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Why is BBC World Service reducing its short wave provision?
"Short wave listening around the world is declining.
The downward trend is accelerating: the global short wave audience for BBC World Service has dropped from 122 million in 1996 to 97 million in 2003. Like other international broadcasters, BBC World Service has been adjusting its short wave provisions in line with global demand changes. Alternative ways to listen At the same time BBC World Service has been investing in new delivery methods, all with the improved audibility now preferred by audiences, such as FM, cable, satellite and online. BBC World Service is committed to making the best use of the money it receives from the government and has had considerable success in attracting audiences to these new methods of delivery; more than 50 million are using these and the numbers are growing fast. Separately, online usage has grown from three million page impressions every month in late 1998 to almost 300 million by 2004, which is equivalent to 18 million unique users. Alongside in-depth news and information, programmes are available streamed both live and on demand at the convenience of the listener. There are now more ways to listen to BBC World Service broadcasts than ever before. To check for availability in your region please click here." http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us...ort_wave.shtml |
Yeah, but their amount of shortwave listeners has declined only since
they reduced their broadcasting schedules, as far as I know. |
Invader3K wrote: Yeah, but their amount of shortwave listeners has declined only since they reduced their broadcasting schedules, as far as I know. It would seem that way wouldn't it? dxAce Michigan USA |
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:47:27 +0000 (UTC), "Mike Terry"
wrote: "Short wave listening around the world is declining. The downward trend is accelerating: the global short wave audience for BBC World Service has dropped from 122 million in 1996 to 97 million in 2003. Like other international broadcasters, BBC World Service has been adjusting its short wave provisions in line with global demand changes. Alternative ways to listen At the same time BBC World Service has been investing in new delivery methods, all with the improved audibility now preferred by audiences, such as FM, cable, satellite and online. BBC World Service is committed to making the best use of the money it receives from the government and has had considerable success in attracting audiences to these new methods of delivery; more than 50 million are using these and the numbers are growing fast. Separately, online usage has grown from three million page impressions every month in late 1998 to almost 300 million by 2004, which is equivalent to 18 million unique users. Alongside in-depth news and information, programmes are available streamed both live and on demand at the convenience of the listener. There are now more ways to listen to BBC World Service broadcasts than ever before. To check for availability in your region please click here." http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us...ort_wave.shtml 1) When push comes to shove, shortwave frequently goes where the new methods can't. For example, the King of Nepal shut off 'net connections and FM local relays of the Beeb but it is far harder to shut down shortwave. Also, I have never heard of a shortwave transmitter which could not take on further listeners because of network overloads. 2) Once you go on the internet, you don't need BBCWS anymore - you might as well listen to Beeb domestic. For example, I rarely listen to BBCWS on the internet but I am a frequent listener to the satellite network BBC7 (with old comedy and drama) and Radio 4, each of which is streamed. |
They need to put some pretty wimmins on BBC America,on my DirecTV for me
to look at instead of that ugly looking old cow they have on there nowdays.She looks like ****. cuhulin |
Well, there are signs that shortwave listening is on the decline if you
look at the number of new hf receiver models being offered and the numker of companies making them. The frequencies listed in publications like MT seems to be smaller than before too. The BBC like so many other national radio stations are looking for ways to cut costs when budgets are lean and still get their message out. Going to the internet, cable tv, satellite radio and local rebroadcast of downlinked signals are obvious ways to do that. Wish the excitement for shortwave broadcasts was like it was from the 1930's through the 1950's. Back then broadcasts over shortwave were the fastest way to find out what was happening around the world. Many of those furniture grade wood cased radios had both MW and shortwave bands. Today there are numerous alternatives to shortwave radio and the major boradcasters are incresingly turning to those media. Mike Terry wrote: "Short wave listening around the world is declining. The downward trend is accelerating: the global short wave audience for BBC World Service has dropped from 122 million in 1996 to 97 million in 2003. Like other international broadcasters, BBC World Service has been adjusting its short wave provisions in line with global demand changes. Alternative ways to listen At the same time BBC World Service has been investing in new delivery methods, all