Comments on: BBC Gets Social: Adds Social Boomark Chicklets http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20070816/bbc-gets-social/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:55:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ciaran http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20070816/bbc-gets-social/#comment-8310 Ciaran Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:08:00 +0000 http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20070816/bbc-gets-social/#comment-8310 I think that you sort of miss the point here Setlios; by that criteria, the BBC shouldn't review the morning papers on Newsnight, becuase it encourages people to buy newspapers with advertising in them; it shouldn't show Wimbledon, because the players drink branded fruit squash; they shouldn't, they shouldn't, they shouldn't... The BBC is an essential part of our media world, and their engagement with new technologies & trends is (I think) absolutely fantastic. Spend a year in Australia or the US without watching any British TV (because the BBC forces British commercial TV to raise its game), or listening to any of the BBC radio channels, or looking at the BBC site, and then tell me that £120 isn't an absolute bargain... I think that you sort of miss the point here Setlios; by that criteria, the BBC shouldn’t review the morning papers on Newsnight, becuase it encourages people to buy newspapers with advertising in them; it shouldn’t show Wimbledon, because the players drink branded fruit squash; they shouldn’t, they shouldn’t, they shouldn’t…

The BBC is an essential part of our media world, and their engagement with new technologies & trends is (I think) absolutely fantastic. Spend a year in Australia or the US without watching any British TV (because the BBC forces British commercial TV to raise its game), or listening to any of the BBC radio channels, or looking at the BBC site, and then tell me that £120 isn’t an absolute bargain…

]]> By: Steliosp http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20070816/bbc-gets-social/#comment-8296 Steliosp Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:49:40 +0000 http://www.altogetherdigital.com/20070816/bbc-gets-social/#comment-8296 its funny because BBC actually is going to drive traffic to websites that make millions! I thought that BBC wants to stay away from advertising! Why the don't just put ads on their site and stop charging us £120 per year! ;) its funny because BBC actually is going to drive traffic to websites that make millions! I thought that BBC wants to stay away from advertising! Why the don’t just put ads on their site and stop charging us £120 per year! ;)

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