Re: [Swprograms] BBC World in USA

["Sandy Finlayson" <sfinlayson@xxxxxxx>]

Well said. I do understand the politics and economics of this, but I don't have to like it!
 
Sandy

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of John Figliozzi 
	Sent: Mon 07/07/2008 11:57 PM 
	To: Shortwave programming discussion 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: [Swprograms] BBC World in USA
	
	

	The reason for that is pretty easy to see.  Why would Big Cable 
	(owner of CNN) and News Corp. (owner of Fox News and DirecTV) invite 
	a potential major competitor onto their systems?  But the BBC wasn't 
	born yesterday.  They got BBC America onto many cable systems and 
	satellite subscription services when it was totally an entertainment 
	service and didn't have even one newscast on that network.  They made 
	a concerted effort to get BBC World on those systems and got 
	rejected.  So, now the Beeb is ratcheting up the news content on BBC 
	America--three hours each weekday morning, a one-hour major weeknight 
	newscast repeated three hours later, and a weekly version of 
	Newsnight, the cutting edge news investigation program that runs 
	nightly on BBC2.
	
	Of course, the behavior of our highly ownership concentrated media is 
	cause for great concern.  But since we're in an age when corporate 
	interests reign supreme and are allowed to run roughshod over 
	Constitutional rights, Congress and the FCC seem not inclined to 
	address the situation at present.
	
	John Figliozzi
	
	On Jul 7, 2008, at 9:58 AM, Sandy Finlayson wrote:
	
	> I am a DirecTV subscriber and here in the Philadelphia area we 
	> actually
	> get three PBS stations two from Pennsylvania and one from New Jersey.
	>
	>
	> The NJ station takes a 7 PM broadcast of BBC News and most nights the
	> local Philadelphia station takes an 11 PM broadcast.  I'm pretty sure
	> that most nights these broadcasts are different.
	>
	> My frustration is that we can't get BBC World here.  Verizon's Fios
	> service has it but neither Comcast Cable nor the two satellite 
	> providers
	> carry it.  I think the US is one of the few places in the world where
	> BBC World isn't available.
	>
	> Sandy
	>
	>
	> --------------------------------------------------------
	> Mr. Sandy Finlayson
	> Philadelphia, PA
	>
	>
	>
	> -----Original Message-----
	> From: swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
	> [mailto:swprograms-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Cuff
	> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 2:50 PM
	> To: josephbuch@xxxxxxxxx; Shortwave programming discussion
	> Subject: Re: [Swprograms] BBC World in USA
	>
	> I wouldn't be surprised if MPT and WETA both get the OK -- the nearest
	> transmitter sites are Annapolis (22) and Frederick (62).
	>
	> I am not sure if DC cable systems get both services but I would
	> suspect so.  When I lived in Baltimore County Comcast included both
	> WETA and MPT.
	>
	> My guess is that the BBC would require the two services to air BBC
	> World newscasts at different times to afford multiple viewing
	> opportunities.
	>
	> I suspect many cable systems bring in multiple PBS signals -- after a
	> "gentleman's agreement" that was in place for many years, whereby
	> Lehigh Valley cable systems did not carry WHYY, Philadelphia's PBS
	> station, nowadays both WLVT and WHYY are available to subscribers of
	> the two main CATV services in the area.
	>
	> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
	>
	> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 12:48 PM, Joe Buch <josephbuch@xxxxxxxxx> 
	> wrote:
	>>
	>> In the Washington, DC market the program airs on several stations now
	> plus coverage on most cable systems from Maryland Public TV.  It 
	> will be
	> interesting to see if WETA can still take the program if Maryland 
	> Public
	> TV wants it.  MPT has state-wide coverage of Maryland from the 
	> Delmarva
	> peninsula to the western panhandle.  Of course WETA covers the opinion
	> formers the BBC is most interested in reaching.
	>>
	>> I think Washington is a separate metropolitan statistical area from
	> Baltimore, but the entire eastern part of DC is bordered by 
	> Maryland and
	> nicely served by MPT as is the rest of the state.  It will be
	> interesting to see how this possible conflict resolves itself.
	>>
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