17-05-2018, 11:33 AM
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Amateur TV channels
As everyone must have noticed by now, we have a plethora of TV channels available compared to the four or five of several years ago. A good thing?I think not!
Quality generally has suffered noticeably and advertising time seems to have increased as well.
Personally, I can live with this, but what I find both amusing and sad at the same time is the inexorable increase in amateurism on the part of the people who run what I call the 'amateur channels'.
Take one example: Horror Channel. Recently, although I watch very little of this channel, I have experienced two instances of the 'start record signal' being broadcast after the programmes have started, and another instance of, presumably, no signal sent at all.
Then I noticed last night the wrong programme title being shown: 'Star Trek: The Original Series' when the programme being shown was The Next Generation.
Not earth-shattering things, I know, but it demonstrates how the companies involved buy cheap, out of date programmes and lazily broadcast them with faults simply in order to make a 'fast buck'.
I do believe that if the resources available were channelled into far fewer (perhaps less than a dozen) services, quality would almost certainly improve.
Or is it perhaps related to Tony B Liar's 'dumbing down' policy which is now revealing its consequences in the media. The same could also account for the atrocious spelling in online newspapers.
17-05-2018, 01:19 PM
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I dont watch tv in fact I am about to take the one I have got to the tip as its got a big stripe down the screen.I dont know what to do about my tv licence as I very rarely even watch iPlayer any more. I watch the occasional film or box set on Amazon Prime and listen to iPlayer radio comedy or plays.
Maybe I should cancel the licence.
17-05-2018, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Meg
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JB 
I have Freeview and have seen all the channels listed but not looked at any of them. I have enough to watch on 1-4.My radio gets more use.
Of the 'amateur channels', the only ones I ever watch are:
BBC4
BBC News
Sky News
Talking Pictures
Horror Channel
Movies for Men
Yesterday
and even then, only for the occasional programme.
I should make clear that I do not regard BBC4, BBC News and Sky News as 'amateur channels', as they seem able to run their services professionally.
17-05-2018, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Mondays child
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I dont watch tv in fact I am about to take the one I have got to the tip as its got a big stripe down the screen.I dont know what to do about my tv licence as I very rarely even watch iPlayer any more. I watch the occasional film or box set on Amazon Prime and listen to iPlayer radio comedy or plays.
Maybe I should cancel the licence.
The more people who do that, the more likely that the biased BBC will be forced to compete with others on a level playing field!
17-05-2018, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruv
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If you access BBC programs online you still need a licence as far as I know.
watch or record live TV programmes on any channel,
download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer – live, catch up or on demand.
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-i...w-you-watch-it
Answer: don't watch or record any live TV channel; don't watch or record BBC programmes on iPlayer, be it live, catch-up or on-demand.
Other non-live programmes are OK!
17-05-2018, 02:44 PM
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I don't have a TV but my hospital room did. I liked the shopping channels, they really amused me with OTT presenters trying to sell a $10 Chinese watch for £400 as being something of fine English heritage.I really think that their only customers must be the very stupid or senile.
17-05-2018, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR
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As everyone must have noticed by now, we have a plethora of TV channels available compared to the four or five of several years ago. A good thing?I think not!
Quality generally has suffered noticeably and advertising time seems to have increased as well.
Personally, I can live with this, but what I find both amusing and sad at the same time is the inexorable increase in amateurism on the part of the people who run what I call the 'amateur channels'.
Take one example: Horror Channel. Recently, although I watch very little of this channel, I have experienced two instances of the 'start record signal' being broadcast after the programmes have started, and another instance of, presumably, no signal sent at all.
Then I noticed last night the wrong programme title being shown: 'Star Trek: The Original Series' when the programme being shown was The Next Generation.
Not earth-shattering things, I know, but it demonstrates how the companies involved buy cheap, out of date programmes and lazily broadcast them with faults simply in order to make a 'fast buck'.
I do believe that if the resources available were channelled into far fewer (perhaps less than a dozen) services, quality would almost certainly improve.
Or is it perhaps related to Tony B Liar's 'dumbing down' policy which is now revealing its consequences in the media. The same could also account for the atrocious spelling in online newspapers.
17-05-2018, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by JBR
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As everyone must have noticed by now, we have a plethora of TV channels available compared to the four or five of several years ago. A good thing?I think not!
Quality generally has suffered noticeably and advertising time seems to have increased as well.
Personally, I can live with this, but what I find both amusing and sad at the same time is the inexorable increase in amateurism on the part of the people who run what I call the 'amateur channels'.
Take one example: Horror Channel. Recently, although I watch very little of this channel, I have experienced two instances of the 'start record signal' being broadcast after the programmes have started, and another instance of, presumably, no signal sent at all.
Then I noticed last night the wrong programme title being shown: 'Star Trek: The Original Series' when the programme being shown was The Next Generation.
Not earth-shattering things, I know, but it demonstrates how the companies involved buy cheap, out of date programmes and lazily broadcast them with faults simply in order to make a 'fast buck'.
I do believe that if the resources available were channelled into far fewer (perhaps less than a dozen) services, quality would almost certainly improve.
Or is it perhaps related to Tony B Liar's 'dumbing down' policy which is now revealing its consequences in the media. The same could also account for the atrocious spelling in online newspapers.
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