247 classics tv - the new tcm ?

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:01:40 -0000, CW
wrote:

All it needs is a few good films and it would practically have a instant
large viewer base .

Is the free-to-air audience really that large, though? It would be
interesting to know for sure.

"CW" wrote in message
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All it needs is a few good films and it would practically have a instant
large viewer base .

I'm afraid theres just so many times you can watch charade and the man
with the golden arm .



They could show major Hollywood blockbusters FTA before
SKY Movies got them but unless they vastly improve their picture
quality I'll never watch that channel.

Mike C

"Ant" wrote in message
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:01:40 -0000, CW
wrote:

All it needs is a few good films and it would practically have a instant
large viewer base .

Is the free-to-air audience really that large, though? It would be
interesting to know for sure.



When TCM was FTA they had access to nearly 8million dsat
homes in the UK and rarely got more than 100,000 viewers
for it's movies, says it all really.
If TCM was on Freeview I have no doubt they would get more
viewers from a little over 2million DTT homes in the UK but they
would certainly need to expand their play lists.

Mike C

Mike_C wrote:

Is the free-to-air audience really that large, though? It would be
interesting to know for sure.

When TCM was FTA they had access to nearly 8million dsat
homes in the UK and rarely got more than 100,000 viewers
for it's movies, says it all really.

And I bet that they bulk of those came from the million or more
FTA/FTV viewers.

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