Chernobyl, Game Of Thrones, Breaking Bad, The Wire, and The Sopranos. What do these series have in common?
Well, not only are they some of the best TV shows ever made – according to IMDB – but none of them are available on the BBC. In fact, they have all been produced and distributed by the BBC’s rivals.
This week there was uproar after the BBC announced that over-75s will now lose the right to their free TV license, saving around £500m per year.
And we all know where they’ll be splashing this cash – chasing the elusive ‘youth’ market who’ve turned away from the BBC in droves in favor of online streaming services like Netflix, Now TV, and Amazon Prime Video.
But as a 22-year-old who ditched their license fee last year – instead I’m a fully paid-up member of Generation Netflix – I can tell them they’re going about it all wrong.
For young people like me, it’s clear that the BBC is stuck in the past. In fact, it’s so out-of-touch that it still offers a discount for anyone whose TV only works in black and white.
It’s easy to see how the Beeb’s snooty tone and we-know-best attitude earned it the nickname ‘Auntie’. Today it is more patronizing than ever.
In an attempt to appeal to young audiences, the channel focuses on a niche, politically-correct content, with the latest hits including a show about a niqab-wearing parachutist (seriously) and an article praising “eco-warriors.”
The crusty old relic BBC is trying to appear cool and relevant to “the youth” – but it has been duped into thinking that loud, hysterical snowflakes are representative of an entire generation.
It’s clear that the BBC thinks all young people are Jeremy Corbyn-loving lefties so has skewed its content to be hyper left-wing and social justice-oriented to reflect that, when in reality we have diverse opinions. Whisper it, but some of us are even right-wing.
And BBC Three’s toe-curling Twitter account is a prime example of how not to communicate with young people.
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Younger people may not be aware of this, but we went from three main networks to dozens of channels. The number of viewers hadn’t increased that much, so help make up for each channel having less of an audience advertizing went from 10 minutes per hour to 20 minutes. Now all of these channels are facing a reduction in viewers. On line viewing for some has eliminated the desire for broadcast viewing. In addition, people are using the internet more rather than passively watch TV. The BBC has also suffered goal replacement. Instead of providing reliable news and entertainment, they have turned themselves into a propaganda organization for the climate change movement.
There was a time, before 1980, that the BBC had some pretty good comedy. Even at that time I had quit watching TV but I occasionally saw one of shows that my parents had on.
My first visit to Britain was in 1980. Culture shock! The people, the music, the beer, architecture, all wonderful. One thing I’ll never forget, though, was that the purchase or lease of a TV included an annual license, like a vehicle. The money went to the BBC. Supposedly this freed them from the unsavory business of soliciting advertising. There were maybe four channels to choose from, and the content was so drab that commercials could only have helped.
the BBC and CNN their so much alike spewing nothing but Lies and Fake News just pure leftists propeganda