BBC report

I thought that Tom Nichols presentation on the BBC was very interesting. I had no idea that the BBC actually had interesting things on it. I know that wasn't the main focus of the presentation but that is what interested me the most. I always thought that the BBC was Englands version of the PBS. In my opinion that is very boring. He informed us that up until recently that was true but there are now shows that entertain more than educate now. You would never see a show like the one Tom showed us on PBS. He did indicate that the viewing of BBC is going down and will continue to go down because viewers are now watching with computers and satellite companies instead to get more entertainment out of their T.V. watching. Tom told us that the government claims they will be keeping track of who is watching T.V. over the Internet or satellite, but he also said he thinks that is a bluff because he doesn't know how they would be able to do that.
The entire history of the BBC wasn't exactly interesting to me, but when i think about what i learned about how television works in England and how that differs from how the United States runs their T.V. stations it got me a little more interested in the industry. I think its very cool how they moniter what people watch and that effects what is broad casted. I also thought it was interesting that Tom said we will not be living by scheduled T.V. programs in the near future, because its all going online and you can watch it on your time, when you want. I am already seeing this happen with hulu and other sites of that nature. I wont be surprised at all when that day comes now.