with the improved audibility now preferred by audiences, such as FM, cable, satellite and online. BBC World Service is committed to making the best use of the money it receives from the government and has had considerable success in attracting audiences to these new methods of delivery; more than 50 million are using these and the numbers are growing fast. Separately, online usage has grown from three million page impressions every month in late 1998 to almost 300 million by 2004, which is equivalent to 18 million unique users. Alongside in-depth news and information, programmes are available streamed both live and on demand at the convenience of the listener. There are now more ways to listen to BBC World Service broadcasts than ever before. To check for availability in your region please click here." http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us...ort_wave.shtml |
Joel Rubin wrote:
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 06:47:27 +0000 (UTC), "Mike Terry" wrote: "Short wave listening around the world is declining. The downward trend is accelerating: the global short wave audience for BBC World Service has dropped from 122 million in 1996 to 97 million in 2003. Like other international broadcasters, BBC World Service has been adjusting its short wave provisions in line with global demand changes. Alternative ways to listen At the same time BBC World Service has been investing in new delivery methods, all with the improved audibility now preferred by audiences, such as FM, cable, satellite and online. BBC World Service is committed to making the best use of the money it receives from the government and has had considerable success in attracting audiences to these new methods of delivery; more than 50 million are using these and the numbers are growing fast. Separately, online usage has grown from three million page impressions every month in late 1998 to almost 300 million by 2004, which is equivalent to 18 million unique users. Alongside in-depth news and information, programmes are available streamed both live and on demand at the convenience of the listener. There are now more ways to listen to BBC World Service broadcasts than ever before. To check for availability in your region please click here." http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/us...ort_wave.shtml 1) When push comes to shove, shortwave frequently goes where the new methods can't. For example, the King of Nepal shut off 'net connections and FM local relays of the Beeb but it is far harder to shut down shortwave. I've been saying this for weeks, yet nobody has been listening. Nepal was a warning shot over the bow of the BBC and every other shortwave broadcaster (Voice of America, anyone?) who thinks that FM and the net can replace shortwave. I figure that it will take a first world country-such as the USA-doing what his majesty did in Nepal to make SW broadcasters sit up and take notice. An Iraqi insurgent takeover of a Sawa FM outlet might work, too. Also, I have never heard of a shortwave transmitter which could not take on further listeners because of network overloads. The old bugaboo of the net-never enough bandwidth. As bandwidth expands, so does content, like a goldfish that expands to fit its environment. Now that people have broadband, they download whole movies. People didn't do that with 14.4 modem connections and 80 MB hard drives. I suppose if they invent a fatter internet pipe than broadband, people will invent more and bigger content for it. Analog over the air radio doesn't have this problem, obviously. All it will take is some 13 year old hacker shutting down the internet for a while for people to realize that the internet isn't reliable yet. Not to mention security, which is a whole other post... 2) Once you go on the internet, you don't need BBCWS anymore - you might as well listen to Beeb domestic. For example, I rarely listen to BBCWS on the internet but I am a frequent listener to the satellite network BBC7 (with old comedy and drama) and Radio 4, each of which is streamed. The BBC seems to think that it can put the BBCWS on just a handful of FM outlets and have it survive. I really don't think so. Also, has it occured to them that the decline in SW listeners has been a result of them cutting out whole continents (NAm and Aus) from their services and reducing transmissions to others? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
BBC is very left wing biased (bi-assed) too.I have noticed that for many
years. cuhulin |
Joel Rubin wrote in message hlink.net...
1) When push comes to shove, shortwave frequently goes where the new methods can't. For example, the King of Nepal shut off 'net connections and FM local relays of the Beeb but it is far harder to shut down shortwave. Well said. Actually, the reason FM station (103 MHz) only shut off the Nepali language broadcast (1500-1530 UTC). World service was/is available 24 hours a day in Kathmandu. So was BBC TV on cable networks. Most common folks are rediscovering shortwave once again to listen to Nepali language broadcast from foreign stations. Streaming audio can be heard over Internet for those folks who have access to net. But BBC does need to shut down some transmitters. Nothing more annoying than to tune the shortwave and when you think you found some exotic station, it turns out to be BEEB. |
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