Ch 15 now showing the ABC1 logo
 

11.50am Ch15 on freeview is now showing ABC1 logo,
with the date Mon 27th Sept as a start date.

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"Alan" wrote in message
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11.50am Ch15 on freeview is now showing ABC1 logo,
with the date Mon 27th Sept as a start date.


As it is not showing "Please insert card" looks like it will be free.
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It's nothing to do with tutv is it?

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:18:13 +0100, "dogtanian" wrote:


"David" wrote in message
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It's nothing to do with tutv is it?

Nothing to do with tutv, I think they want people to watch it, it is
FTA on Freeview initially daytime only. I am hoping that TUTV will
quickly go bankrupt and allow space for more FTA.

If you subscribe to TUTV please stop.

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:18:13 +0100, "dogtanian"
Nothing to do with tutv, I think they want people to watch it, it is
FTA on Freeview initially daytime only. I am hoping that TUTV will
quickly go bankrupt and allow space for more FTA.

If you subscribe to TUTV please stop.

Not sure I wish them to go under. More free TV just means more stations
repeating the same old programmes again.

TopUp is probably going to fail due to shops not selling boxes for them.
Shops only interested in selling Sky and Freeview digiboxes. As ONdigi
boxes fail they will have less and less subscribers.
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TopUp is probably going to fail due to shops not selling boxes for them.
Shops only interested in selling Sky and Freeview digiboxes. As ONdigi
boxes fail they will have less and less subscribers.

Rumour has it that they have very few subscribers anyway, and nowhere near
enough to reach their break even figures. A good number of those that
originally signed up have already cancelled, and there have been other
cock-ups with the handling of subscriptions.

True that Thomson have finally released their TUTV compatible box, but
finding somewhere that actually has one in stock is another matter.

On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:42:54 +0100, Mike Henry
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Not at all - "space for more FTA" could just as equally mean higher
bitrates for the existing FTA channels. Higher bitrates are desperately
needed IMO.

Hear hear!
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Channel 15 ( ABC1 ) is a free channel made by Disney, I believe it will be a
part time channel at 1st.
This is not a TUTV channel.
The idea that if TUTV fails it would be a good thing is just a no brains
idea.
The 10 channels ( part time ) used, would only give you four full time
channels and there are no TV company's that
have given any reason or idea that there would what to put a free channel up
there over the years.
In many areas in the UK there are black spots were channels are at a very
low power and company's like
TUTV, SDN & ITV will make the owners of Freeview to make the power right
for all and give a choice of programs and channels to people that cannot pay
B$kyB high prices and long payments, ( that's why B$kyB are going to have a
freesat @ costs of about £150 u get a sat box and about 200 cheap channels
that plug $ky packages every advert break like on $ky news, $ky travel & $ky
$ports news on freeview now ( $ky $ports news also tries to get you to get
$ky $ports 1,2,3, extra))
Digital cable is working hard to give a very low cost Digital TV to many ,
but there do not have the area to cover like DTT has. And there are two main
company's in the cable world.

New channels to come still are ITV3 & More4 ( is from CH4 ) on freeview.

If higher power to transmitters and Higher bitratesare put to freeview it
would give more channels and more people would buy a freeview box and would
then (DTT ) could go fully Digital much quicker then 2012 and give us
100's of more channels and HDTV would be given a channel or two for people
that got HDTV.
And may be DTT would then get a returns path like Digital Cable & $ky with
e-mails and other great text systems.

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"Ed" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:18:13 +0100, "dogtanian"
Nothing to do with tutv, I think they want people to watch it, it is
FTA on Freeview initially daytime only. I am hoping that TUTV will
quickly go bankrupt and allow space for more FTA.

If you subscribe to TUTV please stop.

Not sure I wish them to go under. More free TV just means more stations
repeating the same old programmes again.

Not at all - "space for more FTA" could just as equally mean higher
bitrates for the existing FTA channels. Higher bitrates are desperately
needed IMO.

TopUp is probably going to fail

Good!

due to shops not selling boxes for them.

Whatever the reason, it's good. Pay-DTT should never have been allowed
in the first place.

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 11:51:05 GMT, "David"
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"Ed" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:18:13 +0100, "dogtanian"
Nothing to do with tutv, I think they want people to watch it, it is
FTA on Freeview initially daytime only. I am hoping that TUTV will
quickly go bankrupt and allow space for more FTA.

If you subscribe to TUTV please stop.

Not sure I wish them to go under. More free TV just means more stations
repeating the same old programmes again.

