
unveiled this week.

The scale of the losses incurred by BBC World, the
BBC?s worst performing service, is similar to the
savings that the corporation?s news division is being
asked to find, expected to amount to £100 million over
six years.

The corporation says that BBC World is not dependent
on the licence fee and receives no public subsidy or
grant, surviving instead on a loan ?in the low
double-figure millions? from the corporation?s
commercial division, BBC Worldwide. But the profits of
BBC Worldwide are used to fund BBC programmes - £75
million in dividends and £96 million in BBC
programmes. John Smith, its chief executive, boasted
that the commercial arm?s profits last year have
already helped to reduce the £135.50 colour TV licence
by about £9. 

Full article:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2658695.ece


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