Issue of Debate #4 - BBC Birmingham

The factual production from BBC Birmingham, is in the summer months, relocating to Bristol.

Production work in BBC Birmingham currently takes place at The Mailbox. Programmes produced include output on both television and radio. Before The Mailbox, these productions took place at Pebble Mill.

The decision to move the production from Birmingham to Bristol, among other places, certainly on one hand creates a lack of employment opportunities in my area, but on the other hand, could open up a new opportunity to gain employment. With this coming out of the area, it could gain me employment with the job cuts closer to home, but also one on hand, could make the job market even more competitive.

Some radio and television products which will remain in Birmingham, include Midlands Today and Countryfile. For radio includes The Archers and BBC WM. 

Issue of Debate #3 - Twitter Interactivity.

The interactivity of Twitter, has helped reinvigorate the Television industry. A few years ago, viewers were not able to discuss their thoughts on a television show, as it was airing, but Twitter has allowed users of the social networking site, to share their opinions, by creating hash tags, or using ones provided by the programme in question. A popular one I have used in University, is #Drama, for the Television Drama module, and #Docs for the TV Documentary and features module in Semester one.

This allowed me to intearct with other members of my tutor group while watching in the comfort of my own home, and the following weeks scheduled class, saw us able to elaborate on what we liked about the programmes we had watched. Twitter can also be a bad thing for television, as over exposure to it, and forcing it down peoples throats could have an effect where people may not want to watch that particular TV show. An example of this, is recently on WWE Raw every week promoting Twitter, and a month ago, it was overkill, mentioning twitter at every opportunity. Luckily it has died down now, but Twitter is still seen with on screen graphics promoting various things to do with either the current show, or upcoming shows of WWE television.

Another example, where Twitter can help television programmes is on shows such as Unreported World. Unreported World is now in its 23 series, and has been widely watched throughout its run, and due to its unique nature of a different person doing an episode each week, adds a sense of danger, to me , that if they were in another place that they may not be as safe, as an "undercover, unreported" world. Twitter certainly opens the eyes to the world of the dangerous nature of some of the places, and the awful stuff which is happening.