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Originally Posted by Russ
They're not displacing anything, they're showing content most likely to be relevant to the audience.
You're in Wales, it'll show programming connected to Wales just like they always do for you while you're in England.
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True, but in my experience most people actually prefer to receive the networked programming. This appears to be more the case in Scotland than anywhere else for some reason. STV tried dropping popular shows on ITV and replacing them with content with a local theme and there was uproar!
I know a number of people in NI who dislike the fact that something they want to watch is delayed because something like a politics programme has been inserted into their schedule.
Of course, with the advent of satellite and, to an extent cable, this is no longer a problem for some people as they have the choice.
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Originally Posted by Chris
Nations and regions have always had a certain amount of freedom to deviate from the London schedule. Nations have more freedom than the regions do.
I suspect the nations and regions have very little influence over what goes on the red button, they probably don't get much advance notice of what's going to be on it either.
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That probably explains the duplication then. I was coming from the angle that, now that everybody has digital TV, they will have the red button service, with no need to displace network programmes.