Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35914901)

Was the commercially produced content that you mentioned before produced by A&E? Are the promotions for the Community Channel or A&E/Blaze?

It is a surprising situation!

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Re: Freesports, Fox News etc.

I wonder if VM could get away with pseudo adding these to the EPG by doing a BBC3? They wouldn't be showing these channels without authorisation, but simply pointing viewers to a publically available internet stream!

I don't think that ITV offer a live internet stream, so if they continue to demand retransmission fees perhaps VM could do a deal with tvPlayer??

Not that I'd want to encourage this as we wouldn't be able to record anything.

Edit: I can't find a live stream for Freesports, so if they don't offer this my idea wouldn't be possible (I've sent them a message to ask them).

Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35914913)

Then again, it could just have been a contrived method of grabbing CC's old EPG slot only to close TCC at a later date. Who knows? it's all very odd.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35914943)

Much ado about nothing, in my opinion. Who actually watches the Community Channel (apart from Richard, that is).

Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35914944)

Not really the point, considering that the Community Channel transferred ownership of TCC to A+E Networks. It's just a part they played in bringing this about.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35914973)

Well spotted,at least we now know what's been going on. Looks like A&E have effectively paid the Community Channel for their better EPG slot, but have had to go round the houses to get round the rules

Apparently, this is the second time that this has been done (the first being ITV), so maybe they will change the rules again to prevent this happening again.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35915104)

Sky have been having problems with their UHD service:

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/09/u...e-for-sky.html

Let's hope this is sorted out before/if it comes to VM...

Originally Posted by Tricky Trevor (Post 35915120)

I would imagine that they would iron out any problems within the next 5 years or so :D

Originally Posted by jj20x (Post 35915011)

A less convoluted method for ITV, which transferred the DTPS licence of "The Store" to AMC, who then took the opportunity to switch the LCNs of The Store and CBS Action. ITV had already run down "The Store" to a 1 hour placeholder, so AMC gained a better EPG slot and very little in the way of additional broadcasting commitments.

ITV is well placed to benefit from such moves as both a broadcaster and platform operator. Clearly ITV is looking for additional sources of revenue.

Originally Posted by tricky trevor (Post 35915120)

i would imagine that they would iron out any problems within the next 5 years or so :d

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35915146)

One good thing about the Community Channel saga is that Freeview viewers (and those on the lower pay TV packages) can obtain access to some A&E pay TV programming; at least for the time being

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 35915151)

I meant any pay TV packages that don't include CI etc, but if all the material would have gone onto Blaze anyway it's a moot point!

Having said that, I'm not sure if Blaze is available on the M/Player packs as VM have been putting Freeview channels into the M+/Mix packs alately. If not, these customers could tune into TCC on Freeview to see what they're missing.