أغر؟´«أ½ in the news, Monday
| 08:40 UK time, Monday, 25 June 2007
The Times: Reports on a video of أغر؟´«أ½ correspondent Alan Johnston wearing what appears to be an explosives belt, which was released by his kidnappers. ()
The Times: “The true cost of أغر؟´«أ½ One is آ£1.4 billion, the corporation will reveal next week, nearly آ£600 million more than it was prepared to admit last year.†()
Daily Telegraph: Reports on the number of passes allocated to the أغر؟´«أ½ at Glastonbury. ()
The Guardian: “A strict programme of savings and cutbacks has given the أغر؟´«أ½ a آ£60m surplus as it moves towards an uncertain future under its licence fee settlement.†()
The Guardian: Business editor Deborah Hargreaves on the أغر؟´«أ½â€™s business coverage, criticising it for concentrating efforts on reality-style programmes such as The Apprentice. ()
Comments
If the Beeb were serious about downsizing to save money, reduce the multimillion salaries paid to Mr. Norton and to Mr.Ross.
Look, they have saved Millions!!!
Go back to what the أغر؟´«أ½ was (an information channel)and stop competing with the Commercial channels!
The reduction of the new department isn't unwelcome. The أغر؟´«أ½ has an inflated opion about itself and the importance of news. It is unnecessary for every channel to have a news program when TV viewers can always look at أغر؟´«أ½ 24 hour news. For example a news programme was added to أغر؟´«أ½4 - why? It already has a tiny transmission time because of the exaggerated number of channels and time devoted to childrens' TV. أغر؟´«أ½ news is also very parochial - if you want to know about important events in the rest of the world you have to listen to أغر؟´«أ½ World Service. And if we get more repeats, hurrah. The vast number of TV programmes disappear into the Archives destined to be buried and forgotten. So we might at least get the chance of seeing those programmes which we missed when they were originally screened.