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Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an actof futility?
How much longer will `five' stay on a PSB multiplex if it decides to embrace a subscription tv model? From http://www.broadcastnow.co.UK/news/broadcasters/five-mulls-switch-to-pay-tv/5006289.article QUOTE Five mulls switch to pay-TV 1 October, 2009 | By Kate Bulkley Five is considering taking its main terrestrial channel into the pay-TV market as it investigates radical survival strategies. Sources close to the broadcaster revealed the plan is part of a potential strategy to shift its *entire* channel portfolio (Five, Fiver, Five US) to pay. UNQUOTE |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
"J G Miller" wrote in message
... How much longer will `five' stay on a PSB multiplex if it decides to embrace a subscription tv model? If Five moves it channels to pay tv that might well ease the financial pressure on ITV and Channel 4 which wold be a good thing IMHO. -- Michael Chare |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
"J G Miller" wrote in message ... How much longer will `five' stay on a PSB multiplex if it decides to embrace a subscription tv model? From http://www.broadcastnow.co.UK/news/broadcasters/five-mulls-switch-to-pay-tv/5006289.article QUOTE Five mulls switch to pay-TV 1 October, 2009 | By Kate Bulkley Five is considering taking its main terrestrial channel into the pay-TV market as it investigates radical survival strategies. Sources close to the broadcaster revealed the plan is part of a potential strategy to shift its *entire* channel portfolio (Five, Fiver, Five US) to pay. UNQUOTE Being part owned by Murdock that's hardly surprising Good riddens, hurry up and go Steve Terry |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have beenan act of futility?
Steve Terry wrote:
Being part owned by Murdock that's hardly surprising Good riddens, hurry up and go Steve Terry 5 is owned by RTL Group, who also own Fremantly, Thames Television etc. Where's the Murdoch connection? |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
"J G Miller" wrote in message ... How much longer will `five' stay on a PSB multiplex if it decides to embrace a subscription tv model? From http://www.broadcastnow.co.UK/news/broadcasters/five-mulls-switch-to-pay-tv/5006289.article QUOTE Five mulls switch to pay-TV 1 October, 2009 | By Kate Bulkley Five is considering taking its main terrestrial channel into the pay-TV market as it investigates radical survival strategies. Sources close to the broadcaster revealed the plan is part of a potential strategy to shift its *entire* channel portfolio (Five, Fiver, Five US) to pay. UNQUOTE Pay for Five? ROTFL. |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been anact of futility?
On 2 Oct, 10:43, "Doctor D" wrote:
Pay for Five? ROTFL. You say that, but as part of various packages, people pay for (IMO) far worse! Don't know the financial details, but you would have thought being on one of the two SD muxes with national coverage put them in a strong position - that mux slot alone would be very valuable if it was available on the "open" market. Cheers, David. |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:43:33 +0100
"Doctor D" wrote: Pay for Five? ROTFL. Five is among the better channels these days IMO, at least if you're into gadget/machinery type programs. Apart from a couple of dramas like Midsommer Murders, someone would have to pay *me* to watch any of the ITV channels these days. B2003 |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have beenan act of futility?
