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The Best Way for the BBC to Save Money?
The point is a simple one [in the US] it's the free-to-air networks who invest the most in broadcast content, they're also the most popular networks in the US cable and satellite environments, so isn't it reasonable that the distributors should pay the networks a charge in return for the right to carry them? The man who made that case is Rupert Murdoch and in America he's winning the argument – Fox is now receiving distribution fees from the cable companies. So why not introduce retransmission fees in the UK as well?
The Best Way for the BBC to Save Money?
The point is a simple one [in the US] it's the free-to-air networks who invest the most in broadcast content, they're also the most popular networks in the US cable and satellite environments, so isn't it reasonable that the distributors should pay the networks a charge in return for the right to carry them? The man who made that case is Rupert Murdoch and in America he's winning the argument – Fox is now receiving distribution fees from the cable companies. So why not introduce retransmission fees in the UK as well?
Thank You for Making Things Better XKCD
Is it Time to Give Nick Clegg a Break Yet? Parliamentary Reform Edition.
A future government draft bill would contain plans for an 80:20 split but there would be a provision for a fully elected chamber if that is "what people want", he told MPs, appealing for a cross-party consensus on the issue
Labour attacked the plan, contained in a draft bill, and argued the Liberal Democrat leader should have stuck to his party's commitment to a wholly-elected upper House of Parliament
"Personally I have always supported 100% elected, but the key thing is not to make the best the enemy of the good.
"Is this yet another tatty roadshow brought to us by the same people who thought the British people wanted the alternative vote?" Tory MP Bernard Jenkin said. "If he really believes that the British people want this reform, why does he not submit these proposals to a referendum and let the British people decide."
Dispatches from the Robot Apocalypse – Part XII
The Predators fly lower than gunships like the AC-130 or attack planes like the A-10. Their sensor and camera suites give them better visibility than human pilots have, reducing the risk of collateral damage. And they can fly for 24 hours at a time, providing “extended persistence.”
But chalk up another milestone for drone warfare. First they hunted terrorists and insurgents. Now they’re going to shoot missiles at dug-in armor and mobile infantry forces, all so the United States can pretend it’s not expanding its involvement in a war conceived on the fly. What can’t robots do?