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demented · 30-03-2008, 00:25

Sky One and the Beeb used to do exactly the same sort of thing regarding Star Trek from time to time going back years. The other scheduling and even the times are also copies. However, I agree that copying some of the stupidities of other channels in the past is not necessarily the way to go.

My whinge about DS9 was I watched it into season 2 until for one whole week catch up got screwed up and you'd open DS9 and it'd be black screen for an entire hour. WTF? Moreover I thought that there'd be better on tv choice on demand. DS9 uptake on there was very sluggish and virgin removed seasons, changing them slightly. Never seen more than 1.5 seasons on there and most bizarrely at one point there was all of s2 and half of s4. The announcement months ago about all the star treks on demand although not expecting all 28 seasons of star trek on there simultaneously did expect them to be a lot less stingy than the palty 1-1.5 seasons.

30-03-2008, 00:25	#3
demented Inactive Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sheffield Services: 4Mbs, V+, XLtv + premium channels. Posts: 1,133	Re: Bizarre program scheduling. Sky One and the Beeb used to do exactly the same sort of thing regarding Star Trek from time to time going back years. The other scheduling and even the times are also copies. However, I agree that copying some of the stupidities of other channels in the past is not necessarily the way to go. My whinge about DS9 was I watched it into season 2 until for one whole week catch up got screwed up and you'd open DS9 and it'd be black screen for an entire hour. WTF? Moreover I thought that there'd be better on tv choice on demand. DS9 uptake on there was very sluggish and virgin removed seasons, changing them slightly. Never seen more than 1.5 seasons on there and most bizarrely at one point there was all of s2 and half of s4. The announcement months ago about all the star treks on demand although not expecting all 28 seasons of star trek on there simultaneously did expect them to be a lot less stingy than the palty 1-1.5 seasons.