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[JonathanEx]

Oh god Trevor Nelson is back (turns on commentary free stream)

 

[mrklaw]

Anyone watched events in 3D?

 

[Empty]

just catching up with the bbc montage show tonight.

this team gb olympic rundown with the welsh guy narrating is incredible.

 

[inky]

BBC > ALL.

 

[rodvik]

Will buy.

Day 1

 

[LTWheels]

Amazing montage, BBC have been wonderful! Team GB too!



Will also buy.

I would buy a whole boxset of everything broadcasts this fortnight.

 

[Dark Schala]

CTV's Team GB montage is pretty decent so far! :O

 

[AngryMoth]

Another amazing bbc montage incoming

 

[Joel Was Right]

There's a separate company, BBC Worldwide, that receives no subsidies, and sells stuff like this.

But what exactly are they selling? Content created by the public, right? Just creating a separate company that gets no funding directly doesn't lessen the fact that such a company is reselling what we paid for, surely? Like I said, if we already paid for the content then I dont mind paying for the plastic case and the DVD disc itself, but these products are full price comparable to movies and other collection sets. I can understand it for other countries, but whats the purpose behind BBC Worldwide in the UK as a company for profit?

Stop whining. You really think the BBC can afford to produce a blu-ray disk and ship it for free to millions of houses?

Didn't I just say they should charge for that (only) in the very post you quoted?

 

[Wes]

ANOTHER MONTAGEEEEEEEE

WITH BONUS CURIOSITYYYYYY

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Anyone else think that Clare Balding was the best BBC presenter?

 

[numble]

But what exactly are they selling? Content created by the public, right? Just creating a separate company that gets no funding directly doesn't lessen the fact that such a company is reselling what we paid for, surely? Like I said, if we already paid for the content then I dont mind paying for the plastic case and the DVD disc itself, but these products are full price comparable to movies and other collection sets. I can understand it for other countries, but whats the purpose behind BBC Worldwide in the UK as a company for profit?

Your taxes don't pay for everything, it's as simple as that. They could raise your taxes instead of supplementing their funding with these products, but would you really want that?

 

[LTWheels]

ANOTHER MONTAGEEEEEEEE

WITH BONUS CURIOSITYYYYYY

BBC ANNOUNCING BBC MARS!!!!!!!

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

dem production values

 

[smallios74]

Anyone watched events in 3D?

Im recording this highlights thing and the closing ceremony, heard the visuals from the opening was fantastic but sound ha a problem.

 

[Mecha_Infantry]

Epic Bbc montage

 

[JonathanEx]

But what exactly are they selling? Content created by the public, right? Just creating a separate company that gets no funding directly doesn't lessen the fact that such a company is reselling what we paid for, surely? Like I said, if we already paid for the content then I dont mind paying for the plastic case and the DVD disc itself, but these products are full price comparable to movies and other collection sets. I can understand it for other countries, but whats the purpose behind BBC Worldwide in the UK as a company for profit?

BBC Worldwide licenses the BBC's content/brands to use for commercial reasons. And BBC gets the money, meaning they don't need to hike the licence fee.

 

[Jezbollah]

"You could hear a pin drop"

no, that was a plastic bottle.

 

[Zampano]

Yay more BBC God-tier documentary! Bow down mortal colonial broadcasters! Your imperial overlords are showing you how it's done!

 

[Wes]

Anyone else think that Clare Balding was the best BBC presenter?

By miles. Inverdale was terrible.

 

[Zaph]

But what exactly are they selling? Content created by the public, right? Just creating a separate company that gets no funding directly doesn't lessen the fact that such a company is reselling what we paid for, surely? Like I said, if we already paid for the content then I dont mind paying for the plastic case and the DVD disc itself, but these products are full price comparable to movies and other collection sets. I can understand it for other countries, but whats the purpose behind BBC Worldwide in the UK as a company for profit?



Didn't I just say they should charge for that (only) in the very post you quoted?

Jesus. Are you just being deliberately contrarian?

All profits from BBC's commercial endeavours (DVDs, sub-licensing, international sales etc) are fed back into next year's budget.

 

[LTWheels]

Best pundit, Thorpe.

 

[Tea and Toast]

But what exactly are they selling? Content created by the public, right? Just creating a separate company that gets no funding directly doesn't lessen the fact that such a company is reselling what we paid for, surely? Like I said, if we already paid for the content then I dont mind paying for the plastic case and the DVD disc itself, but these products are full price comparable to movies and other collection sets. I can understand it for other countries, but whats the purpose behind BBC Worldwide in the UK as a company for profit?



Didn't I just say they should charge for that (only) in the very post you quoted?

I'm sure there is a fair amount of editing involved which costs money. They don't just slap the footage on a disc and hope for the best.

 

[Juicy Bob]

Usain Bolt.

When you overshadow the most successful Olympian of all time in two consecutive Games, that's when you know you're the greatest athlete in the world.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Your taxes don't pay for everything, it's as simple as that. They could raise your taxes instead of supplementing their funding with these products, but would you really want that?

