Comments on: Springer protests pour in to BBC http://eyedropper.co.uk/2005/01/06/springer-protests-pour-in-to-bbc/ Who do you believe, me or your own eyes? - Groucho Marx Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:23:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Frankie Roberto http://eyedropper.co.uk/2005/01/06/springer-protests-pour-in-to-bbc/#comment-53 Fri, 07 Jan 2005 14:49:46 +0000 http://eyedropper.wordpress.com/2005/01/06/springer-protests-pour-in-to-bbc/#comment-53 The ’8000′ stat comes from “multiplying the number of swear-words by the number of people singing them”, which is somewhat ridiculous.

The show sounds great, I’m looking forward to it… :-)

]]> By: murray http://eyedropper.co.uk/2005/01/06/springer-protests-pour-in-to-bbc/#comment-52 Thu, 06 Jan 2005 23:12:03 +0000 http://eyedropper.wordpress.com/2005/01/06/springer-protests-pour-in-to-bbc/#comment-52 pedant hat on : license fee is 121 per *household*. i’ve no idea what the average person per household rate is, but it’s probably 2.4 like everything else, so that’s more like 50 quid per person, per year.

the thing that puzzles me about bbc stuff – 30% goes on bbc one?

6 (or 7?) tv stations, 7 or 8 national radio networks, regional variations that are well into the hundreds, one of the worlds best websites … and a third is spent on 1 channel.

when did the economy of scale suddenly vanish?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/info/licencefee/

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