Saturday, September 14, 2013

What's new ?

I'm intrigued by Danny Cohen's introduction of a new question for BBC audience panels - do they judge a programme to be "fresh and new" ?  Is the answer to be "yes or no" (in the case of "new" there surely can be little choice) or is there a scale ("really fresh", "a tad musty", "off", "rank" etc) ?

And is there a base line Danny can share, in the world where the BBC seeks constant improvement in RQIV (Reach, Quality, Impact, Value) ? I suspect not - I guess we'll find the the information is held "for the purposes of journalism, art and literature".

Last night's schedules on both BBC3 and BBC4 boasted only two programmes that weren't repeats, neither made by the BBC. Young Montalbano, the Montalbano prequel, on 4, is purchased from Italy, first shown there in 2012. On Three, we were treated to Anuvahood, a British urban comedy released in March 2011 - "irredeemably lame and unfunny - The Guardian".

Here are the principal Oxford dictionary definitions. .

Fresh (adjective)
not previously known or used; new or different:
the court had heard fresh evidence
recently created or experienced and not faded or impaired:
the memory was still fresh in their minds
 (of a person) attractively youthful and unspoilt:
a fresh young girl

New (adjective)
produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before:
the new Madonna album 
new crop varieties 
this tendency is not new

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