Who, but the public, funds the BBC exactly? If the rationale here is that those public funds do not pay for the packaging and distribution of DVDs and Blu-Rays, then I accept that, and like I said, we should pay for that, but nothing more because it comes across as an attempt to resell the same product. There are some things the BBC cant do, that are beyond its budget, for example running their 606 website forum (they had to close that down due to finances), but media that is directly paid for by the public? Shouldn't be normal pricing on the shelves IMO

 

[Kurtofan]

How did Brazil fuck up so much in the volley?What happened was unbelievable.

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

Finally the dubstep!

 

[Joel Was Right]

Jesus. Are you just being deliberately contrarian?

All profits from BBC's commercial endeavours (DVDs, sub-licensing, international sales etc) are fed back into next year's budget.

Ah okay. Fair enough

 

[zephervack]

How can i watch the bbc montages? Any links please!

 

[numble]

Who, but the public, funds the BBC exactly? If the rationale here is that those public funds do not pay for the packaging and distribution of DVDs and Blu-Rays, then I accept that, and like I said, we should pay for that, but nothing more because it comes across as an attempt to resell the same product. There are some things the BBC cant do, that are beyond its budget, for example running their 606 website forum (they had to close that down due to finances), but media that is directly paid for by the public? Shouldn't be normal pricing on the shelves IMO

Your license fees do not fully fund all the programming on the BBC. These types of products supplement the shortfall in funding between the costs of the BBC programming and the funding it receives from the license fee. They could raise your license fees instead of selling these products; I guess that's what you're arguing for, more taxes.

 

[Oxx]

I wish they had broadcast the whole 200m from the overhead camera.

 

[Jensen]

Anyone else think that Clare Balding was the best BBC presenter?

Her, Jake Humphrey and Manish were by far the best. A lot of good pundits but Micheal Johnson was again the stand out.

 

[Joel Was Right]

Your license fees do not fully fund all the programming on the BBC. These types of products supplement the shortfall in funding between the costs of the BBC programming and the funding it receives from the license fee. They could raise your license fees instead of selling these products; I guess that's what you're arguing for, more taxes.

Hypothetically speaking, if we did pay more through our licence fees, would these DVDs become 'free' or offered at a cut price? Whats the likelihood of that?

 

[rodvik]

Who, but the public, funds the BBC exactly? If the rationale here is that those public funds do not pay for the packaging and distribution of DVDs and Blu-Rays, then I accept that, and like I said, we should pay for that, but nothing more because it comes across as an attempt to resell the same product. There are some things the BBC cant do, that are beyond its budget, for example running their 606 website forum (they had to close that down due to finances), but media that is directly paid for by the public? Shouldn't be normal pricing on the shelves IMO

I got this guys.

Lookee here man! Woo! Shiney! Invincibles!

Ok that should keep him happy for a few hours

 

[Atrophis]

I need to catch this montage show on iplayer later. Still travelling back from London. The fucking heat there today was gruelling

 

[BrokenSymmetry]

Anyone else think that Clare Balding was the best BBC presenter?

Yes, but biggest surprise was Gabby Logan in Olympics Tonight. Made that a great show at the end of each day.

 

[mclem]

How can i watch the bbc montages? Any links please!

Live only right now, so only if you've got a means of watching the BBC live. There have been several in the thread in the past.

Edit: Your call if you do, of course, but can I suggest that people from elsewhere who did so give serious consideration to importing that DVD or Blu-Ray (or indeed purchasing your local version if it exists)? It'll help fund more content of that quality!

 

[Zaph]

Hypothetically speaking, if we did pay more through our licence fees, would these DVDs become 'free' or offered at a cut price? Whats the likelihood of that?

No. Because it would create a cottage industry of people buying them in bulk and selling them internationally.

 

[Adamm]

Epic stuff on BBC

 

[D_prOdigy]

Hypothetically speaking, if we did pay more through our licence fees, would these DVDs become 'free' or offered at a cut price? Whats the likelihood of that?

I know you're obviously not, but you keep sounding as though you're being forced to buy these DVDs.

 

[numble]

Hypothetically speaking, if we did pay more through our licence fees, would these DVDs become 'free' or offered at a cut price? Whats the likelihood of that?

If there was no BBC Worldwide, I doubt they'd raise license fees high enough to start offering free or discounted physical merchandise for all license payers.

 

[Nolan.]

The BBC are masters of the art of montage I swear I don't think iv'e ever seen them do a bad one this is why I will miss F1 on the BBC

 

[Zampano]

I was in London today watching the wrestling finals and ceremonies, and was able to get home to Manchester within three hours of leaving the venue. The logistics and public transport organisation has been exemplary.

 

[RivalCore]

This China vs USA montage is epic. Actually Epic! Go BBC!

 

[DemonNite]

BBC this is just epic.. thank u

 

[ezrarh]

I know the word "epic" is overused but the fucking BBC and their montages man. Amazing.

 

[bud]

is this from the cast away theme? sounds very familiar.

edit: i'm 99% sure it's from the l.o.t.r. soundtrack.

 

[Aizu_Itsuko]

What the... was the whole thread like these last few pages? Hahaha.

US people, European people, everyone else... stop embarrasing the rest of us!

Unbelievable how immature people are in this thread.

WOOHOO USA

Yes... but you are one of them!

 

[Deadman]

Now we need a montage of montages

 

[giga]