I've thought for years there should be a specific channel for Sport on the BBC, argument before was that not everyone had freeview, now there is no analogue that doesn't seem a valid argument.
Agreed, or better still, no sport on the BBC.
At the end of the day though the BBC loses a lot of money due to bad management.
Bad management is everywhere you go. Look at the banks, government, Comet, Woolies, Blockbuster, need I go on?
They are guaranteed an income yet still chase viewing figures rather than just spending the money wisely on quality programming.
If they try that, they get criticised for low viewing figures.
Lots of money thrown at a project does not equal a quality program, The Voice being one such program (in my opinion)
Plus that soap whose theme tune goes with the words
"Isn't this a boring tune?
Hardly a surprise, 'cos so is the programme,
Isn't this a boring tune?
Hardly a surprise, 'cos so is the programme,
Deadly! Tedious! Cardboard casts and scripts you should burn first,"
(The author leaves the reader to complete the lyrics to his own satisfaction.)
And all that carp on the alternatives, too: X Factor, Big Brother, Coronation Street, game shows and all the other mind-numbing rubbish churned out on TV. I don't believe there is any state TV in the USA, but it is even more unwatchable than it is here.