No it means free channels repeating the same old programmes again,
rather than having to pay to see the same old programmes repeated
again.

The point is that it does not mean more repeats just the same number
of repeats but FTA rather than pay TV. Indeed it could mean less
channels therefore less repeats, but better quality pictures. If TUTV
was creating brilliant new television for the subscriptions then I
would not have a problem with it, but it is just selling repeats.

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"Alan" wrote:

11.50am Ch15 on freeview is now showing ABC1 logo,
with the date Mon 27th Sept as a start date.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation?

"Simon Gardner" [dot]co[dot]uk wrote
Australian Broadcasting Corporation?

Nah, if that were the case, the logo would be showing upside down ... :)

"Ed" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:18:13 +0100, "dogtanian" wrote:


"David" wrote in message
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It's nothing to do with tutv is it?

Nothing to do with tutv, I think they want people to watch it, it is
FTA on Freeview initially daytime only. I am hoping that TUTV will
quickly go bankrupt and allow space for more FTA.


Before TUTV was broadcasting that bandwidth was not being used for FTA
services, so TUTV failing does not guarantee anything.

If you subscribe to TUTV please stop.

No.


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due to shops not selling boxes for them.

Whatever the reason, it's good. Pay-DTT should never have been allowed
in the first place.

Are you going to make an argument in favour of your assertion?


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my ch15 just displays a blank screen

David wrote:
"Ed" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:18:13 +0100, "dogtanian"
Nothing to do with tutv, I think they want people to watch it, it is
FTA on Freeview initially daytime only. I am hoping that TUTV will
quickly go bankrupt and allow space for more FTA.

If you subscribe to TUTV please stop.

Not sure I wish them to go under. More free TV just means more
stations repeating the same old programmes again.

Erm, a lot of pay TV stations also just repeat the same old programmes again and
again. The difference is, you get to pay for it AND see adverts at the same
time. At the end of the day, UK Style is still showing the same stuff as UK
Bright Ideas!

Now, had TUTV been four brand new channels rather than pieces of ten satellite
channels, then I may have been interested.

I would be interested to see how ABC1 intends to go 24 hours on Freeview
considering they are sharing a stream with TCM.

TopUp is probably going to fail due to shops not selling boxes for
them. Shops only interested in selling Sky and Freeview digiboxes.
As ONdigi boxes fail they will have less and less subscribers.

Top Up TV may fail because the selection of part-time channels are merely
duplicates of existing channels on Freeview, with the exception of the Discovery
and Turner channels. E4 is a dumping ground for C4 repeats and Friends, and any
'new' show they get appears on C4 the following night anyway. Bloomberg only
provides the same information as the other three news channels would at 9am, and
UK Style and UK Gold merely show the same content that you will find on UK
Bright Ideas (free) and BBC1 on a Saturday night.

Paul.

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Disney's new general entertainment channel ABC1 is to launch on September
27th according to a report.
The channel will broadcast daily from 6am until 6pm and plans to eventually
become a 24-hour station. No advertisement slots are to feature during the
first few months of the schedule but will be added at a later date.
John Hardie, the Disney television executive who will oversee the launch,
told Reuters: "In its first phase, ABC1 will champion an underserved British
audience - people who are busy at home during the day".
ABC1 will initially only be available on Freeview though there are plans for
Sky and cable carriage.

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Walt Disney Co. said on Wednesday it will launch a version of its ABC
television network in the UK next month, bringing U.S. shows like soap opera
"General Hospital" and offbeat comedy "Sports Night" to Britain.
The ABC1 network will initially be available only on Freeview, a popular
digital television service without subscription fees, though there are plans
to expand onto other pay-TV services.
ABC1 will be broadcast from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. starting Sept. 27, and plans
to eventually expand to a 24-hour schedule.
"In its first phase, ABC1 will champion an underserved British audience --
people who are busy at home during the day," said John Hardie, the Disney
television executive who will oversee the launch.
There will be no advertisements during the first few months of the schedule,
but eventually Disney plans to sell ad time.
Disney expects to reveal the full program line-up at the end of August.
Long-running sit-com "Home Improvement" and drama "Once and Again" will be
on the schedule.

