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WillPS
noggin posted:
David posted:

I guess it is so that the very small number of viewers with a Sky box but no viewing card can still see their BBC regional news programmes. I imagine this is such a small demographic that ITV don't feel they are worth bothering with.


It's more a case of ITV restricting out-of-region viewing to keep the advertisers happy AIUI. The BBC offer all their regions to cope with overlap regions where your postcode might not match your choice of region (or where you would point an aerial in old money) - whereas ITV have sold regional advertising based on a regional footprint, and don't want people watching other adverts in other regions.

I think it is more a case of ITV not wanting to cause advertising issues rather than them even considering local news.


Would it not be possible to have 3 or so 97x slots which are allocated to the 3 nearest regions (like Virgin Media will only add a couple of local regions at the headend, along with the nations). Surely that's 8ish nationwide EPG slots which could be sold straight up?
DA
David
WillPS posted:
Would it not be possible to have 3 or so 97x slots which are allocated to the 3 nearest regions (like Virgin Media will only add a couple of local regions at the headend, along with the nations). Surely that's 8ish nationwide EPG slots which could be sold straight up?


How much would Sky charge for such a service? Less than the cost of 8ish nationwide EPG slots?
WP
WillPS
Point taken.
HT
HTV Best
Here in the West region (on freeview) ITV1+1 sometimes shows you programmes you didn't get an hour earlier on ITV1... now that's quite an impressive catch up service!

The reason being, of course, that our +1 service comes from Wales and they have far more opt out's from the main network.
BU
buster
HTV Best posted:
Here in the West region (on freeview) ITV1+1 sometimes shows you programmes you didn't get an hour earlier on ITV1... now that's quite an impressive catch up service!

The reason being, of course, that our +1 service comes from Wales


Not for much longer Wink
JK
JK08
It seems that Paul O'Grady Live will not be returning..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2101998/Paul-OGrady-Why-did-I-chat-I-stand-guests.html
VM
VMPhil
JK08 posted:


That was confirmed a while ago.
RH
richard h
JK08 posted:


Interesting read, He seemed to really enjoy his chat show its sad to know he didn't and was just in it for the money, I agree with what he says though chat shows these days are just plug after plug after plug and I don't watch them anymore, I don't think anyone believed that he thought everyones books were great and that he bothered to read them but it seems like most of the time he was just putting on an act and not really enjoying it at all, I used to love watching the Paul O' Grady show but found the Live 1 on friday nights boring, If that's how he feels I'm glad we don't have it anymore and maybe he should have packed it in a long time ago
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A former member
I think he did enjoy it at the start but somewhere between that and itv peak show he stopped caring. Can't blame him especially if after plugs and coked up people.
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Brekkie
In a way bigger guests probably make the show less enjoyable with their promotional agendas and accompanying entourage.
JC
JCB
I roll my eyes when I read of chat show hosts whining that their guests are only there to plug their products...like this. Rolling Eyes
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Jonny
*exciting update* the Sky EPG now reads "ITV1 Tyne Tees" as opposed to "ITV1 TT N".

So it looks as though the obsolete South stream has finally disappeared, which explains why 103 ITV1 is mentioned on that website as recordings set for TT S would have been similarly fooked.

And I guess the defunct stream will be used to carry TTTV+1?

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