This is so funny. Why would you think private channels don't have quality programmes? Furthermore, with 20 commercial channels all of them focusing on what the viewers are watching and if there's groups that are still not targeted by other channels, why do you think public channels would be any better? (they're not, state run broadcasting is just as inefficient as [other] state run companies are!) If there are still non-targeted minorities after 20 (or 50, how many do you have in Germany) commercial channels haven't targeted them, why would 80 million people have to pay for these couple hundred thousand (or even one or two million) people?
I get sick of people saying private channels don't have quality. Public channels are boring! And one biased private channel will be compensated by another biased private channel of the other party! No problem! The market will take care of this, and better than the state can...
Well I think 17 euro is a lot of money per month to pay for two public tv channels, especially when you have dozens of commercial ones. You say you want them, but everybody, even those who don't want them, have to pay for it. I'll take market regulation over this situation any time.
You say commercial tv is almost always rightist/conservative? Here in Holland we got a similar situation with 3 public channels which are subsidised on top of that, and they are, unlike the commercial ones, not appearing independent from political bias at all. And it's state run, so very inefficient. They even have a lot of commercials! No, as to me it is not certain at all if commercial stations always lean to one side of the political spectrum (as in my experience the public ones do!), it costs money, and the programs are not as good as on commercial channels (less market pressure, they get their money anyway), I'd be happy if every channel would be commercial.
I'm thrilled over the potential processing power of the new Xbox. I love my Xbox and more Xbox goodness is headed our way.
It's nice to see someone telling he loves his xbox. The xbox popular image is not so good, perhaps it's not popular to like an m$ product. which is a reason for many people feeling they don't like it, although it's better technology than ps2. Makes me being a bit tired of the m$ bashing.
...we need a forceful overhaul in this country and implement a true democracy where any American 18 or over can cast a vote. The votes are counted and a law is either passed or not passed based on those votes.
That would be great. Although the public would often make stupid decisions because they just don't know much about politics.
In my experience diets and such don't really help in reality. I don't need theories and knowledge too much, I'd rather listen to my body and try methods as running and stuff, you KNOW when you're doing healthy stuff and you KNOW when you lose or gain weight as of certain actions. This is what WORKS for me, and I don't need books for this.
Not too smart. If the cable isn't anchored, the differing forces as result of the transport of material would cause the line to change orbit. In addition atmospheric interference would cause the (very heavy) line to swing and destroy whatever be in its path.
The fact that Einstein's brain was kept by some doctor was never a mystery, the man has been known to give slices of the brain to the scientific community once in a while.
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How about CNN? It's not subsidised......
This is so funny. Why would you think private channels don't have quality programmes?
Furthermore, with 20 commercial channels all of them focusing on what the viewers are watching and if there's groups that are still not targeted by other channels, why do you think public channels would be any better? (they're not, state run broadcasting is just as inefficient as [other] state run companies are!) If there are still non-targeted minorities after 20 (or 50, how many do you have in Germany) commercial channels haven't targeted them, why would 80 million people have to pay for these couple hundred thousand (or even one or two million) people?
I get sick of people saying private channels don't have quality. Public channels are boring! And one biased private channel will be compensated by another biased private channel of the other party! No problem! The market will take care of this, and better than the state can...
Well I think 17 euro is a lot of money per month to pay for two public tv channels, especially when you have dozens of commercial ones.
You say you want them, but everybody, even those who don't want them, have to pay for it. I'll take market regulation over this situation any time.
You say commercial tv is almost always rightist/conservative? Here in Holland we got a similar situation with 3 public channels which are subsidised on top of that, and they are, unlike the commercial ones, not appearing independent from political bias at all. And it's state run, so very inefficient. They even have a lot of commercials!
No, as to me it is not certain at all if commercial stations always lean to one side of the political spectrum (as in my experience the public ones do!), it costs money, and the programs are not as good as on commercial channels (less market pressure, they get their money anyway), I'd be happy if every channel would be commercial.
I'm thrilled over the potential processing power of the new Xbox. I love my Xbox and more Xbox goodness is headed our way.
It's nice to see someone telling he loves his xbox. The xbox popular image is not so good, perhaps it's not popular to like an m$ product. which is a reason for many people feeling they don't like it, although it's better technology than ps2. Makes me being a bit tired of the m$ bashing.
...we need a forceful overhaul in this country and implement a true democracy where any American 18 or over can cast a vote. The votes are counted and a law is either passed or not passed based on those votes.
That would be great. Although the public would often make stupid decisions because they just don't know much about politics.
In my experience diets and such don't really help in reality. I don't need theories and knowledge too much, I'd rather listen to my body and try methods as running and stuff, you KNOW when you're doing healthy stuff and you KNOW when you lose or gain weight as of certain actions. This is what WORKS for me, and I don't need books for this.
Not too smart. If the cable isn't anchored, the differing forces as result of the transport of material would cause the line to change orbit. In addition atmospheric interference would cause the (very heavy) line to swing and destroy whatever be in its path.
The fact that Einstein's brain was kept by some doctor was never a mystery, the man has been known to give slices of the brain to the scientific community once in a while.