Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36209707)

Well if you insult or are abusive to others, you can expect a reaction.

Originally Posted by cheekyangus (Post 36209718)

And they GUIs were better back then, because they thought about what suited them and what didn’t, and the graphics chosen were MUCH clearer what they were for.

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Graphical interfaces, much more so these days, are flawed in so many ways.

Even then they require scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and fit about 3 things on a page that could 3-4 times as much.

And the images chosen are often not that clear as to what they are for (they may be hi-resolution but they are cluttered or poor choice) so it’s easy to either miss things or waste time needing to make extra button presses to see what the show actually is.

Originally Posted by cheekyangus (Post 36209718)

And they GUIs were better back then, because they thought about what suited them and what didn’t, and the graphics chosen were MUCH clearer what they were for.

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Graphical interfaces, much more so these days, are flawed in so many ways.

Even then they require scrolling and scrolling and scrolling and fit about 3 things on a page that could 3-4 times as much.

And the images chosen are often not that clear as to what they are for (they may be hi-resolution but they are cluttered or poor choice) so it’s easy to either miss things or waste time needing to make extra button presses to see what the show actually is.

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter (Post 36209722)

...and a fair few of them are out of date eg presenters who left years ago, logos which have been suoerceded by new ones etc.

Originally Posted by nodrogd (Post 36209802)

According to the UK Cable TV changes blog there are two olympics dedicated channels testing in pre-launch config on four EPG slots (TBC).

TNT Sports Olympics 1 - 140 and 527

TNT Sports Olympics 2 - 141 and 528

I assume the non sports slots will allow a wider audience than just TNT subscribers to see the content.

Originally Posted by cheekyangus (Post 36209811)

It would be awful PR if they didn’t try to widen access beyond Premium subscription tiers, even it’s still a Pay TV audience.

Originally Posted by djmagnifique (Post 36209652)

Yes, mine keeps stuttering for a second every now and then but it only started a couple of days ago for me.

Originally Posted by vincerooney (Post 36209870)

do we know what the big sky tv announcement is next month? its about their television service and they're saying they "have big news"

i assume its connected to hbo max?

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36209902)

If it is, then it’s not really news. We already know that Sky viewers will get the new streamer and that they have a done deal about maintaining their ability to show past HBO shows on Sky Atlantic.

I can only think that maybe they will change the name of ‘Sky Atlantic’ to reflect the fact that the new HBO stuff will be replaced by dramas produced by Sky Studios.

I’ve heard it said that Sky One may make a return, and I think this is a possibility, in which case it would be sensible to re-name Sky Max as Sky 2.

All speculation at this point, of course.

Originally Posted by TimeLord2018 (Post 36209903)

This isn't true, basically anything pre April 2022 was only extended from 31st December to 25th March, basically what's left non exclusive after that date is the same as Sky in Germany & Italy now until it's reaches then end of it's original licensing term