Unpaid bill puts BRT studio into darkness this morning

iancrumpy · Post by **iancrumpy** » Mon 21 Jan 2013 7:27 pm

Source : http://www.haberkktc.com/haber/brtye-el ... 57441.html

At 9.25 am, because of their 20 million TL bill, the electricity to the state-run television and radio provider was cut. On BRT1 at that time there was an interview as part of the morning news, but with the electricity being cut, the studio was put into darkness for a few seconds ... before the generators kicked in.

cyprusishome · Post by **cyprusishome** » Mon 21 Jan 2013 7:56 pm

Think the phrase "state run" sums it up. A large majority of Kib Teks problems are due to unpaid bills from government coffers. It is almost as if the government are forcing Kib Tek down the privatisation route, putting them in debt deliberatley. The unions have found them out by collecting many millions of TL already and cutting others off.

I cannot understand this drive to privatise public utilities, it has not worked in the UK.

Rambling Rose · Post by **Rambling Rose** » Mon 21 Jan 2013 10:12 pm

I do so agree Cyprus is Homes. I was involved in the tendering and contracting process when a lot of services previously handled in house by UK local authorities were privatised. Any advantage gained by cutting out dead wood (and of course there was some) was totally offset by the aggressive accounting practices of the private contractors which resulted in an even worse service at greater cost to the consumer. Not to mention sillies like the elderly and disabled being expected to carry items deemed too heavy for the dustbinmen (oops, sorry, refuse disposal operatives). And of course other opportunities opened up for corruption and nepotism (it does exist in the UK too, you know) but with greater financial rewards.