Online-Only: BBC prepares to shut down radio and TV broadcast over next decade

[theoleman]

Online-Only: BBC prepares to shut down radio and TV broadcast over next decade

(Source: The Guardian via Mark Fahey) BBC preparing to go online-only over next decade, says director general Tim Davie outlines vision for a world of ‘infinite choice’ where broadcast TV and radio…

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Understanding the financial decision is a no brainer. But seems they're harming the citizens and country in the long run. I've been wondering for sometime when its going to begin in the US.

 

[kc2asb]

I think it's a mistake also, but we're probably in the minority. Radio has proven itself time and time again for getting information out in times when disaster strikes. It also provides coverage in rural areas where there are gaps in cell and internet coverage. Perhaps this is more of an issue in the US vs the UK.

Anyway, there is no stopping it.

 

[BinaryMode]

It's interesting because in the U.S. radio and television broadcast was or still is the federal government's chosen way of getting emergency information to the people. With everyone and their great uncle owning a cellphone and the advent of the Internet today the question then becomes whether or not to support traditional broadcasting. So I can perhaps see why the BBC is doing this if that's one of the reasons to cut service.

Heck, I read years ago in Norway they switched to DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting). Though some areas still use analog FM apparently.

 

[Boombox]

I suppose it's inevitable. It will also cause the decline of the BBC as a news organization. Once they're 100% online-only, their audience will decline.

Online, there is so much competition, for news, TV-style video (podcasts, anyone?) and music -- there are tons of online channels that provide those things, and when any entity goes online-only, they are in competition with each and every one, mostly for just one screen (your smartphone).

After it goes all-online, by 2050 the BBC will be a vague shadow of what it is today. Which could be inevitable regardlesss of their strategy.