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Published: 03/23/10

Can the BBC Survive? Broadcaster Alters Its Voice in the Digital Age

By  Delia Lloyd - Politics Daily
Can the BBC Survive? Broadcaster Alters Its Voice in the Digital Age

As America recovers from its agonizing scrimmage over health care, the United Kingdom is embroiled in its own version of a national identity crisis: Where does Britain's publicly financed, bellwether broadcaster -- the BBC -- fit in a competitive, digital age? Most Americans have at least a passing familiarity with the British Broadcasting Corp. They've heard those erudite-sounding British voices offering news from far away places like Sri Lanka on National Public Radio. Or they've watched some of the BBC's most popular television exports, including such comedies as "The Office" or the ...

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