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Bananaman_007 · 26-02-2015, 22:26

The last launch date i heard for Spike was July so still a while off yet.

As for TV Land launching in the UK it is not going to happen at the expense of 5 USA or 5*. Both channels have brand recognition in the UK and TV Land does not. Viacom are not stupid they will not pay such a huge amount to but Channel 5 in order to slice its value by changing the name on some of its assets. If they wanted to launch TV Land they would have just bought EPG slots, it would have been a whole lot cheaper.

I think 5* means a lot more to people than Viva does which is evidenced by the fact that Viva is likely to close to completely change its remit back to music. As for Spike i think you would be surprised how well known the brand is over here. TNA Westling was on Spike for a long time, and before that WWE. Gamers know the Spike Videogame awards, and shows such as Bar Rescue and Auction Hunters have aired in the uk.

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Bananaman_007 Inactive Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 267	Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2015) Vol. 1 The last launch date i heard for Spike was July so still a while off yet. As for TV Land launching in the UK it is not going to happen at the expense of 5 USA or 5. Both channels have brand recognition in the UK and TV Land does not. Viacom are not stupid they will not pay such a huge amount to but Channel 5 in order to slice its value by changing the name on some of its assets. If they wanted to launch TV Land they would have just bought EPG slots, it would have been a whole lot cheaper. I think 5 means a lot more to people than Viva does which is evidenced by the fact that Viva is likely to close to completely change its remit back to music. As for Spike i think you would be surprised how well known the brand is over here. TNA Westling was on Spike for a long time, and before that WWE. Gamers know the Spike Videogame awards, and shows such as Bar Rescue and Auction Hunters have aired in the uk.