I love the BBC! I know that a lot of people don’t agree with the license fee and there are arguments for scrapping it, but I think the BBC do a fantastic job. The range and quality of programs they make simply wouldn’t be available if they were under commercial pressures.
Not only do the BBC make great TV and radio programs, they also heavily invest in technology. The fantastic iPlayer, no stranger to controversy itself, is evidence that this R&D is a worthwhile pursuit. Which is why I think their new innovation is stunning - the Olinda radio.
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I love free music! Who doesn’t? And lately some big names in the music biz have been exploring alternative revenue and distribution models for their artistic endeavours. Translated this means that users have been able to download new music over the Internet at little or no cost.
Radiohead set the ball rolling in October last year when they announced that their latest album “In Rainbows” would be available to download at whatever price the user decides! Official sales figures have never been released, but this tactic appears to have worked. Sales figures of 1.2 million copies have been suggested, and with an average price per download of just over the £1 mark, the maths speaks for itself. And this is without distribution or retails costs - just pure profit (minus the relatively small website hosting and bandwidth costs).
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I love the BBC! I know that a lot of people don’t agree with the license fee and there are arguments for scrapping it, but I think the BBC do a fantastic job. The range and quality of programs they make simply wouldn’t be available if they were under commercial pressures.
