Date: Sun, 11 May 1997 00:07:14 -0400 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul Richards <p.richards@elsevier.co.uk> Cc: Iain Templeton <iaint@CU-SeeMe.educ.utas.edu.au>, Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM>, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: And now for something completely different Message-ID: <8415.863323634@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "06 May 1997 17:38:00 BST." <57rafkr1xz.fsf@tees.elsevier.co.uk>
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Paul Richards wrote in message ID <57rafkr1xz.fsf@tees.elsevier.co.uk>: > The amount of money being granted to the BBC has I think been in > steady decline. A fairly obvious indication is the number of major > sporting events that it has lost the contracts for, either to the > commercial stations or the satellite stations. Possibly, but it's probably more likely that the commercial stations will have more clout when it comes to raising revenue (i.e. they go to Nike and say `you want an ad during Wimbledon? The rate is double the normal for that time of day'), where the BBC doesn't have that option. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info
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