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Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been
On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:39:22 +0100
Mark Carver wrote: The Gadget Show is mainly a waste of time, thanks to its presentation style and ridiculous testing techniques, but other programmes such as Yes, its not what it was. Someones definately been upping Bradburys amphetamine dosage this series and instead of gadgets they seem to test any old crap that takes their fancy. The other week we had walking shoes FFS. With the best will in the world , a shoe is not a "gadget" in the sense that techy types mean and thats who the show is supposedly aimed at. And I remember some white goods test , might have been fridges. I switched off at that point tho. Monster Moves and Megastructures are actually very good, and often beat anything on the other four channels at the same time. Don't forget Big Bigger Biggest too. B2003 |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
The Gadget Show is mainly a waste of time, thanks to its presentation style and ridiculous testing techniques, but other programmes such as Monster Moves and Megastructures are actually very good, and often beat anything on the other four channels at the same time. I quite enjoy the Gadget Show, but I always watch from a recording, so I can zoom through the silliest bits plus the adverts, the competition and the "coming up after the break" bits, so it comes down to about 20 minutes or so. Paul |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
"Mark Carver" wrote in message ... wrote: On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:43:33 +0100 "Doctor D" wrote: Pay for Five? ROTFL. Five is among the better channels these days IMO, at least if you're into gadget/machinery type programs. Yes, I agree. I'm surprised, given the obvious interests of most folk in this group, that C5 gets such a rough ride in here. The Gadget Show is mainly a waste of time, thanks to its presentation style and ridiculous testing techniques, but other programmes such as Monster Moves and Megastructures are actually very good, and often beat anything on the other four channels at the same time. I agree too, Five has improved a lot, even the Gadget show is OK if you think of it as the 'Top Gear' of gadgets (i.e. uninformative but entertaining). FlashForward looks promising so far. However there is no way I'm paying for it when I can download stuff (in better quality currently). Z |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
"Zimmy" wrote in message ... "Mark Carver" wrote in message ... wrote: On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:43:33 +0100 "Doctor D" wrote: Pay for Five? ROTFL. Five is among the better channels these days IMO, at least if you're into gadget/machinery type programs. Yes, I agree. I'm surprised, given the obvious interests of most folk in this group, that C5 gets such a rough ride in here. The Gadget Show is mainly a waste of time, thanks to its presentation style and ridiculous testing techniques, but other programmes such as Monster Moves and Megastructures are actually very good, and often beat anything on the other four channels at the same time. I agree too, Five has improved a lot, even the Gadget show is OK if you think of it as the 'Top Gear' of gadgets (i.e. uninformative but entertaining). FlashForward looks promising so far. However there is no way I'm paying for it when I can download stuff (in better quality currently). Z What do you like better folks. The Gadgets show or Tomorrows World. |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
"Mark Carver" wrote in message ... wrote: On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:43:33 +0100 "Doctor D" wrote: Pay for Five? ROTFL. Five is among the better channels these days IMO, at least if you're into gadget/machinery type programs. Yes, I agree. I'm surprised, given the obvious interests of most folk in this group, that C5 gets such a rough ride in here. The Gadget Show is mainly a waste of time, thanks to its presentation style and ridiculous testing techniques, but other programmes such as Monster Moves and Megastructures are actually very good, and often beat anything on the other four channels at the same time. I don't disagree Mark, but I wouldn't pay (BBC excepted) for those either! My wife watches The Bill on ITV1 and that's the only time this household regularly watches it. I occasionally watch ITV News if I've missed BBC News, but when Central News comes on I watch in awe at just how badly TV can be produced. A look through my stored programmes shows BBC1, CH4, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, Discovery Channels and Dave feature most often. |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
"Nalla" writes:
What do you like better folks. The Gadgets show or Tomorrows World. Tomorrows world as presented by Raymond Baxter. It was never the same after James Burke came on the scene. |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:23:16 +0100
Graham Murray wrote: "Nalla" writes: What do you like better folks. The Gadgets show or Tomorrows World. Tomorrows world as presented by Raymond Baxter. It was never the same after James Burke came on the scene. I prefer Click. Though it would be even better if it was longer and they got rid of that pointless webscape section at the end. B2003 |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been
wrote in message ... On Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:39:22 +0100 Mark Carver wrote: The Gadget Show is mainly a waste of time, thanks to its presentation style and ridiculous testing techniques, but other programmes such as Yes, its not what it was. Someones definately been upping Bradburys amphetamine dosage this series and instead of gadgets they seem to test any old crap that takes their fancy. The other week we had walking shoes FFS. With the best will in the world , a shoe is not a "gadget" in the sense that techy types mean and thats who the show is supposedly aimed at. And I remember some white goods test , might have been fridges. I switched off at that point tho. Monster Moves and Megastructures are actually very good, and often beat anything on the other four channels at the same time. Don't forget Big Bigger Biggest too. i liked the early days of five when they showed lots of soft porn and even a porn video review show (!) maybe the internet has rendered such stuff irrelevant. -- Gareth. that fly...... is your magic wand.... |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
I notice they seem to have now called 5us 5usa, what does the a stand for,
Awful? Brian -- 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! "Doctor D" wrote in message o.uk... "J G Miller" wrote in message ... How much longer will `five' stay on a PSB multiplex if it decides to embrace a subscription tv model? From http://www.broadcastnow.co.UK/news/broadcasters/five-mulls-switch-to-pay-tv/5006289.article QUOTE Five mulls switch to pay-TV 1 October, 2009 | By Kate Bulkley Five is considering taking its main terrestrial channel into the pay-TV market as it investigates radical survival strategies. Sources close to the broadcaster revealed the plan is part of a potential strategy to shift its *entire* channel portfolio (Five, Fiver, Five US) to pay. UNQUOTE Pay for Five? ROTFL. |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
Offcom need to step in and tell them to be real I think, if they think they
are going to change the rules in the middle of the game. I'd imagine I'd be quite happy with second run stuff on the free channels, why do you need it as soon as it comes out? Brian -- 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! "2Bdecided" wrote in message ... On 2 Oct, 10:43, "Doctor D" wrote: Pay for Five? ROTFL. You say that, but as part of various packages, people pay for (IMO) far worse! Don't know the financial details, but you would have thought being on one of the two SD muxes with national coverage put them in a strong position - that mux slot alone would be very valuable if it was available on the "open" market. Cheers, David. |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have beenan act of futility?
