Thread: General Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Old 29-12-2017, 08:01   #43
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin TV (2018)
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
He might not have seen them before! A repeat isn't a repeat unless you've seen it before; i'm finding lots of things I've not seen before as throughout my life i've previously been out socialising or working in the evenings.
That's right, but most of us are not complaining about having choice. A lot of people value the ability to see some of their favourite shows and films again.

It's the lack of good quality, original material during the peak viewing time of the year that is the issue here.

In the good old days, the season of good programmes started in September and lasted until about May or June before the summer season of repeats took over. The Christmas period was laden with really good programmes and we used to look forward to the double Christmas edition of the TV magazines.

Nowadays, the whole year has become rather bland, with just the odd good programme coming through here and there. It's not good enough, and if the broadcasters don't get their act together pretty soon, they will pay with a steadily declining audience.

Unfortunately, that is precisely what I think will happen. In my circles, I have friends who are still reliant on the broadcast channels and they have been very vocal this year and noticeably over the Christmas holidays that there is nothing for them to watch on TV.

It is only a matter of time now before all but the most complacent diehards who will watch anything start looking for another alternative. That is when the streaming services will really take off and the financial viability of our pay tv and traditional channels will be at crisis point as they grapple will a huge loss in audience share.

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Originally Posted by Mad Max View Post
So all the customers in the UK are interested in the Irish rebrand......
Yes, I've always been of the opinion that the Irish changes should be on a separate thread as they have a completely different set of channels there that the rest of us cannot access.
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