General Coming soon to Virgin TV 2014 - Page 93

vincerooney · 05-03-2014, 10:05

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Originally Posted by Anypermitedroute

morning Vince, feels like 2012 albeit with a few less channels outstanding

Morning! aye i remember 2012 well for this. it would seem that the channels VM would want they can't get (atlantic, sky HD channels) and the other missing channels they dont have which are on sky they dont want!

To be fair even though i hate it being so quiet with channel launches i can't really think of anything i'd want apart from the obvious sky channels. Except for the comedy of some european channels and the propaganda hilariousness of fox news.

So maybe i'm just disappointed over nothing really...we all got spoiled last year

howardmicks · 05-03-2014, 12:17

We certainly did bud

nicknewark · 06-03-2014, 14:29

Coming soon to Netflix!
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/new...n-netflix.html

Media Boy UK · 06-03-2014, 15:58

Media Boy Opinions on BBC Three axe.

As you may know the BBC is set to axe BBC Three in 2015 so that BBC One +1 can launch - the following is my own opinion.

WHY IS THE BBC SET TO CLOSE BBC THREE FOR?
The BBC says it to save money and add £30m into BBC One's bill per year for more Drama to be made. But the real reason is so The BBC can reuse BBC Three channel numbers for the new part time BBC One +1 Channel. But even that may not happen.

WHY?
On Freeview Digital UK gives the lower FREE channel number on Freeview to Local TV so Local TV may end up getting an UK Wide Channel number of 7. BBC One +1 may end up getting two channels

-Channel 8 in England.
-Channel 26 in Wales and Scotland.

For BBC One +1 to broadcast.

WHAT THE JOKE!!!
After axe of BBC Three by 2016 as an broadcast TV Channel we will end up with BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four - unless the BBC is also set to rebrand BBC Four as BBC Two Extra or BBC Extra.

The BBC has confirmed that CBBC will be given an extra hour to broadcast - until 8pm.
The BBC has also confirmed that BBC One +1 on the space left over from BBC Three.

ALL Proposals are still to given an go-ahead by the BBC Trust.

©copyright 2014 Media Boy 2006 - 2014. An ''Keep it real and free'' Production.

Mad Max · 06-03-2014, 20:00

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Originally Posted by nicknewark

Coming soon to Netflix!
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/new...n-netflix.html

Jesus H, i'll make a point of missing that!

nicknewark · 07-03-2014, 08:11

Fair enough!.

andy_m · 07-03-2014, 08:14

Iwon't though, looks good, thanks for info.

Lostlam · 07-03-2014, 23:45

A petition to save BBC3 has been signed by over 85,000 people in less than 48 hours. No doubt there will be a uturn.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...s-records.html

Chad · 07-03-2014, 23:58

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Originally Posted by Lostlam

A petition to save BBC3 has been signed by over 85,000 people in less than 48 hours. No doubt there will be a uturn.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/...s-records.html

It's a good start but I'm not sure if it will sway the BBC. BBC 3 on average draws between 3.5 to 4 million viewers each day. If millions of regular viewers haven't convinced the BBC to keep the channel on TV I can't see 85,000 signatures changing their mind. Hopefully the channel does stay as I do enjoy Family Guy.

Lostlam · 08-03-2014, 00:08

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Originally Posted by Chad

It's a good start but I'm not sure if it will sway the BBC. BBC 3 on average draws between 3.5 to 4 million viewers each day. If millions of regular viewers haven't convinced the BBC to keep the channel on TV I can't see 85,000 signatures changing their mind. Hopefully the channel does stay as I do enjoy Family Guy.

I guess so, but celebrities have signed it aswell. That will probably add more weight to the petition.

Bananaman_007 · 08-03-2014, 21:34

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Originally Posted by Chad

It's a good start but I'm not sure if it will sway the BBC. BBC 3 on average draws between 3.5 to 4 million viewers each day. If millions of regular viewers haven't convinced the BBC to keep the channel on TV I can't see 85,000 signatures changing their mind. Hopefully the channel does stay as I do enjoy Family Guy.

The online petitions helped towards saving the BBC Asian Network and BBC 6 Music. These were taken into account when the BBC trust reviewed the plans, they then swiftly vetoed the plans.

The aim of canning BBC3 was to save money, so why are they talking about using 30million of that on BBC1 drama? As well as extra funds to launch BBC1 +1 and increasing the hours of CBBC?

The people that run the BBC are nothing but politicians in disguise

RichardCoulter · 09-03-2014, 01:41

Does anyone know how much BBC Alba costs the BBC?

steveh · 09-03-2014, 08:48

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Does anyone know how much BBC Alba costs the BBC?

£4.9 million.

Here's a breakdown:

https://twitter.com/suttonnick/statu.../photo/1/large

RichardCoulter · 09-03-2014, 16:58

Thanks for that Steve.

OLD BOY · 09-03-2014, 18:37

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Does anyone know how much BBC Alba costs the BBC?

Whatever it is, it's too much. We should not be fruitlessley promoting a dying language when the language of business is English. What a waste of money. It would be interesting to know how many people actually speak Gaellic, and whether they can also speak English.

BBC3 has a far bigger audience. Common sense really, but in this politically correct society, everything that is common sense is turned on its head.