Great British Bake Off 2016
Discussion
Biker 1 said:
vxr8mate said:
The Beeb will pay whatever it takes to keep Premier footy highlights, but everything else appears to be expendable.
I think they may have missjudged this one.
I'm not sure what they paid, but clearly nothing compared to Sky/BT for live matches. I enjoy football, & Match of the Day is a good format, but its on sooooo late.... Oh, sorry, this thread was about some baking, far more important than EPL I think they may have missjudged this one.
Gandahar said:
smithyithy said:
Is that what they were asking or what they were offered?
They were offered £15mChannel 4 was prepared to give them a lot more dough.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37349...
I don't get the news stories about TGBB being lost. Viewers only have to press the button marked '4' on their remote controls next year. Oh look, there it is. Or do the media think that the BBC viewers are too snobbish to watch Channel 4, which is after all another publicly owned channel, just like the BBC in every way but it's funding.
Truckosaurus said:
FourWheelDrift said:
...just like the BBC in every way but it's funding.
Doesn't C4 get a cut of the licence fee in exchange for producing certain public-interest content?So, as I read it, the BBC go to a Production Company and give a programme air time without any kick back, it goes balistic on the ratings and is so successful the Production Company then dictate to the BBC how much they want to do another season.
Shouldnt someone in the BBC be fired for one or more of:
a) Entering into an agreement where ALL of the value of a programme is with the Production Company and NONE with the BBC
b) Even THINKING of paying £70m for the next season WITHOUT thinking 'hey why dont we have an in-house production company and start it with say £10m, to then fund years of doing our OWN programme formats and programmes
I just dont get why the BBC are over a barrel on things like this - it is they who should be dictating terms not the other way round, they should have in house writers and producers and save an absolute fortune. Lets face it the Bake Off isn't exactly rocket science in its format is it!!!
In a different scenario Mary and Mr stehouse et al would be quite happy to work for a few hundred grand a year and the celebs and punters would do it for free. The BBC provided the format and air time and promotion so due to their ineptness have generated a value they have no part of and cant afford to buy - mad!
Shouldnt someone in the BBC be fired for one or more of:
a) Entering into an agreement where ALL of the value of a programme is with the Production Company and NONE with the BBC
b) Even THINKING of paying £70m for the next season WITHOUT thinking 'hey why dont we have an in-house production company and start it with say £10m, to then fund years of doing our OWN programme formats and programmes
I just dont get why the BBC are over a barrel on things like this - it is they who should be dictating terms not the other way round, they should have in house writers and producers and save an absolute fortune. Lets face it the Bake Off isn't exactly rocket science in its format is it!!!
In a different scenario Mary and Mr stehouse et al would be quite happy to work for a few hundred grand a year and the celebs and punters would do it for free. The BBC provided the format and air time and promotion so due to their ineptness have generated a value they have no part of and cant afford to buy - mad!
Mel and Sue wont be moving to C4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37355...
KTF said:
Mel and Sue wont be moving to C4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37355...
Seems Channel 4 have paid a lot for not that much now.Bradgate said:
TheInternet said:
Without half the presenters (at least).
Awful decision by C4 IMO. Paul and Mary have them by the balls too.
Agreed, but I wouldn't be surprised if Mary tells them where to stuff it too. Awful decision by C4 IMO. Paul and Mary have them by the balls too.
FourWheelDrift said:
I don't get the news stories about TGBB being lost. Viewers only have to press the button marked '4' on their remote controls next year. Oh look, there it is. Or do the media think that the BBC viewers are too snobbish to watch Channel 4, which is after all another publicly owned channel, just like the BBC in every way but it's funding.
A friend of my wife's has Facebooked that she won't watch it on C4. I bet there's loads of people who only ever watch BBC.Bradgate said:
TheInternet said:
Without half the presenters (at least).
Awful decision by C4 IMO. Paul and Mary have them by the balls too.
Agreed, but I wouldn't be surprised if Mary tells them where to stuff it too. Awful decision by C4 IMO. Paul and Mary have them by the balls too.
Plus I believe Mary's historical cookery related shows over the many decades have always been broadcast via the BBC too?
I have a feeling C4 will now have little option to turn it into a 2 way commercial show with all that entails, including product placement, sponsorship, celeb spinoff version, etc.
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