What are the advantages and disadvantages of the BBC?

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       Name: Muna Hamad Saeed                     ID: 02-1947                  Section: 207                         

Q1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the BBC?

  1.  Producing its own programes (as opposed to commissioning others to make programes for it).

b) Competing for rating s with other television channels (as opposed to being a public service broadcaster).

  1. Being a global player (as opposed to being a UK provider).

Traditionally public service broadcasting has conjured up a set of ideological and often political stereotypes, born in the main from an overall demeanour of middle class, institutionalized beliefs and practices. Post 1946, when television broadcasting resumed, the BBC’s popularity was at its height, largely because of its part in the nations efforts during the Second World War, and there exists today, even for those born many years after the war, a resonance passed down through folk-memories, i.e. Winston Churchill’s instantly recognizable speeches, broadcast by the BBC. Now, in the 21st century, BBC is having to redefine itself to both the public and politicians. ITV’s too shares many of the current crisis' in broadcasting, predictably issues surrounding funding/revenue and it is also having to reassess its position in terms of self perception and audience perception.

Now, I will I will explain the advantages and disadvantages for these choices, First  if BBC should be a maker of programmes or a commissioner of programmers? Second, if it have to Competing for ratings with other television channels or being a public service broadcaster? Finally, if it should Being a global player or being UK provider?

producing its own programmers

Is it better to BBC to produce its own programs? This question is critical to BBC. I will explain the advantages and disadvantages for this decision-making. First I will talk about the advantages of being produce its own programs:

1-help UK society to keep its traditional and norms:  

The BBC will help UK community to save the culture & the norm & value of society, by producing it is own programs this give it the freedom to introduce programs could preserving that culture save from being effected by other cutlers, in the new world which become small village the UK society still try to protect special BBC can produce programs goes with the government needs & look & in the same time keep the UK values safe form another societies effects.

2-keep it's famous, trusts and respectability

Company like BBC trusted label & brand Have a height level image to keep away from destroyed, producing it is own program will help BBC  not only to keep that image in the same level but also increase it famous. In the other hand. Moving toward producing its own programmers BBC will maximum returns on the BBC's assets-its programmers- to generate revenues that are reinvested in public service  

Reducing the high cost of producing programes:-3

Reducing costs by produce it is own programs, because they have already have the place, equipment, and every things that they need to produce and all resources.  If BBC produce its programs so that’s mean will led to economy growth, because of the reduce costs and increase profit.  

Now I will talk about the disadvantages of being produce its own programs:

1- Bureaucratic practices still as it was in the past

Old type of management style is the mean reason of the keeping of in-house production; it will still have the same picture of out touch, lacking customer focus, and elitist, expensive, self indulgent and domination. BBC should start move faster if they don’t wont to lose audience, if they do not move faster than competitors to produce programmers with high quality either inside the BBC or by commissioning other to make programmers that have the abilities to attract audiences, but with the old type of management which can reduce the corporation responding to the growth of terrestrial and satellite channels.

2- "Producer Choice" will be completely lost!

Producer Choice marked ended one of the most critical weaknesses of the BBC & end of the period of protected creative freedom and radically changed the dynamics between the management & producers, if they stop this scheme and return to the old method, they are going to be out of competition in the broadcasting field. That was one of the most damaging things in the BBC “probably one of the most damaging things in the BBC was producer choice, because producer choice created and ideology of the producer as power king. And the producer owns her own budget and its’ entirely up to the producer how they manage that budget and who they hire” (quoted by Storey and Salaman, 1999).

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Competing for rating with others ITV’s

 

The BBC  have to pick one of  two choices lose the majority of there audiences  like the other public service broadcasters worldwide  or to get in competitive  with more than 200 channels  the confuse comes from being public service or to competitor for rating , the BBC should choice which one they want to be  taking in consideration  the benefits & the  lose  in each on. Now, I will talk about the advantages of being competing for rating with other ITV’s:  

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