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The Walt Disney Company has appointed Barrett Cernis to handle the launch of
its new entertainment channel ABC1.
The channel launches on September 27 and will be broadcast on Freeview,
initially between 6am and 6pm. In the longer term, Disney hopes to broadcast
on cable and Sky Digital and to extend to a 24-hour operation.
The channel will be supported by an above-the-line advertising campaign
using television and outdoor. Media buying and planning will be handled by
Disney's media agency in the UK, Carat.
ABC1 is the company's first non-Disney branded channel to launch outside the
US.
Unlike Disney's other channels in the UK, ABC1 will not be a premium
subscription channel and will instead rely on advertising and sponsorship
for income.
Disney has yet to appoint an advertising sales house for the channel, which
will not take advertising immediately.
John Hardie, senior vice-president and managing director of Walt Disney
branded television for Europe, Middle East and Africa, has pledged to make
the channel "the most advertiser-friendly environment in the country".
The schedule includes UK premieres of US soap General Hospital and sitcom
Sports Night.




Rich

"Rickey" wrote in message
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Disney has yet to appoint an advertising sales house for the channel,
which
will not take advertising immediately.
John Hardie, senior vice-president and managing director of Walt Disney
branded television for Europe, Middle East and Africa, has pledged to make
the channel "the most advertiser-friendly environment in the country".
The schedule includes UK premieres of US soap General Hospital and sitcom
Sports Night.

As I said to all you people who think TUTV is superb and all we can ever
have is crap shopping channels! Put in the programs, put in the time and
investment, you'll eventually pay for it with advertising revenue. It's good
that Walt Disney recognises this, as well as me, but all you TUTV and $ky
lovers don't.

"Darren" wrote in message ...
my ch15 just displays a blank screen

The logo disappears after 6pm.

There was me thinking that abc1 was the dempgraphic that tutv were
targeting. silly me

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"Rickey" wrote in message
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Disney has yet to appoint an advertising sales house for the channel,
which
will not take advertising immediately.
John Hardie, senior vice-president and managing director of Walt Disney
branded television for Europe, Middle East and Africa, has pledged to make
the channel "the most advertiser-friendly environment in the country".
The schedule includes UK premieres of US soap General Hospital and sitcom
Sports Night.

As I said to all you people who think TUTV is superb and all we can ever
have is crap shopping channels! Put in the programs, put in the time and
investment, you'll eventually pay for it with advertising revenue. It's good
that Walt Disney recognises this, as well as me, but all you TUTV and $ky
lovers don't.

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There was me thinking that abc1 was the dempgraphic that tutv were
targeting. silly me

Probably - I rather doubt that TUTV was just targeted at Disney staff.
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at 10am this morning, they were showing previews of their shows.

All rubbish.

American sitcoms you havent heard of (prob for a good reason) re runs of
moonlighting, and USA's General Hospital.

You get Ellen and Home Improvement too.

I want Golden Girls and Roseanne!

"Darren" wrote in message
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at 10am this morning, they were showing previews of their shows.

All rubbish.

American sitcoms you havent heard of (prob for a good reason) re runs of
moonlighting, and USA's General Hospital.

You get Ellen and Home Improvement too.

I want Golden Girls and Roseanne!

Hmmmm, at least there's another channel to watch while bored. lol. Might be
better than some of the crap on channel 5, lol.

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 11:44:03 +0100, Darren wrote:
at 10am this morning, they were showing previews of their shows.

All rubbish.

American sitcoms you havent heard of (prob for a good reason) re runs of
moonlighting, and USA's General Hospital.

Great. I think I'll be setting my PVR to record Moonlighting.


You get Ellen and Home Improvement too.

I want Golden Girls and Roseanne!

Sicko :)

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Darren wrote:

at 10am this morning, they were showing previews of their shows.

All rubbish.

American sitcoms you havent heard of (prob for a good reason) re runs of
moonlighting, and USA's General Hospital.

You get Ellen and Home Improvement too.

I want Golden Girls and Roseanne!



That 8 Rules thing with John Ritter looks promising....?

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"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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due to shops not selling boxes for them.

Whatever the reason, it's good. Pay-DTT should never have been allowed
in the first place.

Are you going to make an argument in favour of your assertion?

It's my opinion. Apologies if that wasn't obvious?!

Unfortunately it was all to obvious! Do you have any *reasons* for your
belief/desire, or is it just emotion?


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Dave K wrote in message ...
Darren wrote:

That 8 Rules thing with John Ritter looks promising....?

It is - I've seen it on Disney - I just hope the series survives the
untimely death of John Ritter.

On 6 Sep 2004 14:49:14 -0700, (Steve Bosman)
wrote:

Dave K wrote in message ...
Darren wrote:

That 8 Rules thing with John Ritter looks promising....?

It is - I've seen it on Disney - I just hope the series survives the
untimely death of John Ritter.


It now has Grandad played by James Garner. Also CJ who is a cousin

There are some very funny episodes