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Bbc local radio and all the nations radio. they simply are not commercially sustainable, given their audience level and the costs involved. nobody would touch them in a privatised world and try and make money out of them. theyre simply not commercially sustainable. so this isnt about making a kind of kneejerk "defend the bbc" case? no, absolutely. this is about thinking about the rest of the radio industry... absolutely. ..and how the commercial world would be affected? well, not only would all ...

Sustainable given their audience level and the costs involved. nobody would touch them in a privatised world and try and make money out of them. theyre simply not commercially sustainable. so this isnt about making a kind of kneejerk defend the bbc case. this is about thinking about the rest of the radio industry. the commercial world would be affected. not only would all those bbc local and nation services closed down — the bbc networks collectively, one, two, three, four and five could just ...

Bbc local radio and all the nations radio. they simply are not commercially sustainable, given their audience level and the costs involved. nobody would touch them in a privatised world and try and make money out of them. theyre simply not commercially sustainable. so this isnt about making a kind of kneejerk "defend the bbc" case. this is about thinking about the rest of the radio industry, and how the commercial world would be affected. well, not only would all those bbc local and nation servi...

Of all, close down, im afraid, bbc local radio and all the nations�* radio. they simply are not commercially sustainable, given their audience level and the costs involved. nobody would touch them in a privatised world and try and make money out of them. theyre simply not commercially sustainable. so this isnt about making a kind of kneejerk "defend the bbc" case. this is about thinking about the rest of the radio industry, how the commercial world would be affected. well, not only would all t...

So this isnt about making a kind of kneejerk "defend the bbc" case. this is about thinking about the rest of the radio industry, and how the commercial world would be affected. well, not only would all those bbc local and nation services close down — the bbc networks collectively — one, two, three, four and five — could just about survive if they were prepared to cut their content costs by about 60%. well, good luck saving the good bits of the bbc that people know and love if you have to t...

School. >> pbs wasnt free either. pbs was at no immediate cost to the consumer. but content doesnt create itself. joy, and it certainly doesnt relate, good content costs. we license these books from the publishers. and we have a fiduciary responsibility to pay these artists and, and the writers, for, for their intellectual property. there are plenty of educational products in our schools that the school districts pay for. one of the thing that the we are doing, again the kick starter helps us do...

And then to put a product in that, the hands of the teachers. teachers love reading rainbow. >> detractors that have come up. a few. hard to believe everybody doesnt love reading rainbow. some people have said this is not something that is free to school. >> pbs wasnt free either. pbs was at no immediate cost to the consumer. but content doesnt create itself. joy, and it certainly doesnt reate, good content costs. we license these books from the publishers. and we have a fiduciary responsibility...

Hm. joining me now live from new york is the assistant managing editor of fortune magazine, lee gallagher. great to see you. happy new year. netflix coming off a monster year, stocks reaching record highs, original programming such as house of cards going over huge with viewers. why change what seems to be working? >> well, a couple different reasons. as you said, this is just a test, this is only a test. but you know, for one thing, netflix is facing higher content costs as it both creates orig...