WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR THE BBC?
- It is said that BBC 3 will be moving online because what can be offered this way is _______________________ and more _______________________ than anything they had on TV.
- This is a traditional BBC policy: when forced by _____________________ to do something they don’t want to do, the company says it’s is the best thing they could possibly be doing.
- According to Steve Hewlett, online broadcasting is not the most _____________________ thing to do.
- However, _____________________ of the viewers think that it should be left as it is.
- If going online happens, a(n) _____________________ in viewership is to be expected among key audiences, such as
- _____________________people,
- minority _____________________ viewers,
- women from _____________________ families.
- Steve Hewlett thinks that TV is still the _____________________ way that people access the information, though.
- There will still be a _________________________ cut in the content budget.
- The Guardian suggests that there is still a _____________________ shortfall [1]in the forecast budget of the BBC.
- The reason for this shortfall lies in the fact that people watching TV on iPlayer do not have to pay for _______________________.
- If you do not watch TV at the time it is being _____________________, if you only watch it on demand catch-up[2], _______________________ you do not have to pay for it.
[1] Shortfall: deficit.
[2] On demand catch-up: a system for watching TV programmes after they have been broadcast, using a computer, phone, etc. that is connected to the internet.
KEY
- BETTER – DISTINCTIVE
- CIRCUMSTANCES
- UNREASONABLE
- (ABOUT) 80%
- DECLINE – YOUNG – ETHNIC – LOWER INCOME
- PREDOMINANT
- 50%
- 150 MILLION POUND
- A LICENSEE / A LICENSE FEE
- BROADCAST – LEGALLY
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