Comments on Obsolete: The not so slow death of the BBC.

I agree that the cuts are huge, and scary, and pes...

2010-10-29T18:09:31.910+01:00

I agree that the cuts are huge, and scary, and pessimism is deserved, however:

It could have been much worse - with a Murdoch backed government i'd rather suspected more massive cuts.

The BBC are well placed for the future (Google/Apple TV will be the next TV revolution - iPlayer is well placed to integrate fully into this, very easy) in fact far better than Sky are, who'll want to run their own service and are frankly behind the times with their set-top box business.

That's meant to come from money already put as...

2010-10-27T13:36:09.902+01:00

That's meant to come from money already put aside/left over from funding the digital switchover, so shouldn't have any adverse impact.

Haven't they also been lumbered with funding t...

2010-10-27T11:44:01.460+01:00

Haven't they also been lumbered with funding the rollout of broadband to rural areas?