Reduction of entertainment and comedy on BBC Four – What it is with BBC Three, why is it so lucky at escaping cuts? Here is the deal. Kill BBC Three, take that content and put it on BBC1 and BBC2 to stop the repeats and hand me downs from other channels like Discovery so BBC1 and BBC2 have new original content, which IS being made, just not shown on the channels to bolster up an unwanted and un-needed BBC three. Don’t change BBC 4 too much, it’s working and is a great TV alternative to Radio 4.

Extending CBBC finishing time until 9pm. – Great, much needed and called for by parents, couldn’t agree more.

Half of the BBC websites will close, including Strictly Dance Fever and Street Doctor. – Not a fan of their pretty much useless extra content websites, setup in the internet rush to get SOMETHING online and really not needed, please just make these when they are of REAL use and REALLY needed, not just whenever a show starts.

Fewer bespoke programme websites. – As I say, great.

Defining publicly which areas of activity BBC Online will not undertake. – About time they knew who they were and what they were for!

Closure of 6 Music. – Yep, plenty of commercial competition, no need for it to exist.

Closure of Asian Network. – Outrageous, possibly the worst part of this whole package of cuts. This market is not fully covered by the commercial broadcasters and is much needed by the Asian community in the UK. There should be questions asked in parliament about this one!

Radio 2 must become more distinctive with at least 50% of speech during the daytime. – Well, that should kill the UK’s most popular station. REALLY, if it gets 50% more speech, what is Radio 4 for then? This kills Radio 2 and removes the reason for existing of Radio 4. Awful decision.

Investment in local radio breakfast, mid-morning and drive-time shows – but shared content at other times. – I have real questions about the usefulness and quality of local radio via the BBC, not sure a lot of it is really needed, plenty of local independants. I would make less stations and make them cover larger areas, it’s a difficult one but are they needed really?

1Xtra and Radio 7 to be aligned more closely with their parent stations (Radio 5 live and Radio 4). Radio 7 to be rebranded as Radio 4 Extra. – Radio 7 becomes Radio 4 with filler from old radio 4 shows. It’s dead.

The BBC’s commercial arm will move away from publishing magazines in the UK. – So what, they will publish magazines in the rest of the world but us, the people that pay for that original content generation that spawned these magazines will get nothing? Why the penalty to the UK? That REEKS of being political.

Will derive at least two-thirds of its revenue from outside the UK by 2015. – Great, lets have some money coming in, the more the merrier!

Spending on imported programmes and films will be cut by 20% – Strange as they seem to have increased it recently.

Take a read of this news report:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8517726.stm

….We spent £40,000 ($63,000) on a drone to catch criminals…

…then we let them go…

…and it was illegal…

…and it was being used by the police…

Not a good day for anyone really was it

LOL

Was roughly right on the price too.

I would like one, I can see me using it a lot instead of the laptop for browsing, etc.

It is still a lot of money so I don’t know if I will actually get one.

Would be very nice though.

If I had the money I would get one right away for my mother who is technophobic but we could share emails, she could order things online and we could share photos, would be great.

Yes, the much rumoured iPad, iPod Tablet, iSlate, iGiveUp LOL is almost here folks!

I wonder many things right now before it hit’s us in all it’s glory. Was it over rumoured? Is it going to disappoint after all this hype? Will it truly blow our minds? Will it cost too much? Will it only be available to those able to take out yet another mobile credit account in these tough times?

And more to the point am I really going to care after all the fuss has died down?

We shall have to wait and see!

Let us pray:

Our Father, which art in Cupertino,
hallowed be thy name of Jobs;
thy iTablet come;
thy will be done,
in earth as it is in 1 Infinite Loop.
Give us this day our daily news or magazines.
And forgive us our jailbreaking,
as we forgive them that hack against us.
And lead us not into the temptation of Android;
but deliver us from the evil, that Google does.
[For thine is the kingdom,
the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.]
Amen.

LOL

Two Thousand and Ten sounds, I dunno, so 2000 So I guess it’s twenty-ten for me!

I’ve been not so well over the holidays, not well at all, but I am looking forward to getting better and the start of a new decade as the last one was pretty awful for many people including myself.

Not that there weren’t some high points and some great things but it wasn’t the best decade to be honest. Too much death and destruction for a start.

No resolutions, I don’t do them, no point, who ever sticks to them, not me that is for sure.

I did get some nice things for Chrimma and of course my new iPod Touch 3G which will probably be obsolete in a few weeks LOL, I did miss it though. I can do so much now and pause a podcast and go back to it. Not to mention it just marking off the ones I have listened to which is SOOOO helpful. You don’t realise how much better the iPod is until you don’t have one anymore! (Take that as a hint to those that haven’t got one yet, there is a reason so many people get them!)

Anyhoo, I am laying in bed as I write this, no, not naked, awwww and I am about to indulge myself…oooh..in an episode of Big Fatty…awww, Archerr and see what the Little Aussie Battler has been up to and maybe a smidge of Wanda Wisdom or Madge Weinstein to top it all off. I love podcasters!

And no, this post has nothing at all to do with the United States Census 2010, Answer the census they’re counting on you! Just such a catchy tune! Blame Big Fatty for planting that tune in my head and I haven’t been able to shake it out since!

I can’t tell you how much I have missed my iPod Touch!

Just the ability to easily sync things and then do simple things like fast forward or rewind which most other players seem to struggle with even the basics.

Also the sound quality is 10x better, using headphones, than what I had to replace it.

It also means I can go back to listening to soothing background jazz music in my living room when I need to relax a bit as I will be able to move my internet radio back there again.

I am so happy to get this, just a great gift, even if I did make the purchase myself.

Arrived just in time, today, Crimma eve! Phew!

So I am now loading it all up, ready

You can find Kim over at kimbeaver.blogspot.com

Thank you Kim and all of us love you and the joy you bring to the podosphere with your wonderful and often just totally hilarious blog.

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Wonderful Happy New Year.

Thanks guys!

Have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year

A big thank you to Derek and Nessa from the Stars And Tartan podcast for their lovely Crimma card that I received today.

It’s so nice to get the love! Not like Tiger Woods, the non-touchy touchy love I meant LOL

Thanks guys, love the podcast, just so funny, keeps my spirits up and nice to hear a Scottish voice in the podosphere.

I wanted to say a very big thank you to a certain Scotty from the Little Aussie Battler podcast over there in Brisbane, Australia.

I spent a little time upgrading his website to WordPress so he could get access to comments and the like and he has sent me over a couple of gifts from my Amazon WishList.

Now, I wasn’t expecting it as I was just doing the work to help him out but the gifts are were a very welcome and unexpected surprise.

So thank you very much Scotty and everyone go and listen to his podcast, it’s a great listen.

Thanks