TV Licence funds the Lottery Show

[fluffnik]

Why?

[Larry Dickman]

Viewer numbers?

[deeps]

Ah, as I'm often being told, that will be because they sell the rights all around the world and actually make a profit... umm oh no that one doesn't work here

[fluffnik]

Larry Dickman said:

Viewer numbers?

It's;

• advertising the Lottery
• would sell advertising

So, why not let ITV have it?

[thinfourth2]

Think of it this way.

If you did something that made it onto the BBC news, would you expect a bill for your airtime?

[voyds9]

thinfourth2 said:

Think of it this way.

If you did something that made it onto the BBC news, would you expect a bill for your airtime?

If I was selling a product I would like to able to buy airtime on the BBC.

[EDLT]

The Lottery gives a massive amount of money to charities, I'd rather they showed that instead of Not Going Out.

[Corsair7]

fluffnik said:

Why?

Seriously, who gives a f**k?

[StevieBee]

The lottery is a government initiative, the management of which is sub-contracted to a commercial company, although the division of that company that operates it is not-for-profit. The BBC is also public sector and is not influenced by commercial .............





.......nope, sorry. Boring myself. Non issue!

[Chris_w666]

Does the lottery need more than a 5 minute show with some balls being pulled out of the machine?

[tubbystu]

fluffnik said:

Why?

Link anybody ?

I cannot get anything from Google or the BBC or National Lottery websites.

[Meeja]

Chris_w666 said:

Does the lottery need more than a 5 minute show with some balls being pulled out of the machine?

And an overpaid presenter saying "Lets find out if you are going to be lucky!"

They would rather cut 6music than The Lottery programme...... (Not a fair comparison, I admit!)

[scenario8]

The BBC also reports the Pools scores in Final Score. I've even heard it pays (it pays ffs!) a fee to play commercially available music on it's radio stations. A scandal I tell you. Heads must roll.