There has recently been some fuss about the move of Bake Off to Channel 4. In the past, C4 has had some decent programmes.
The Downton Abbey series was very popular, and well done for those who like that sort of thing.
Currently there is one decent enough ITV programme - Victoria.
I thought I'd try to get my iPad working with ITV, C4 and also Channel 5. There are Apps for all of these, but they don't work so well with casting to a big TV.
However, what is really obvious, having tried to overcome the technical issues, is how impoverished and dumbed down about 95+% of the programme conent is on these channels. We may bemoan what's happening to the BBC, but we should continue to do so, as we sure don't want it to sink to the level of these others.
Using the iPad and trying to "cast", flash pages appear telling me that I have to accept ads, because "it's not fair that programme makers don't get paid ...". I suppose my view might be that if that's what most of those programme makers are going to produce, then I don't want to pay them anyway!
The flash pages sometimes last for minutes, then still sometimes fail to deliver the programmes. The BBC may be going downhill, but it has a very long way to go before it reaches the depths of some of the other channels - though it may be trying. Also, in the case of C4, the argument about public service broadcasting is just nonsense. Apart from the news and weather (which are probably OK), there's very little else. I do not regret paying a licence fee if it goes to help keep the BBC away from commercialism and advertising, and helps them to at least attempt to keep standards up.
The Downton Abbey series was very popular, and well done for those who like that sort of thing.
Currently there is one decent enough ITV programme - Victoria.
I thought I'd try to get my iPad working with ITV, C4 and also Channel 5. There are Apps for all of these, but they don't work so well with casting to a big TV.
However, what is really obvious, having tried to overcome the technical issues, is how impoverished and dumbed down about 95+% of the programme conent is on these channels. We may bemoan what's happening to the BBC, but we should continue to do so, as we sure don't want it to sink to the level of these others.
Using the iPad and trying to "cast", flash pages appear telling me that I have to accept ads, because "it's not fair that programme makers don't get paid ...". I suppose my view might be that if that's what most of those programme makers are going to produce, then I don't want to pay them anyway!
The flash pages sometimes last for minutes, then still sometimes fail to deliver the programmes. The BBC may be going downhill, but it has a very long way to go before it reaches the depths of some of the other channels - though it may be trying. Also, in the case of C4, the argument about public service broadcasting is just nonsense. Apart from the news and weather (which are probably OK), there's very little else. I do not regret paying a licence fee if it goes to help keep the BBC away from commercialism and advertising, and helps them to at least attempt to keep standards up.
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