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jfman · 29-08-2020, 12:26

Fundamentally if people keep paying for it then it’s not likely to change. Since the advent of pay-tv in this country the majority of content there’s been entire channels devoted to ex-BBC and ex-ITV content.

A customary look at the BARB top 30 from ‘other channels’ from 2018 shows series like Vera, Endeavour, Poirot getting hundreds of thousands of viewers on ITV3 in there. There’s new content getting less viewers on smaller channels.

29-08-2020, 12:26	#17
jfman Architect of Ideas Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 11,146	Re: Do the Virgin Media UK need an "tidy up"? Fundamentally if people keep paying for it then it’s not likely to change. Since the advent of pay-tv in this country the majority of content there’s been entire channels devoted to ex-BBC and ex-ITV content. A customary look at the BARB top 30 from ‘other channels’ from 2018 shows series like Vera, Endeavour, Poirot getting hundreds of thousands of viewers on ITV3 in there. There’s new content getting less viewers on smaller channels.