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- From: a74k110@phobos.ucc.umass.edu (Chris Peterson)
- Subject: Re: It's your BBC World Service - Phone In
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 09:10:04 GMT
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- In article <9212211456.AA24333@aurw6b.aur.alcatel.com>, Mike Gingell <aurs01!aurw6b!gingell@CONCERT.NET> writes...
- >
- >Jean Mainland (from Japan): "I am wondering why the World Service
- >Television programming is so different in Asia, compared with that offerred
- >in Europe, particularly drama and light entertainment".
- >
- >John Tusa: "Yes, a complicated story which I will try to make short. We
- >regard, and you may not like this, the format of the Asian network which
- >is typically, 30 mins of News in the 1st half hour and then 30 minutes
- >of information programmes in the second half hour, that is really the
- >typical format for World Service Television, slighly adapted round the World.
- [...stuff deleted...]
- >But the most important thing is that we wouldn't want to have drama,
- >comedy etc., on WS TV because we don't think that that is how we can get
- >round the world. We think that news and information is the way to do that.
-
- What about the story in Satnews a few weeks ago that the BBC was considering
- a general entertainment channel for Asia? If they did do something like that
- then it would follow with their philosophy that WSTV should be only news and
- information. Maybe it would be relatively easier to make the entertainment
- channel restricted to Asia, in terms of distribution rights. Also, since
- the BBC wants WSTV to compete with CNN International, added with the rumour
- that Ted Turner wants to start a worldwide entertainment channel (with
- programming from his other U.S. channels), it would make sense that maybe the
- BBC wants to beat Turner to the punch this time around. Anyway, who knows,
- time will tell.
-
-
- -Chris
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-