Amazing, had no idea that BBC's news department had 6,000 employees and of those 1,700 located outside of the UK.  BBC World is a good network and I am finding I am watching it more and more. Really like the BBC reporting which is non judgemental and straight forward. Our networks sometimes are like this, sadly often they are not.  Global, CBC, City, CTV  should really take a page from "the Beebs,"

Media in 3-5 years? The narrowcasting will continue to grow but like anything else will also become overdone and lost in the mix.  Podcasters will get more outrageous for attention and to stand out. A hint for podcasters, please learn to edit your programs. Nobody has time to listen to a 2 hour and 20 minute interview will a bunch of happy talk and small talk chit chat that is wasting everyone's time. Edit all of that out and get the podcasts down to a more reasonable time. You are losing fans with the long meandering casts.

Broadcasters if they are smart and if they can, get more local!  Having your on air talent yapping about everything that was on TMZ last night is old news and does not need to be repeated over and over.  Fine to reference all of this, but it should not be the basis of half the breaks in a morning or afternoon show. And be brief, breaks about Pink, Jonas Bros. or Billie Eilish do not need to be 4-5 minutes long. Boring...Get interested in your community again, TMZ will never be talking about Hamilton or Waterloo, but you should be, if that is where you are!  Being local does not mean amateurish or second rate, and you are offering something that all the other out of market stations are not.

paterson1 wrote:

Amazing, had no idea that BBC's news department had 6,000 employees and of those 1,700 located outside of the UK.  BBC World is a good network and I am finding I am watching it more and more. Really like the BBC reporting which is non judgemental and straight forward. Our networks sometimes are like this, sadly often they are not.  Global, CBC, City, CTV  should really take a page from "the Beebs,"

Media in 3-5 years? The narrowcasting will continue to grow but like anything else will also become overdone and lost in the mix.  Podcasters will get more outrageous for attention and to stand out. A hint for podcasters, please learn to edit your programs. Nobody has time to listen to a 2 hour and 20 minute interview will a bunch of happy talk and small talk chit chat that is wasting everyone's time. Edit all of that out and get the podcasts down to a more reasonable time. You are losing fans with the long meandering casts.

Broadcasters if they are smart and if they can, get more local!  Having your on air talent yapping about everything that was on TMZ last night is old news and does not need to be repeated over and over.  Fine to reference all of this, but it should not be the basis of half the breaks in a morning or afternoon show. And be brief, breaks about Pink, Jonas Bros. or Billie Eilish do not need to be 4-5 minutes long. Boring...Get interested in your community again, TMZ will never be talking about Hamilton or Waterloo, but you should be, if that is where you are!  Being local does not mean amateurish or second rate, and you are offering something that all the other out of market stations are not.

I would be more concerned with being relevant than local.  Many people aren't interested in the community outside their door, they're focused on their community online.  Food gets delivered, movies are watched on Netflix at home, and your friends live on your device.  Most people in the city don't know the neighbour two doors down.