“ The BBC is systematically failing to meet the principles Of Public service Broadcasting” Discuss

The BBC is not meeting the PSB criteria, which is quite poor of them as they are a PSB. Due to them not doing this it is exiling watchers and could have several implications for them. The principles of Public Service Broadcasting were set out to help the viewer get what they were paying for and there are eight key principles. They could lose funding and is doing this, as they cannot be bothered to change the schedule.

They are still keeping to some of the key principles but they are not keeping to all of them. This is shown by lots of the same genre of television shows on during daytime television. They are still making them available to everyone but if it is only appealing to a small minority then it could be seen as they are trying to turn away viewers. 

They need to cater for the smaller groups but having this many of the same type of show is not a good idea as they wont have a range of audiences. As they do have them though it is a good thing but it needs to be controlled. One of the main principles is too appeal to a range of audiences, which they are not doing if they are showing so many of the same genre. If they changed what they showed then they would be fulfilling the criteria. They are not reflecting the national identity by showing lots of the same show. As they are doing this they are making us look like a country that only likes to buy and is very old fashioned. This is shown in programmes like “cash in the Attic” and “ Antiques Road show”.  You could show people old British comedies which they are starting to do with “Only Falls and Horses”. They made sketches such as “Black Adder “and “Monty Python” which could be shown to show part of what our nation is about. The daily mail also did an article on this which highlighted the issues with showing too much of the same shows. They see it as an outrage and even show that people in the BBC are not happy with the way the schedule is run.

The BBC should be should have new ideas that it can be showing and having new programing innovations. This is definitely not being shown if they are showing the same shows. They could try new ideas and see if people like them at these times, which may gain them lots more views. If the ratings dropped then they would know that what they were doing wasn’t working but if the increased then they could try them at different times.

They should be trying to get the best shows out that they can which will appeal to everyone. If they are getting out the best shows that they can then the ratings will start to increase for certain times. Even if it doesn’t then they will still be showing the breadth if British television and promoting what we can do on the television.

 The are starting to change though as they have started to pioneer putting on other shows at these times and have said they will cut some of the shows next year and add different shows according to the daily mail. This means they are taking steps forward to meeting the criteria.

Overall, the BBC is not doing what they need to be doing to fulfil the key principles but this may change. They are not using enough genres of shows and are using the same types of shows one after the other. This goes against many f the key principles and this must change otherwise the BBC may come under lots more criticism. They have been doing tis for a long time so they have been doing it deliberately.