cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64004969
“We’re in danger of having no public service broadcasting within a decade, certainly within 20 years,” he says. “We don’t have a strategy for their survival. It’s that serious. The regulators need to start thinking about it.”
Do we want a future where European media is dominated by US streamers like Netflix and YouTube, and European broadcasters are a shadow of their former selves or have even ceased to exist?
British TV doesn’t have too many adverts, I don’t think. At least not compared to other countries. It helps that we have the BBC because if any of the other channels push their luck they know you can just watch something on the BBC channels without any adverts at all.
I remember being in American and watching a sitcom; they showed a 30 second intro skit and then they showed the opening credits, then went straight into the first ad break. I don’t think it went five minutes without ade.