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SOL
Did ITV not also axe Rebus, even though a series had already been filmed by STV?
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SOL
According to DigitalSpy, STV areto launch a casino channel on Thurs, Fri and Sat. I'm assuming it will be late night fillers.
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SOL posted:
According to DigitalSpy, STV areto launch a casino channel on Thurs, Fri and Sat. I'm assuming it will be late night fillers.


old news Very Happy Laughing
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SOL
Didn't see anything on this about it.
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SOL posted:
Didn't see anything on this about it.


Page 13, Laughing there a nice we piece
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Made in scotland is not a bad wee show.

and it seems Scotland invited the light blub first Wink
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ColonelRed
What I don't understand, is presumably they still have to pay for these dropped programmes, so why don't they play them after 10.30?
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What I don't understand, is presumably they still have to pay for these dropped programmes, so why don't they play them after 10.30?


There not paying for them
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newsatten
What I don't understand, is presumably they still have to pay for these dropped programmes, so why don't they play them after 10.30?


The reason they are dropping the programmes, is so they don't have to pay for them, replacing them with cheaper 'alternatives'. STV will only pay for the programmes if they show them - hence the reason why they are not.
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Gavin Scott Founding member
What I don't understand, is presumably they still have to pay for these dropped programmes, so why don't they play them after 10.30?


The reason they are dropping the programmes, is so they don't have to pay for them, replacing them with cheaper 'alternatives'. STV will only pay for the programmes if they show them - hence the reason why they are not.


I'm prepared to bet a fair whack that the reason Al Murray and Piers have been dropped has little to do with the pricetag.
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tvmercia Founding member
this is quite a brave and lonely furrow stv are ploughing.

its absolutely clear to me that now itv plc are struggling, the shareholders at stv would be less than impressed if the top table in glasgow sat back and kept their fingers crossed that itv plc were going to put out the right kind of programming at the right price.

it seems logical that a company would think long and hard about every product it purchased from its supplier.

that said, there is one thing that intrigues me ... why aren't channel tv and utv following suit? obviously there's an element of not biting the hand that feeds you, but there must be other factors.

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So here we go again! STV have given "Single-Handed" the bin!

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