Celebrating the best in diversity and creativity at the CDN Awards 2011

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Congratulations on the creativity and the diversity award.

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Hi Heather! As Mr. Thompson does not seem to read or comment on his own blog, could you perhaps let him know how angry I am to be described by him today as a "sub-set". This is not very nice at all: it's not my fault I'm poor! I work for the NHS. Anyway, let him know I'm off. I'm saving for a Freesat kit and I'll no longer be a burden to you or him. Thirty years of listening to the World Service, 20 years of preferring the BBC to the commercial lot and he thinks I'm a sub-set. How patronising can you get! I see that the majority of the diversity and creativity awards went to commercial free-to-air broadcasters and it's them I'll be watching from now on.

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Pathetic BBC censorship. Where has free speech gone. The BBC needs to wake up and realise that it’s attitude towards it’s fee paying customers needs to change.



Keep on slapping your backs and telling yourselves what a good job your doing. You would be just a small independent TV and Radio Broadcaster without the licence fee tax. Remember we pay your wages and you treat us with total disregard.



Your awards mean nothing and I take back my congratulations to you.

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Hi Heather, I'd like to offer genuine gratitude for your response.



The reason the folk here have resorted to posting on this blog is because the complaints dept. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/%29 offer such a shockingly poor service. Like countless others I received a generic automated response to my F1 complaint and zero follow up to my response. I'm sure you will agree this is unacceptable.



Where does one go to complain about the complaints process?



Similarly, Mr Gallop refuses point blank to engage with those who comment on his blog. Is this acceptable?



I do agree BBC conversation should be kept on topic, and I don't doubt that all the F1 posters would be happy to do so on the F1 blog's if there was any hope of them receiving anything other than an automated response.

Why can't Mr err err umm err err Thompson be bothered to read or reply on his own blog ?

@30. Beschy



I have to agree about the BBC complaints department, they are not diverse or creative with their replies, they simply send out auto-replies, and they now send out auto-replies that state they will respond within 10 working days, which they rarely do, and when you complain about that you just get the same auto-reply again.



But what can you do? The BBC refuse to engage with viewers who are not 'on-message'.

They refuse to engage with us because we are a sub-set, soon we'll have to wear identifying badges and made to sit on different seats from the BBC elite.

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Does any one at the BBC actually read or reply to any of their blogs, come on err aggh Thompson the subset would lake answers?

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I think Mark Thompson has been advised not to reply, as there have been quite a few complaints made through the BBC complaints link about his 'choice of phrase'.

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Congratulations on the creativity and the diversity award.



@29, It seemed like censorship as most comments from 18-28 were classed as alright for a week or so before being removed, some were also on topic though I guess we agree to disagree on that.



Most are simply looking for reasoning behind the decisions and answers to some of the questions on Ben Gallop's BBC blog https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sporteditors/2011/11/bbc_formula_1_an_update.html



Kind regards, J

Hello Heather,



This isn't going to go away you know, there are a lot very angry people who would actually like to be listened to for once. I realise it isn't your fault, but if I were you I'd strongly advise Mr Thompson to read his own blog or at least let him know that there is a large 'sub-set' of BBC viewers who are extremely annoyed with him and the BBC over their shameful treatment concerning the F1 debacle.



Of course, if he'd rather continue to play hardball with us then I'm sure deteriorating viewing figures will eventually persuade him to sit up and take note, because that is what is going to happen. It would probably be wise for him to consider this: F1 fans don't only tune in to the BBC to watch their favourite sport...

The reason so many comments have been removed is that the BBC doesn't like the diverse range of opinions, the BBC likes viewers to be on message and not show any diversity.

Well only the BBC could pay £22 million for the idea of a show they already held the rights to since the 1920s. The Voice = Radio. That yank must have seen you coming as they say there is one born every minute and they all seem to be working in the BBC. What has happened to the art of negotiating. FOM had a concord agreement which prevented Sky getting involved and when Bernie said give me more money as I have to pay for my daughters new homes the beeb rolled over and coughed up. Shame on you! BTW I have an idea for a programme I'll let you buy it for £5 million bargain not even 25% of the Voice cost.



Remeber there has been a ruling that if you don't watch a TV programme when it goes out live and you pick it up of Iplayer and the like later you don't need to have a licence. You antagonise your paymasters at your peril

@40.Dave



Exactly, the Voice is hardly a diverse or distinct programme. it's just a very expensive copy of commercial TV's karaoke shows that already litter the schedules.



As for the Concorde, it currently prevents Sky for having exclusive coverage, although Whitmarsh and Parr are trying to change that, as it was Parr in Canada that suggested the BBC approach Sky.



While Bernie said: "The BBC held all the cards, the BBC got to grips with Sky themselves. I spoke with ITV too, and came up with the same problem as Channel 4 had. We had a contract with the BBC which didn't run out until 2014. My hands were tied, the BBC brought Sky to us with the idea of a joint contract, It was not us (FOM) who made that decision."



And Norbert Haug also said: "I think you need to see things right, it was BBC taking the decision, the initiative (came) from the BBC.



The initiative came from the BBC, with the blessings of FOTA's chairman (Whitmarsh), and executive committee member (Parr).



Whitmarsh went on to say: "There won't be a premium for watching Formula 1 on Sky, and it's better than expected, The BBC will show every grand prix in full, half of them live and half of them deferred, so free-to-air is available to everyone."



Which turned out not to be true. As there most definitely is a premium payment to watch F1 on Sky, and the BBC are not showing every GP in full etc.

Such strong-handed moderation - I'm only sorry that I can't see what had been said. No doubt those comments strayed too far from the knife edge that is staying on topic. Hardly celebrating diversity. So in a bid to stay on topic I'd just like to say - ENDEMOL? Who have given us such classics as 'Golden Balls' and 'Deal or No Deal' and not forgetting the truly creative 'Big Brother' which as we all know is renowned for reinventing itself (as the same old drivel), year on year.



Walking that knife edge though... I must say that the comments here (and lack of!) have been a great deal more interesting than the original article. Now I'm just holding a sweepstake with myself to see how long it is before comments are closed!



Exciting! This is more like it, BBC!

@42.awittyusername



You forgot 'Don't Scare the Hare', ... that BBC classic.



Head of Entertainment at Endemol UK, Nick Mather said: "Don't Scare The Hare is an innovative new format and it's hugely exciting to be making this large-scale studio show for BBC One." ... (and the BBC are paying a fortune for it)



It was pulled after 6 episodes because it got just 900k viewers.