tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post5164922807588498472..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: Steve Hewlett, the Media Show and the question nobody in the media can answerDavid Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-84261855832066768302011-10-19T19:54:13.677+01:002011-10-19T19:54:13.677+01:00Totally agree about the very irritating ego of Hum...Totally agree about the very irritating ego of Humphries. I switch off when he does his set piece 'big' interview of the day, as it is so predictable, and a waste of the valuable short time he has to elicit some useful information.Ian Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284916292058737320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-70818969898507910902011-10-18T10:11:00.780+01:002011-10-18T10:11:00.780+01:00The most gob-smacking item on that excellent podca...The most gob-smacking item on that excellent podcast was the revelation that the BBC pays (sic) BSkyB something like £10 million per year for "re-transmitting" BBC's entire output. And most Sky viewers spend more than 50% of their viewing hours "consuming" the BBC items in their paid-for "packages".<br /><br />A little late in the day it appears Mark Thompson is "raising the issue" of their biggest competitor (who is out-bidding the BBC for major sporting events) being PAID to include the World's greatest TV and Radio channels in their packages. <br /><br />Make THEM pay the BBC £50m per annum for all this quality stuff and lets see how the sums add up then.<br /><br />My dander, which is normally borderline comotose, is well and truly up!!!Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09430706557035189147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-91571067890177421772011-10-17T12:07:40.692+01:002011-10-17T12:07:40.692+01:00I think we're all finding the Paxman/Humphries...I think we're all finding the Paxman/Humphries interrogation approach very tiring now; it's like playing against Arsenal - everyone knows how to nullify them, thus preventing the blows from landing.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.com