08-02-2006, 13:39
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Film4 comes to freeview
From: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds28928.html
From July Film4 will launch on freeview and go FTA on Sky. I'd imagine it'll also go into the base pack on Ntl/Telewest.
 to this one. I've always found that Film4 shows much better films than the Sky movie channels.
The only problem is the ad-breaks that'll be introduced but I suppose you can't have everything.
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08-02-2006, 14:15
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
Great news
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08-02-2006, 14:33
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
Superb news!
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08-02-2006, 14:42
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
i also heard theyre doing a number reshuffle next week and film four will be epg no 334 
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08-02-2006, 15:14
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
Good news indeed 
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13-02-2006, 19:48
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
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Good news indeed |
Brilliant news... as said before, some of the best films are shown on FilmFour.
Thnx for the heads up.
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13-02-2006, 19:50
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
I heard it wasn't till about June or July. is that right.
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13-02-2006, 22:08
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
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Originally Posted by j52c
I heard it wasn't till about June or July. is that right.
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Originally Posted by Dezzo
From July Film4 will launch on freeview
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Yep a few months to wait but I reckon it'll be well worth it.
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13-02-2006, 22:37
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
I always thought it was a load of rubish, not many films I ever liked were shown on it and I guess i'm not the only one that thinks so. Otherwise they would not be going "freeview" guess they ain't making any money through subscriptions! 
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13-02-2006, 23:30
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
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I always thought it was a load of rubish, not many films I ever liked were shown on it and I guess i'm not the only one that thinks so. Otherwise they would not be going "freeview" guess they ain't making any money through subscriptions! |
IIRC, it's because Channel 4 were criticised by the Government for not fulfulling their public service remit .
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14-02-2006, 09:49
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
We subscribed to F4 for a while, until we realised that £5 a month for a huge pile of unwatchable, pretentious twaddle was not good value. Even Mrs T was disappointed, and she did Film Studies at uni so that sort of film should have been right up her street.
I wonder how the economics of that works out for Channel 4 - £5 for (IIRC) three channels, to completely free? Must be costing them a bit. Unless no-one is subscribing to it anyway, in which case it's probably a good idea.  
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14-02-2006, 09:57
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
300,000 or so subscribers right now at £7.00 a pop comes out at just over 2mil a month in revenue (I'm unsure how much gets kicked back to Sky, Ntl etc)
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14-02-2006, 10:06
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
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300,000 or so subscribers right now at £7.00 a pop comes out at just over 2mil a month in revenue (I'm unsure how much gets kicked back to Sky, Ntl etc)
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Interesting ... I wonder whether their experience of putting e4 on Freeview has taught them they can make up the shortfall with improved ad revenues?
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14-02-2006, 10:57
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*cough*
Yep a few months to wait but I reckon it'll be well worth it. |
oooooopssssssssssssss.
Sorry must be my age that is telling.
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14-02-2006, 19:16
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Re: Film4 comes to freeview
yaay bring it on
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