Community Channel rebranding as ‘Together’

Their schedule is completely missing the "Together/Community Channel" factor

Look at the dog with each new programme

There is a fourth ident: https://theident.gallery/player.php?id=TOGETHER-2018-ID-CAKE-1 It seems it was only every used once. I put up a tone of recordings and no. This is not the first time a channel get a ident then throws it in the cupboard, why waste the money.

Sweeping the globe

https://www.infosat.de/digital-tv/together-ersetzt-community-channel-auf-astra-282-ost
https://www.parabola.cz/zpravicky/28910/28-2e-community-channel-rebrandovan-na-together/
https://www.satcentrum.com/clanky/25636/britsky-zabavni-kanal-together-nahradil-community-channel-na-druzici-astra-2f/
https://satsis.info/news/12839-together-novoe-nazvanie-kanala-community-channel.html
https://caltonjock.com/2018/01/19/scotland-together-the-scottish-community-channel-owned-by-the-people-of-scotland/

The "potential audience reach" must be in the tens of millions (Guess they're too honest to mention it.)





The health programming strand is called "Better Together", a name which clearly and needlessly sets it at odds with the mooted Scotland Together Scottish Community Channel. (does not exist)


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The rebrand and the change of programming seems to have had a negative effect on viewing...

According to the BARB figures, the highest rated programme in the week ending 11th Feb was COUPLES COME DINE WITH ME with 12k... yet two years ago, the highest rated programme got 27k. Incidentally, my own series Walks Around Britain got 10k in the same week two years ago and was ranked 7th most watched... the same figure now would make it the 3rd most watched. Surely a diet of Come Dine With Me and Gok's Fill Your House For Free isn't very original programming?

At that level think it's difficult to compare ratings week for week though completely agree that Come Dine with Me and Fill your House for Free isn't the sort of programmes they should be airing really.

Do they still repeat The Bald Explorer? It was a documentary series where Richard Vobes (of Snug and Cozi fame) explored towns and villages in Britain. I always enjoyed watching it, and think it's a real shame that it was never picked up by a bigger channel.

I believe TBE was one of the series lost in the great cull of Community Channel programmes before they re-launched as Together - although if I remember correctly, some of the editions were probably nearing the end f their licensing period anyway. Again, a real shame as Richard put a hell of a lot of effort into that series, and it is entirely what is missing from Together's schedule.

I've always thought a channel like Create TV in the States - the lifestyle/travel/arts/not-heavy-history offering from the PBS network - would do well here.

That's a shame. I know the earliest editions were made in 2011, so that would give credence to your point about licencing. I remember reading on Richard's website a few years back that the major networks had no interest in his programmes, as he was neither an academic nor a celebrity; if so, I think that that's a real shame, and it shows some narrow-mindedness on their part. I like the idea of a UK version of Create TV - I think with some slight re-tooling, More4 could be it.

Has the Cake ident ever been reused?