More4+1 gone?

According to all my Freeview boxen (signals from Crystal Palace) More4+1
is now defunct, and will be replaced by Film4 on 31 July. OK, fair
enough, but why kill the channel now, so early? It's handy (well it was)
if you missed an NYPD Blue episode on More4. My guess is that they need
the bandwidth for all of this Big Brother **** - I seem to have a
channel 305 in my line-up now.

Thanks, Channel 4, way to go. Not.


Clem

Clem Dye wrote:

More4+1
is now defunct, and will be replaced by Film4 on 31 July. OK, fair
enough

using the space for a +1 channel was just temporary, it was useful for
you while it was there, but presumably you'll appreciate a proper
channel rather than jut a timeshifted one?

but why kill the channel now, so early? It's handy (well it was)

yes, but you really you could just get a 2nd tuner

My guess is that they need
the bandwidth for all of this Big Brother ****

Probably, but all the 60p phone calls from the BB mugs will help fund
More4/Film4 :-)

Andy Burns wrote:
Clem Dye wrote:

More4+1 is now defunct, and will be replaced by Film4 on 31 July. OK,
fair enough

using the space for a +1 channel was just temporary, it was useful for
you while it was there, but presumably you'll appreciate a proper
channel rather than jut a timeshifted one?

True, but why maintain E4+1? They could have just as easily junked that
in favour of Film4.

but why kill the channel now, so early? It's handy (well it was)

yes, but you really you could just get a 2nd tuner
Can't quite see how that would help.

My guess is that they need the bandwidth for all of this Big Brother ****

Probably, but all the 60p phone calls from the BB mugs will help fund
More4/Film4 :-)
I'm not so sure. C4 has held the rights to NYPD Blue, and it was bl**dy
annoying when they stopped showing anything after series 9 some years
ago. Given the high number of repeats on E4/More4 I can't quite see
where the money is going now, let alone if BB mugs pay-up.

I still think that it was somewhat scabby to kill the +1 channel just t
make way for BB. Gold ol' C4 is ramming this rubbish down our collective
throats once again this year. Seems like if you don't like sport
(Wimbledon/World Cup et al) and you don't lkie BB then tough. Sigh.

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Clem Dye wrote:

My guess is that they need
the bandwidth for all of this Big Brother ****

Probably, but all the 60p phone calls from the BB mugs will help fund
More4/Film4 :-)


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Clem Dye wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:
yes, but you really you could just get a 2nd tuner
Can't quite see how that would help.

Sorry, I went off at a tangent I suppose, +1 channels and/or dual tuners
help me resolve scheduling conflicts, but only +1 channels help if you
didn't know it was on until half way through the programme ...

"Clem Dye" wrote in message
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snip

I still think that it was somewhat scabby to kill the +1 channel
just t
make way for BB. Gold ol' C4 is ramming this rubbish down our
collective
throats once again this year. Seems like if you don't like sport
(Wimbledon/World Cup et al) and you don't lkie BB then tough. Sigh.

I can see an uplift in DVD sales and rentals!

But then with all the programmes / series in the various TV channels
'back-catalouges' there is really no excuse for having +1 channels,
other than for people who can't workout how to set up their video
recorders....

"Clem Dye" wrote

According to all my Freeview boxen (signals from Crystal Palace) More4+1
is now defunct, and will be replaced by Film4 on 31 July.

Here up North the caption simply says "From July" and "channel 31" for
FilmFour, but states no specific date in July.

John Howells

"Clem Dye" wrote in message
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Andy Burns wrote:
Clem Dye wrote:

More4+1 is now defunct, and will be replaced by Film4 on 31 July. OK,
fair enough

using the space for a +1 channel was just temporary, it was useful for
you while it was there, but presumably you'll appreciate a proper channel
rather than jut a timeshifted one?

True, but why maintain E4+1? They could have just as easily junked that in
favour of Film4.

E4+1 is going to be 'junked' as well in due course, as C4 are going to
replace it with 'C4 America'.

The +1 channels are a waste of bandwidth - if viewers want timeshifted
programmes they should buy a Digital PVR, which are now widely available and
the successor to VCR's.

Colin

"Colin" wrote in message
...

"Clem Dye" wrote in message
...
Andy Burns wrote:
Clem Dye wrote:

More4+1 is now defunct, and will be replaced by Film4 on 31 July. OK,
fair enough

using the space for a +1 channel was just temporary, it was useful for
you while it was there, but presumably you'll appreciate a proper
channel rather than jut a timeshifted one?

True, but why maintain E4+1? They could have just as easily junked that
in favour of Film4.

E4+1 is going to be 'junked' as well in due course, as C4 are going to
replace it with 'C4 America'.

The +1 channels are a waste of bandwidth - if viewers want timeshifted
programmes they should buy a Digital PVR, which are now widely available
and the successor to VCR's.

Colin




On the other hand, they fill bandwidth, are very cheap to produce requiring
no significant expense, they strategically increase the channel's exposure
to viewers, and they block out new-up-start broadcasters and competitors
from entering the market.

Of course as a Topfield owner, I agree that a PVR makes these services less
important.

"Colin" wrote in message
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snip

The +1 channels are a waste of bandwidth - if viewers want
timeshifted
programmes they should buy a Digital PVR, which are now widely
available and
the successor to VCR's.


Were VCR's not *personal* then, how have I managed to keep mine for
my sole use for so long without demands for me to share it about?!

'PVR' is a commercial marketing term and not a generic product term,
that would be either a DVR or DVB Recorder.