If that's you in the background going WHAT?!, I wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments.
The whole point of the BBC, at least to me, is that as it's insulated to an extent from wider market forces, that is what gives it the freedom to innovate to a greater extent and spend more on R&D, to bring those innovations to market and help develop the standards more than many other broadcasters. The public service remit is unique in that it's looking out for the consumer, not just the broadcaster, and if he doesn't see that (or he's been put off by the meagre output of BBC America, which is a separate branch of the Beeb anyway, right?) then he's a bit of an idiot. And here's me thinking he actually had a bit of nouse when it comes to future tech... Arrington should stick to reporting on indie Web 2.0 startups and leave criticism or appraisal of the BBC and its output to people who get a use from it - us crazy embracers know a good thing when we see it (and I for one gladly pay that license fee!) I absolutely _LOVE_ that pregnant pause after your man explains about the Public Value Test. Arrington didn't see that one coming. :D > -----Original Message----- > From: Mr I Forrester [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 February 2007 15:44 > To: BBC Backstage > Subject: [backstage] A couple of things including Arrington > > Hi All, > > The video form the 1st Backstage podcast is now up - > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/02/bbc_backstage > _p_1.html > > and you might want to check out the comments from Mike > TechCrunch Arrington on the BBC - > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2007/02/michael_arringt.html > > Cheers, > > Ian > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
