Great article as usual Ed. I agree with you. The creator community is so diverse today, the bbc still thinks it’s all about “indies” and, with a few notable exceptions, there hardly any left. But today creators encompass everything for lone podcasters to tiktokers and everything in between. The bbc lost sight of who or what it serves years ago. To define a customer as a licence fee payer is short sighted. The BBC’s customers are the people of this country. Not viewers or listeners people who are neither can and are still served by the bbc. It feeds our culture, our lines of communication, it should ask questions on our behalf and it should serve as a shop widow and calling card for the country not for the programmes the bbc makes. The short sightedness and the inherent lack of broad vision are staggering.
Great article as usual Ed. I agree with you. The creator community is so diverse today, the bbc still thinks it’s all about “indies” and, with a few notable exceptions, there hardly any left. But today creators encompass everything for lone podcasters to tiktokers and everything in between. The bbc lost sight of who or what it serves years ago. To define a customer as a licence fee payer is short sighted. The BBC’s customers are the people of this country. Not viewers or listeners people who are neither can and are still served by the bbc. It feeds our culture, our lines of communication, it should ask questions on our behalf and it should serve as a shop widow and calling card for the country not for the programmes the bbc makes. The short sightedness and the inherent lack of broad vision are staggering.
Many thanks Jonathan -you point about Indies is a very valuable one and I wish I had included it myself!