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Geoff Winkless March 13th 07 06:27 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!

Geoff

weather report March 13th 07 07:04 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
Geoff Winkless wrote:
snip
A partial result surely? Time shifted ITV2 what a waste!

the dog from that film you saw March 13th 07 07:07 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

"Geoff Winkless" ] wrote in message
. ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!




+1 channels are a waste of bandwidth - i'd rather they bring back men and
motors - that or double the bitrate of ITV 1


--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/



aa[_2_] March 13th 07 07:08 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
In
Weather Report wrote:

Geoff Winkless wrote:
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A partial result surely? Time shifted ITV2 what a waste!


Fully agree.
--
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Halmyre March 13th 07 07:17 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
In article ,
says...

"Geoff Winkless" ] wrote in message
. ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!




+1 channels are a waste of bandwidth - i'd rather they bring back men and
motors - that or double the bitrate of ITV 1




For some reason I can get Film4+1, but not Film4 itself, so I'm quite
thankful for +1 in this instance!

(I used to get Film4 and a godawful music video channel, but the signal
strength was always so low you were lucky to see anything.)

--
Halmyre

Agamemnon March 13th 07 07:54 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

"Geoff Winkless" ] wrote in message
. ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!


Good riddance, but they are still going to broadcast the same old phone
scams on it late at night and this will be an hour after the lines have
closed. How can they justify doing that?


Geoff



the dog from that film you saw March 13th 07 08:04 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
. uk...

"Geoff Winkless" ] wrote in message
. ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!


Good riddance, but they are still going to broadcast the same old phone
scams on it late at night and this will be an hour after the lines have
closed. How can they justify doing that?




they will probably air 2 separate versions - so they will double up with
twice the crap!
i recall when itv used to show interesting things during the night worth
recording.....



--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/



Peter Hayes March 13th 07 08:46 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
Weather Report wrote:

Geoff Winkless wrote:
snip
A partial result surely? Time shifted ITV2 what a waste!


They could put their football out on ITV2+1 (not timeshifted, obviously)
and leave the 2/3/4 channels free for non-sport programmes. More
advertising revenue that way.

--

Immunity is better than innoculation.

Peter

Agamemnon March 13th 07 09:29 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

"Peter Hayes" wrote in message
m...
Weather Report wrote:

Geoff Winkless wrote:
snip
A partial result surely? Time shifted ITV2 what a waste!


They could put their football out on ITV2+1 (not timeshifted, obviously)
and leave the 2/3/4 channels free for non-sport programmes. More
advertising revenue that way.


How about making ITV2+1 into ITV Sport instead.


--

Immunity is better than innoculation.

Peter



No Name March 13th 07 09:55 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

"the dog from that film you saw" wrote
in message ...

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
. uk...

"Geoff Winkless" ] wrote in message
. ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!


Good riddance, but they are still going to broadcast the same old phone
scams on it late at night and this will be an hour after the lines have
closed. How can they justify doing that?




they will probably air 2 separate versions - so they will double up with
twice the crap!
i recall when itv used to show interesting things during the night worth
recording.....



--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/


How many people will loose their jobs as a result of the closure?



Mark Carver March 13th 07 09:56 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

Excellent news. Now; how do we get rid of Patrick Kielty ?

--
Mark
Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply.

Peter Hayes March 13th 07 10:11 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
wrote:

"the dog from that film you saw" wrote
in message ...

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
. uk...

"Geoff Winkless" ] wrote in message
. ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!

Good riddance, but they are still going to broadcast the same old phone
scams on it late at night and this will be an hour after the lines have
closed. How can they justify doing that?




they will probably air 2 separate versions - so they will double up with
twice the crap!
i recall when itv used to show interesting things during the night worth
recording.....



--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/


How many people will loose their jobs as a result of the closure?


Quite a few will lose their jobs, I expect.

Far more won't be scammed of their hard earned cash / benefits.

--

Peter

Peter Hayes March 13th 07 10:11 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
Agamemnon wrote:

"Peter Hayes" wrote in message
m...
Weather Report wrote:

Geoff Winkless wrote:
snip
A partial result surely? Time shifted ITV2 what a waste!


They could put their football out on ITV2+1 (not timeshifted, obviously)
and leave the 2/3/4 channels free for non-sport programmes. More
advertising revenue that way.


How about making ITV2+1 into ITV Sport instead.


Even better.

--

Peter

No Name March 13th 07 10:11 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

"Peter Hayes" wrote in message
om...
wrote:

"the dog from that film you saw"
wrote
in message ...

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
. uk...

"Geoff Winkless" ] wrote in message
. ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!

