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faceless
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 Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 10:59 pm Post subject: ITV wants merger with C4 and C5 |
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I could see the potential of this working as business plan, but it would mean hundreds or even thousands of job losses. |
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faceless
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| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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so it's hundreds of job cuts anyway... |
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faceless
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I just heard that ITV are cutting back on some programmes - The Bill will only have one episode a week now, which is how it was in the first place. |
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luke
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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itv is rubbish though, i think the only thing i ever watch on there is harry hill
if they had things people actually wanted to watch, they wouldn't be doing so bad with advertising revenue |
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faceless
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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Corrie's good and Emmerdale is very popular, the Bill's worth a watch and there are also quite a few mini-series dramas that crop up. Harry Hill has reached a plateau I reckon though - there's not been a single new idea in this series.
Channel 4 are also doing pretty bad with advertising, as is Channel 5. I blame those pirate types who take all the adverts out of the shows and make them available for download... will nobody think of the poor TV execs?! |
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Bob
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| Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| If they offered decent paid online streaming they might do alright... |
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faceless
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| Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Nobody's really done high-quality streaming since Stage6 collapsed. That vreel attempted it, but ended up being little more than a money pit. As far as I'm aware, the reason they don't stream internationally is because the actors , musicians and advertisers are all on set rates for broadcast within the UK only. |
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Bob
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| Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| faceless wrote: | | .... As far as I'm aware, the reason they don't stream internationally is because the actors , musicians and advertisers are all on set rates for broadcast within the UK only. |
pretty much, and it's a crap business model to follow really, not changing with the times hurt the music business and now the tele industry....having paid subscribers would reduce their reliance on advertising money etc...all very daft. |
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