Channel Five DOG
 

Here is the complain I sent the Channel Five.



Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to complain about the DOG or Digital Onscreen Graphic which has
recently appeared on all Channel Five programmes.

The DOG serves no purpose whatsoever during programmes except to annoy. I am
sick and tired of my intelligence being insulted by TV channels which use
DOGs claming that this is because of the multi-channel environment since I
can always use the Info button or EPG on my remote control to find out which
channel I am watching and this ability has been available on Teletext and
Digital enabled TVs for over an quarter of a century, therefore you have no
excuse for needing a DOG. Every time I change channels there is a huge
onscreen caption inserted by my STB telling me the name of the channel I
have tuned into. If the purpose of the DOG is about branding then why isn't
it being shown during commercial breaks and programme trailers for
programmes on other channels in the Five group, when it is more difficult to
identify the channel you are watching than during the actual programmes
which are distinctive to each channel and therefore need no reminders of
what channel they are on.

Unless the DOG is removed from Five, and the sooner the better, I will no
longer watch this channel anymore. Currently I refuse to even turn to FiveUS
or FiveLive because the DOGs are so huge, annoying and distracting that the
programmes on these channels are completely unwatchable.

If the people in your marketing and research departments do not realise that
DOGs put people of watching TV and lower the viewers perception and image of
your channels then they should be fired.

Channel Five DOG
 

If the people in your marketing and research departments do not
realise that DOGs put people of watching TV and lower the viewers
perception and image of your channels then they should be fired.

Ha! Love it!!

Let us know how they respond...

--
Regards,
Chris.
(Remove Elvis's shoes to email me)

Channel Five DOG
 

"ChrisM" wrote in message
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If the people in your marketing and research departments do not
realise that DOGs put people of watching TV and lower the viewers
perception and image of your channels then they should be fired.

Ha! Love it!!

Let us know how they respond...

--
Regards,
Chris.
(Remove Elvis's shoes to email me)

Would be even better if it said "put people *off* watching TV"

Channel Five DOG
 

Agamemnon wrote:
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If you're as intelligent as you claim, what are you doing watching
channel 5?
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Channel Five DOG
 

"we are the robots" wrote in message
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Agamemnon wrote:
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If you're as intelligent as you claim, what are you doing watching channel
5?

I'm not and I won't be while it continues to use a DOG.

Channel Five DOG
 

Sounds like they may have worked for Virgin Media, they live in a world of
their own as well.

:-)

Brian

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Brian Gaff -
Note:- In order to reduce spam, any email without 'Brian Gaff'
in the display name may be lost.
Blind user, so no pictures please!
"Agamemnon" wrote in message
. uk...
Here is the complain I sent the Channel Five.



Dear Sir/Madam,

I wish to complain about the DOG or Digital Onscreen Graphic which has
recently appeared on all Channel Five programmes.

The DOG serves no purpose whatsoever during programmes except to annoy. I
am sick and tired of my intelligence being insulted by TV channels which
use DOGs claming that this is because of the multi-channel environment
since I can always use the Info button or EPG on my remote control to find
out which channel I am watching and this ability has been available on
Teletext and Digital enabled TVs for over an quarter of a century,
therefore you have no excuse for needing a DOG. Every time I change
channels there is a huge onscreen caption inserted by my STB telling me
the name of the channel I have tuned into. If the purpose of the DOG is
about branding then why isn't it being shown during commercial breaks and
programme trailers for programmes on other channels in the Five group,
when it is more difficult to identify the channel you are watching than
during the actual programmes which are distinctive to each channel and
therefore need no reminders of what channel they are on.

Unless the DOG is removed from Five, and the sooner the better, I will no
longer watch this channel anymore. Currently I refuse to even turn to
FiveUS or FiveLive because the DOGs are so huge, annoying and distracting
that the programmes on these channels are completely unwatchable.

If the people in your marketing and research departments do not realise
that DOGs put people of watching TV and lower the viewers perception and
image of your channels then they should be fired.

Channel Five DOG
 

Brian Gaff wrote:

Sounds like they may have worked for Virgin Media, they live in a world of
their own as well.

:-)

Brian

Shhhhhh or you will have Carl in here too!

--
Paul (We won't die of devotion)
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Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

Channel Five DOG
 

Agamemnon wrote:
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Are you being serious, are you that bothered by a logo?
Can't you cover it using a post it note, or something, on your screen!
Or stop looking at the idiot lantern so much.

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Channel Five DOG
 

In message , Edster
writes
we are the robots wrote:


Agamemnon wrote:
snip
Are you being serious, are you that bothered by a logo?
Can't you cover it using a post it note, or something, on your screen!
Or stop looking at the idiot lantern so much.

It would be better for everyone if people like you used post it notes
to remind yourselves what channel you are watching. You could also use
post it notes to tell yourselves what is going to be on next, what
sort of programme you are watching, which websites you need to visit
for each programme you watch, what mobile number you need to use to
get text messages for those programmes, and what electronic items you
should buy from Sky. Then the rest of us can just watch the programmes
in peace, without the broadcasters thinking they need to communicate
with you and people like you.

As the DOG goes off during adverts, it's absence / presence can probably
be sensed, and used to do things like automatically pause a recorder
during the adverts (so they don't get recorded), or fast forward over
the adverts during a replay. Publicise the fact that this is being
widely done, and maybe the advertisers will put pressure on Channel 5 to
keep it off all the time.
--
Ian

Channel Five DOG
 

Edster wrote:
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What are you implying, that I'm a retard, or I've got autistic spectrum
disorder, or something?

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