Java Jive wrote:
On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:49:57 +0100, "Doctor D" wrote: A look through my stored programmes shows BBC1, CH4, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, Discovery Channels and Dave feature most often. Discovery? On Freeview? Actually, I've got a feeling that most of C5's science/tech documentaries come from Discovery anyway ? -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. www.paras.org.uk |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
"Brian Gaff" wrote in message . com... They need to get some decent stuff to put out or nobody would want to buy it! I agree. Whilst there is stuff that I watch on "five" (2 progs this week), I wouldn't miss it if I didn't have it. I guess that they are hoping enough people want to pay for CSI which seems to be on about 8 times a week! tim |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
"Mark Carver" wrote in message ... wrote: On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:43:33 +0100 "Doctor D" wrote: Pay for Five? ROTFL. Five is among the better channels these days IMO, at least if you're into gadget/machinery type programs. Yes, I agree. I'm surprised, given the obvious interests of most folk in this group, that C5 gets such a rough ride in here. The Gadget Show is mainly a waste of time, thanks to its presentation style and ridiculous testing techniques, but other programmes such as Monster Moves and Megastructures are actually very good, and often beat anything on the other four channels at the same time. Yeah, but I won't pay a monthly sub just for them (and Hotel Inspector!) tim |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have beenan act of futility?
tim... wrote:
"Mark Carver" wrote in message The Gadget Show is mainly a waste of time, thanks to its presentation style and ridiculous testing techniques, but other programmes such as Monster Moves and Megastructures are actually very good, and often beat anything on the other four channels at the same time. Yeah, but I won't pay a monthly sub just for them (and Hotel Inspector!) No, nor me. In fact I can't think of much on any channel that I'd pay a sub for, over and above the sub I already pay the Beeb. -- Mark Please replace invalid and invalid with gmx and net to reply. www.paras.org.uk |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
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D wrote: Pay for Five? ROTFL. Pay for *any* channels when I've already paid the licence fee? ROTFL. Rod. -- Virtual Access V6.3 free usenet/email software from http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtual-access/ |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
Logo ridden fuzzy screened crap
"J G Miller" wrote in message ... How much longer will `five' stay on a PSB multiplex if it decides to embrace a subscription tv model? From http://www.broadcastnow.co.UK/news/broadcasters/five-mulls-switch-to-pay-tv/5006289.article QUOTE Five mulls switch to pay-TV 1 October, 2009 | By Kate Bulkley Five is considering taking its main terrestrial channel into the pay-TV market as it investigates radical survival strategies. Sources close to the broadcaster revealed the plan is part of a potential strategy to shift its *entire* channel portfolio (Five, Fiver, Five US) to pay. UNQUOTE |
Could the recent move of `five' to a PSB multiplex have been an act of futility?
I think a lot watch GS just for Suzi Perry
"Nalla" wrote in message ... "Zimmy" wrote in message ... "Mark Carver" wrote in message ... wrote: On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:43:33 +0100 "Doctor D" wrote: Pay for Five? ROTFL. Five is among the better channels these days IMO, at least if you're into gadget/machinery type programs. Yes, I agree. I'm surprised, given the obvious interests of most folk in this group, that C5 gets such a rough ride in here. The Gadget Show is mainly a waste of time, thanks to its presentation style and ridiculous testing techniques, but other programmes such as Monster Moves and Megastructures are actually very good, and often beat anything on the other four channels at the same time. I agree too, Five has improved a lot, even the Gadget show is OK if you think of it as the 'Top Gear' of gadgets (i.e. uninformative but entertaining). FlashForward looks promising so far. However there is no way I'm paying for it when I can download stuff (in better quality currently). Z What do you like better folks. The Gadgets show or Tomorrows World. |
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