It's the same with Canadian television. Pre-2000 its full of interesting, educational programming, post-2000 its a wasteland (not including Pre-Netflix Trailer Park Boys).
The idea that you could cheaply and affordably replay lectures with video, demonstrate concepts visually, show foreign lands and peoples, all with low cost of production was captivating to many.
Computers were initially seen by educators as a path to interactive TV. Making it easy to find video info, and to index it, even rotate images (repair videos and part assemble for example).
Point is, TV was seen a more than entertainment, it was a tool that could be employed to teach. Computers more so.
Then the Internet came, and it was at first mostly educational, intellectual. Sort of the inverse of what it is now.
Once everything exploded, it became entertainment primarily. Sort of like TV. The educational aspect is there, but muted.
Obtaining information from potentially interactive websites is better in every way than via TV. It’s obsolete technology.
Therefore, the BBC needs to transition to a website that happens to send signals out via TV for legacy users, but primarily, it’s competing with TikTok/Youtube/Khan Academy/Instagram/Whatsapp/Reddit/Disney/Comcast/Netflix/Sony/WarnerBros Discovery/etc. They all compete with each other, globally.
BBC sells minutes of entertainment/education/etc, and there are a fixed number of minutes in a day.
b112|9 months ago
The idea that you could cheaply and affordably replay lectures with video, demonstrate concepts visually, show foreign lands and peoples, all with low cost of production was captivating to many.
Computers were initially seen by educators as a path to interactive TV. Making it easy to find video info, and to index it, even rotate images (repair videos and part assemble for example).
Point is, TV was seen a more than entertainment, it was a tool that could be employed to teach. Computers more so.
Then the Internet came, and it was at first mostly educational, intellectual. Sort of the inverse of what it is now.
Once everything exploded, it became entertainment primarily. Sort of like TV. The educational aspect is there, but muted.
lotsofpulp|9 months ago
Therefore, the BBC needs to transition to a website that happens to send signals out via TV for legacy users, but primarily, it’s competing with TikTok/Youtube/Khan Academy/Instagram/Whatsapp/Reddit/Disney/Comcast/Netflix/Sony/WarnerBros Discovery/etc. They all compete with each other, globally.
BBC sells minutes of entertainment/education/etc, and there are a fixed number of minutes in a day.
unknown|9 months ago
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