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Apparently there is a subscription service called BritBox - created by BBC and ITV, but it's only available in Australia, USA and Canada. https://www.britbox.c
by jannes 6y ago
Apparently there is a subscription service called BritBox - created by BBC and ITV, but it's only available in Australia, USA and Canada.
https://www.britbox.com/ https://www.britbox.com/
- M2Ys4U 6y agoI expect that will be slowly expanded; the BBC's new Director-General wants to increase commercial revenue (and immediately before being appointed as DG he was the CEO of BBC Studios, the BBC's commercial subsidiary).
- powderpig 6y agoThe new chairman has apparently donated to the Tory party. https://bylinetimes.com/2021/01/06/new-bbc-chairman-richard-sharp-donated-more-than-400000-to-conservative-party/ https://bylinetimes.com/2021/01/06/new-bbc-chairman-richard-... The DG was also a former deputy chairman of Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative party. https://inews.co.uk/news/tim-davie-new-bbc-director-general-conservatives-reset-relations-downing-street-434450 https://inews.co.uk/news/tim-davie-new-bbc-director-general-...
- da_big_ghey 6y agoShould making a donation, campaigning for a candidate, or exercising other forms of political speech disqualify one from working as a civil servant?
- RobertKerans 6y agoNo, but it just raises valid questions regarding motivations. Civil servants are supposed to not be biased toward a particular political party. In practice, that may well not be the case, but questioning his appointment is fair enough. The Tory party has for many years attacked the BBC, using those attacks as a political tool. So people draw conclusions from the appointment of a prominent Tory donor to the post of DG.