tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678614.post6325556788932364122..comments2023-10-01T11:14:33.768+01:00Comments on Learning Reflections: Kick out the Jams?David Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05669521921797249561noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678614.post-52308613035623228532007-03-16T01:36:00.000+00:002007-03-16T01:36:00.000+00:00Reasonable approach. The problems seem to exist on...Reasonable approach. The problems seem to exist on different levels:<BR/><BR/>1. It was always a risk going head to head with the private sector. The initial pressure was intense and, as it turns out, prophetic.<BR/><BR/>2. The BBC don't partner well, and resisted sharing the pot until they were told to use subcontractors - which they agreed to, under pressure.<BR/><BR/>3. The initial content was awful. I reviewed both initial offerings - they were an unusable mess.<BR/><BR/>4. The management seems to have broken the rules of consent laid down by both the government and the EC.<BR/><BR/>5. They've spent half the budget (£75 million) and have little to show for it.<BR/><BR/>It started out on the wrong foot - a mixture of coercion and flying in the face of commercial reason. It then failed to deliver usable content. To compound matters, they seem to have flouted their initial promises to Government and teh EC, and spent far too much on far too little.Donald Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796341486328270474noreply@blogger.com