Good riddance, but they are still going to broadcast the same old
phone
scams on it late at night and this will be an hour after the lines
have
closed. How can they justify doing that?



they will probably air 2 separate versions - so they will double up
with
twice the crap!
i recall when itv used to show interesting things during the night
worth
recording.....



--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/


How many people will loose their jobs as a result of the closure?


Quite a few will lose their jobs, I expect.

Far more won't be scammed of their hard earned cash / benefits.

--

Peter


I wonder which mug was the last caller?



Lakeuk March 13th 07 11:54 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
Problem with ITV's +1 channels is most of the time they have a blank
screen saying they can't show a program for legal reason.

Also satellite already has ITV2+1 and ITV3+1 and wonder if we'll get a
ITV4+1


No Name March 14th 07 12:16 AM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

"Lakeuk" wrote in message
ps.com...
Problem with ITV's +1 channels is most of the time they have a blank
screen saying they can't show a program for legal reason.

Also satellite already has ITV2+1 and ITV3+1 and wonder if we'll get a
ITV4+1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-t6qHUWJ0



Dave Farrance March 14th 07 12:18 AM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
Geoff Winkless ] wrote:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!


Bring back Men and Motors to Freeview. ITV own that.

--
Dave Farrance

Geoff Winkless March 14th 07 11:35 AM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
Peter Hayes wrote:
Far more won't be scammed of their hard earned cash / benefits.


Personally I think of it as a stupidity tax.

Geoff

David Taylor March 14th 07 12:45 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
On 2007-03-13, Geoff Winkless ] wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!


Weird:

| Quiz channel ITV Play has been axed and is to be replaced by a new
| service, called ITV2+1, on Sky and Freeview.

and:

| The time-shifted channel will launch on Freeview on 15 March and
| satellite on 16 March.

Yet today is 14 March, and (as it has been for some time) ITV2+1
is currently broadcasting on Sky channel 211. ITV Play is still on 856,
broadcasting a just a static image.

--
David Taylor

Androo March 14th 07 02:14 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!
Geoff


I'm glad ITV Play has been axed, but another +1 channel is a waste of space.
Let's hope it's temporary.

Androo



Slitheen March 14th 07 11:16 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

"Weather Report" wrote in message
...
Geoff Winkless wrote:
snip
A partial result surely? Time shifted ITV2 what a waste!


Too right, how about just using the bandwidth for upgrading the audio to
256k in line the with the BBC services.....or making the video resolution
higher on ITV2/3/4? It's this quantity of channels over the quality of
service that ****es me off with DVB in this country. Australia gets Dolby
Digital audio with their service.....less channels, better quality.



Slitheen March 14th 07 11:18 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
...

"Peter Hayes" wrote in message
m...
Weather Report wrote:

Geoff Winkless wrote:
snip
A partial result surely? Time shifted ITV2 what a waste!


They could put their football out on ITV2+1 (not timeshifted, obviously)
and leave the 2/3/4 channels free for non-sport programmes. More
advertising revenue that way.


How about making ITV2+1 into ITV Sport instead.


Why? Well, their memories are greater than yours...fortunately. Remember
their doomed sport service that nearly bankrupted several clubs in this
country???



Slitheen March 14th 07 11:22 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 

wrote in message
...

"the dog from that film you saw"
wrote in message ...

"Agamemnon" wrote in message
. uk...

"Geoff Winkless" ] wrote in message
. ..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6447375.stm

Freeview will get ITV2+1 instead. Excellent!

Good riddance, but they are still going to broadcast the same old phone
scams on it late at night and this will be an hour after the lines have
closed. How can they justify doing that?




they will probably air 2 separate versions - so they will double up with
twice the crap!
i recall when itv used to show interesting things during the night worth
recording.....



--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
http://www.audioscrobbler.com/user/dsbmusic/


How many people will loose their jobs as a result of the closure?


And more to the point, who gives a flying f*ck? Less people will be stiffed,
so my sympathies are with the rest that do....not with those who worked for
this loosely veiled scam that was not far short of a sinister pyramid
scheme.



Peter Duncanson March 17th 07 02:38 PM

ITV Play Scrapped!
 
On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:56:27 +0000, Mark Carver
wrote:


Excellent news. Now; how do we get rid of Patrick Kielty ?


Phone 09011 xx xx plus 01 to get rid of Patrick Kielty.
At least 24p per call will go to a severance fund to pay off PK.

Phone 09011 xx xx plus 02 to keep Patrick Kielty.
At least 24p per call will go to charity.

If Kielty stays then his severance fund will go to charity.

The lines will be open for six months.

--
Peter Duncanson, UK
(in alt.possessive.its.has.no.apostrophe)


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