Bbc India Sports Women Of The Year ?

[fender62]

whats india have to do with the bbc, does indian tv have a british sports person of the year, or china for that matter...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50850202

[dannyk13]

Probably because of these:-
//BBC's Indian language websites - Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati and Punjabi.//

[douglas9401]

Tripe.

[Old_Geezer]

No issue with it save that do it for one country/gender one ought to be doing it for all, or at least many.

[fender62]

dannyk13, why do these websites even exist, are peole in india paying any license fee, thought not...harks back to the days of the raj, license fee paying for non british listeners abroad, india has a space program and nukes, they should pay for there own, bbc then.

[Mamyalynne]

BBC World Service has been in existence since 1932.

Contact - Jamie Angus, director of BBC World Service to voice your concerns.

[dannyk13]

Honnestly fender I just can't see what your problem is with this.

[237SJ]

There is BBC TV in India (in local language/s) There's Arabic BBC as well. Both available on satellite TV in most decent hotels and for people who subscribe to it.

[fender62]

dannyk13, my problem, this and linekers payment fees, i do not watch or listen to either, more bbc waste..at license fee payers expense.

[Cloverjo]

I can’t see anything wrong with it. Why not celebrate people who’ve been downtrodden for centuries?

[THELOONYCORBYN]

its called pandering and kow towing to minorities..BBC are experts at it

[Mamyalynne]

Oh dear, why are people so very easily unsettled?

[fender62]

its about the frivolous bbc spending, to coin a phrase...like gay abandon, of other peoples money.

[Mamyalynne]

For what I get from my TV for less than £3 a week, I think I get excellent value.

[Togo]

Well why not? What's not to like for the luvvies? Brown women who are possibly downtrodden(not by us even) and prior victims of British colonial abuse. We will need to identify any with disabilities that elevate them to hero status, or gender fluidity issues, that in spite of overwhelming disdain from the general populace, have managed to find a safe space in the full on glare of social me dea and remained defiant in the face of no discernible opposition. "Sports fans can cast their votes on any of the BBC's Indian language websites - Hindi, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati and Punjabi." ????Can't wait.

[Buenchico]

The BBC World Service is one of the most important arms of the BBC and broadcasts in over 40 languages. Up until 2014 it was funded through 'grant-in-aid' from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. That was an arrangement which meant that
(a) it wasn't a drain on licence-payers' money ; and
(b) the funding was 'at arm's length' from the Government, ensuring that the BBC could remain independent of it.

Then the Government decided, as a cost-cutting measure for the public purse, to cease such funding (although, in reality, some grants continue to be made by the FCO). The World Service remains as a 'public corporation of the FCO' (with the FCO being involved in deciding which languages the World Service should broadcast in but with editorial decisions being made solely by the BBC) but, despite that, it is now forced to obtain most of its funding through the licence fee. (The need to do so was largely responsible for BBC3 being taken off air as a TV channel and for cuts to the BBC's website).

The BBC has called for the funding situation to be reversed so that, once again, it won't need to take any money from licence fees to fund its services. (i.e. the BBC itself isn't happy that it uses licence-payers' money to fund the World Service but the Government has insisted that the World Service must continue to operate as part of the BBC's Charter and that it must be funded from licence fees, rather than by the FCO).

The BBC World Service is regarded as a lifeline of independent broadcasting by millions of people across the world, with 50 million people in India alone listening to, or watching, its programmes regularly. (i.e. there are far more people in India who rely upon the BBC as a trustworthy source of information than there are in the UK):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/bbc-international-audience-record-high

So I can't see anything wrong at all in the BBC promoting an award for Indian sports people.

[fender62]

(there are far more people in India who rely upon the BBC as a trustworthy source of information than there are in the UK)
not a british problem if india has media problems, truth or untruths.
bit like the trump wall to wall impeachment on the news today.

[Togo]

Remember Fender, there are those who adore the idea of State Broadcasters. Russia, N Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, etc. etc. are their templates when it comes to forcing opinion and agenda upon people who are not part of their captive home audience. The people who have secured positions in these propaganda organisations are always looking for more devious, and hopefully unfathomable, ways of getting the "message" across.

[Togo]

Haha....Ta Fender.