Comments on: Pay v. public: the battle for relevance in broadcasting http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/pay-v-public-the-battle-for-relevance-in-broadcasting/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:22:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Andy http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/pay-v-public-the-battle-for-relevance-in-broadcasting/#comment-22704 Andy Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-22704 It is patently untrue for Foxtel to argue that there is no evidence of market failure in areas such as news and children's content. <br /><br />SkyNews is terribly biased, whereas the ABC news is as unbiased as it is possible to be. And there may be several children's channels on Foxtel...but al they show is american garbage, with no educational value. Whereas the ABC makes great educational childrens programming, as well as broadcasting a lot of UK content, which is also heavily educationally oriented. <br /><br />News Ltd constantly moan about how the ABC is doing things they shouldn't - they said a few years ago that they shouldn't make Spicks and Specks, cos the commercial world could make it... but when Channel 7 did make a rip off, it was hopeless! <br /><br />these 'facts' from Foxtel, News Ltd et al. must be seen for what they are - cheap shots taken at a key rival. It's funny how they make them so frequently... you don't see the ABC constantly attacking them! It is patently untrue for Foxtel to argue that there is no evidence of market failure in areas such as news and children’s content.

SkyNews is terribly biased, whereas the ABC news is as unbiased as it is possible to be. And there may be several children’s channels on Foxtel…but al they show is american garbage, with no educational value. Whereas the ABC makes great educational childrens programming, as well as broadcasting a lot of UK content, which is also heavily educationally oriented.

News Ltd constantly moan about how the ABC is doing things they shouldn’t - they said a few years ago that they shouldn’t make Spicks and Specks, cos the commercial world could make it… but when Channel 7 did make a rip off, it was hopeless!

these ‘facts’ from Foxtel, News Ltd et al. must be seen for what they are - cheap shots taken at a key rival. It’s funny how they make them so frequently… you don’t see the ABC constantly attacking them!

]]> By: John Ryan http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/pay-v-public-the-battle-for-relevance-in-broadcasting/#comment-22705 John Ryan Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-22705 I have pay TV I have it for one reason I like to watch Rugby League,living in WA on TV RL is treated as a leper,if Pay lose or dump RL they will lose me,and I think that goes for an awful lot of people in NSW and QLD and I daresay the other states as well.<br />Leave the ABC and SBS alone,Williams spends a lot of time making stupid statments,he wants to be careful someone one day might allow competition to rule then we shall see how much Mr Williams has to say,cause like most things we pay to much for Pay TV broadband phones ect,friends of mine in the UK and US are amazed at what we pay for a very 2nd rate service. I have pay TV I have it for one reason I like to watch Rugby League,living in WA on TV RL is treated as a leper,if Pay lose or dump RL they will lose me,and I think that goes for an awful lot of people in NSW and QLD and I daresay the other states as well.
Leave the ABC and SBS alone,Williams spends a lot of time making stupid statments,he wants to be careful someone one day might allow competition to rule then we shall see how much Mr Williams has to say,cause like most things we pay to much for Pay TV broadband phones ect,friends of mine in the UK and US are amazed at what we pay for a very 2nd rate service.

]]> By: Darce Cassidy http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/27/pay-v-public-the-battle-for-relevance-in-broadcasting/#comment-22706 Darce Cassidy Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-22706 In another submission to the ABC SBS review Terry Flew, Stuart Cunningham, Axel Bruns and Jason Wilson have gone beyond the market failure justification for public service broadcasting to argue that the ABC and SBS have a key role to play in social innovation. They argue:<br /><br />"The challenge for the ABC and SBS is how to be best positioned as a 21st century public service media to act as conduits for user-led social innovation while maintaining the core features of their institutional design and Chart remit to deliver social and cultural value through provision of unique and compelling media content that informs, entertains and engages all Australians".<br /><br /><br /> In another submission to the ABC SBS review Terry Flew, Stuart Cunningham, Axel Bruns and Jason Wilson have gone beyond the market failure justification for public service broadcasting to argue that the ABC and SBS have a key role to play in social innovation. They argue:

“The challenge for the ABC and SBS is how to be best positioned as a 21st century public service media to act as conduits for user-led social innovation while maintaining the core features of their institutional design and Chart remit to deliver social and cultural value through provision of unique and compelling media content that informs, entertains and engages all Australians”.

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