Blogging the Beeb

Invading America

The American right is getting worked up about BBC America:

Beware, patriots of all hues, you have good reason to be fearful. Like the classic sci-fi movie "The Invasion of the Body-Snatchers," the infecting of America's national psyche has already begun but almost nobody has noticed.

Since its inauguration in 1998, the cable channel BBC America has grown such that by July 2004 it was available in 40 million U.S. homes, and it's growing further. In January 2006 the BBC announced a deal with Discovery to bring its 24-hour news channel, BBC World News, to every American home.

And the papers

The Guardian says OFCOM will be able to assess the BBC's market impact. Greg Dyke comments on the proposals on governance in particular.

Blogs on White Paper

The bloggers are out in force in advance of the BBC White Paper publication.

Here's Stephen Pollard.

And Mediawatchwatch.

And Laban at Biased-BBC.

OFCOMwatch had this interview with Select Committee Chair John Whittingdale last week.

Gilligan

Gilligan attacks Marsh.

Yawn.

Homophobes?

Is the BBC 'institutionally homophobic' as researchers claim?

Play for Today

The BBC may bring back the Play for Today.

Radio 4

Gauche wants more changes to radio 4.

Other blogging of the Beeb

I'm starting to worry that Biased-BBC is going soft on the Beeb!

This is the only pro-BBC blog in the village.

Cultural Cringe

Too busy to post before, but this can't be missed: former BBC Television MD Will Wyatt has weighed into the BBC's coverage of Islam and Christianity online.

The Beeb is looking into it.

UK Theme update

The Radio 4 UK theme came up in Prime Minister's Questions yesterday and is now the subject of Commons Early Day Motions. The Independent gives a musical analysis of the tunes.