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The problem of specificity is one of audience. Broadcast has to reach a massive audience to stand any chance of reaping a return. And there just aren't many t
by roc 17y ago
The problem of specificity is one of audience.
Broadcast has to reach a massive audience to stand any chance of reaping a return. And there just aren't many topics that _enough_ people want to see deeply explored, to cover the costs of creating 'deeper' programs.
But with broadcast going away, costs plummeting and every niche flourishing online - i think the paucity of 'challenging' material --in any discipline-- will be soon be remedied.
- frossie 17y ago"Broadcast has to reach a massive audience to stand any chance of reaping a return" While I sympathise with geuis's complaint, I agree that that this is a limitation of the broadcast format. This is a particular problem with children's (semi-)educational programming - every Blue's Clues episode has to work for the 3 year old that just switched on for the first time, and can't build up so that by 5 the child is still being challenged. I hope you are right and this is a problem that can be addressed by the move to on-demand services.
- axod 17y agoFWIW, this is exactly why the BBC exists. It doesn't have to 'reap a return'. IMHO it's one of the best things the UK has (Along with the NHS). It exists to make the widest range of high quality programs available, and I think it does a pretty cool job. Obviously some programs will be deeper than others, with different target audiences. >> "But with broadcast going away" Really? have some data on that? I remember hearing the same thing 10 years ago.