Once called an “Idiot Box” become now “Cheap Box”

BBC India covers news about India far better than Indian news channels.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world/asia/india

usha manohar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

With due respect to Usha, if we have to watch Indian news then BBC will not serve the purpose. Similarly, Discovery, National Geographic etc are good channels but they include too little from India.

 

I know that BBC does not cover all news items ...However, there are enough number of Indian news channels that serve the purpose .In fact Discovery and NG have many many episodes based n India and I have learnt a lot about our culture and tradition from these channels.If you watch them regularly you will know...

 

BBC India covers more and better news covering India.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world/asia/india

 

rambabu wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

With due respect to Usha, if we have to watch Indian news then BBC will not serve the purpose. Similarly, Discovery, National Geographic etc are good channels but they include too little from India.

 

I know that BBC does not cover all news items ...However, there are enough number of Indian news channels that serve the purpose .In fact Discovery and NG have many many episodes based n India and I have learnt a lot about our culture and tradition from these channels.If you watch them regularly you will know...

 

BBC India covers more and better news covering India.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world/asia/india

 

 

Sorry I do not wish to see BBC version of Indian NEWS which is nothing but defaming India and Indians.

 

suni51 wrote:

rambabu wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

With due respect to Usha, if we have to watch Indian news then BBC will not serve the purpose. Similarly, Discovery, National Geographic etc are good channels but they include too little from India.

 

I know that BBC does not cover all news items ...However, there are enough number of Indian news channels that serve the purpose .In fact Discovery and NG have many many episodes based n India and I have learnt a lot about our culture and tradition from these channels.If you watch them regularly you will know...

 

BBC India covers more and better news covering India.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world/asia/india

 

 

Sorry I do not wish to see BBC version of Indian NEWS which is nothing but defaming India and Indians.

 

That is altogether a different proposition. The issue is whether BBC covers more of India or not.

 

 

suni51 wrote:

rambabu wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

With due respect to Usha, if we have to watch Indian news then BBC will not serve the purpose. Similarly, Discovery, National Geographic etc are good channels but they include too little from India.

 

I know that BBC does not cover all news items ...However, there are enough number of Indian news channels that serve the purpose .In fact Discovery and NG have many many episodes based n India and I have learnt a lot about our culture and tradition from these channels.If you watch them regularly you will know...

 

BBC India covers more and better news covering India.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world/asia/india

 

 

Sorry I do not wish to see BBC version of Indian NEWS which is nothing but defaming India and Indians.

 From where did you get that from? I watch it all the time and have never come across anything offensive so far....In fact their programs on Indians is far better than what is done here by our own people, they really go into details..

 

usha manohar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

rambabu wrote:

usha manohar wrote:

suni51 wrote:

With due respect to Usha, if we have to watch Indian news then BBC will not serve the purpose. Similarly, Discovery, National Geographic etc are good channels but they include too little from India.

 

I know that BBC does not cover all news items ...However, there are enough number of Indian news channels that serve the purpose .In fact Discovery and NG have many many episodes based n India and I have learnt a lot about our culture and tradition from these channels.If you watch them regularly you will know...

 

BBC India covers more and better news covering India.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world/asia/india

 

 

Sorry I do not wish to see BBC version of Indian NEWS which is nothing but defaming India and Indians.

 From where did you get that from? I watch it all the time and have never come across anything offensive so far....In fact their programs on Indians is far better than what is done here by our own people, they really go into details..

 

Absolutely Usha. Additionally, BBC covers a host of features which no Indian channels cover. And it goes without saying , the veracity of BBC features are unquestionable.  

 

 

 

Whether we call it 'idiot box' or shower upon it any number of choicest adjectives it would remain as it is. Truth remains it portrays and reflects the choice - the collective cravings of the mass. I know so many to be sanctimoniously bursting into holy after watching an inane episode of a serial or a mindless talk show to invariably return to its next one and this goes on and on. What does it expose? We are admiring it silently and insincerely and blasting it vociferously- the height of hypocrisy! I completely agree with Usha and Rambabu that BBC and a few named by Usha still rank very high in terms of quality quotient.We got to honestly ask ourselves what our choices precisely are before rubbishing this medium. 

Absolutely Chinmoy. It's important for us to recognize  our own choices before rubbishing a particular medium.

Yes our choice also matters here. If we don't want to see all those rubbish things then there are also few channels and program available which are really good.

There are several Channels which provide quality stuff like BBC. the post I posted just now about mindfulness is from BBC India.

Is it? I don't watch BBC India.. But yes they must provide some good material for sure. I watch discovery and national geography. Yes they covers all over the world, but sometime they also provide show India related and they are really cool.

AKP wrote:

Is it? I don't watch BBC India.. But yes they must provide some good material for sure. I watch discovery and national geography. Yes they covers all over the world, but sometime they also provide show India related and they are really cool.

 

Try on your own in google search. Without trying you cannot come to a conclusion about those channels which provide a whale of a quality stuff.

rambabu wrote:

AKP wrote:

Is it? I don't watch BBC India.. But yes they must provide some good material for sure. I watch discovery and national geography. Yes they covers all over the world, but sometime they also provide show India related and they are really cool.

 

Try on your own in google search. Without trying you cannot come to a conclusion about those channels which provide a whale of a quality stuff.

 

Where I have denied it?!!! I have said that they must have provide good stuff. I have heard about popularity of BBC from many year.

And I told same thing about other channels like discovery and national geography from my personal experience. 

What I said was, you can know more such channels and help the members so that they are also beneficiaries.

OHhh... Ok. Actually I am watching few channels already. But will search for few more.

Then please enlighten us with your new info through these forums.

I am thankful to all who have replied here and gave their own opinion. Of course we all know about the quality shows of BBC, Discovery, Animal Planet or History. They have their different subject which runs time to time and not everyone have the same interest on their subject. Personally I like "space" subjects or "Ancient history" and not have enough time to watch it. A normal Indian when he comes at home in the evening, he need quick entertainment thus we find Indian channel easier unless we are fond of some particular channel. But when you open any shows, you watch all these. Yes, we do have control in our hand and can avoid watching it  but what surprising is that, it becoming more day by day.   

 Actually they show what audience want. I don't mind watching comedy show as far as I am getting entertained. I like comedy shows. I won't say that it has become an idiot box. Moreover now a days we have lots of option unlike in the past when we used to have only 3Dd TV channels to watch.

For different tastes, different channels are there, if you don't cry over the quality. So it makes clear that all TV channels are a trash.

Mostly, private new channels are going for yellow journos, ingoring news, and that is why on my leisure I revert to dd news, ls and rs tv and there are some good entertainment and infotainment channels but dauly soaps is all about creating storhy of merry go round and there are many supporters to it too.