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| Thread ID: 130268 | 2013-04-03 17:59:00 | Whats happened to the overnight BBC program? | tut (12033) | PC World Chat |
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| 1335278 | 2013-04-03 19:45:00 | I don't even watch anything on TVNZ. TVNZ is the lowest of the low of TV programming in New Zealand. TV3 isn't much better either, but it's still not as bad. | goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1335279 | 2013-04-03 20:38:00 | It depends what you're into. If you want a slightly left POV news wise then 3 is where it's at, TVNZ is more right wing. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1335280 | 2013-04-03 20:50:00 | Have they replaced it with advertorials? More dumbing down? Too much interference by the Yanks I believe... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1335281 | 2013-04-03 20:54:00 | So instead of BBC news it's gonna be "Hi, i'm *insert famous celebrity*, buy Proactive and fix your skin" crap. | goodiesguy (15316) | ||
| 1335282 | 2013-04-04 09:26:00 | BBC World is still available for free Via satellite and Internet streaming. | apsattv (7406) | ||
| 1335283 | 2013-04-04 18:13:00 | Anybody with a grain of intellect will find infomercials to be highly offensive. The contrast between BBC content and infomercial content will also add to the shock. Personally, I used to enjoy very late night / early morning comedies on 3, but they were displaced for infomercials long ago. As already pointed out - they either pay for content, or get paid to broadcast crap. The bean counters will say to run the infomercials. The long term result of which will be the viewers abandoning the channel and sourcing content via other delivery options, which long term will hurt the channels. Infomercials will likely invade more and more of the 24hr day. Already on TV1 most of the post-breakfast stuff is a thinly veiled infomercial. Expect that to move into the 12pm-3pm times as well, and also into the pre-midnight times. It'll get to the point where the only TV worth turn on is the kids stuff from 3pm to 5pm, the news at 6, one or two early evening programs (if you're lucky) and nothing more. I watch almost zero TV as it is broadcast, and watch NO new programs at all. The best stuff for me is old stuff from 20+ years ago. Mindless repeat of old favourites is better than just mindless pap. Stick the cooking shows, the weight loss challenges, the talent shows, and the feeble attempts at discussing the news. Stick the endless reincarnations of CSI, survivor, next model, next bulls41+. Almost say the same for the weather forcast, where they spend 5 minutes telling you the weather you had already today, rather than the weather you can expect tomorrow. I would not be surprised to learn there's been years of running the forcasting software with the forcasting date set to -1 day (yesterdays weather) rather than +1 day (tomorrows weather). It'd be a very easy programming mistake! |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1335284 | 2013-04-04 19:44:00 | BBC World is still available for free Via satellite and Internet streaming. Only if you want to spend a fortune getting a new SAT dish and STB.. The one I have won't pick it up.. Internet streaming. Guess you will need to tether a PC to your TV or buy some sort of STB that can do it.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1335285 | 2013-04-04 19:49:00 | Anybody with a grain of intellect will find infomercials to be highly offensive. The contrast between BBC content and infomercial content will also add to the shock. Personally, I used to enjoy very late night / early morning comedies on 3, but they were displaced for infomercials long ago. As already pointed out - they either pay for content, or get paid to broadcast crap. The bean counters will say to run the infomercials. The long term result of which will be the viewers abandoning the channel and sourcing content via other delivery options, which long term will hurt the channels. Infomercials will likely invade more and more of the 24hr day. Already on TV1 most of the post-breakfast stuff is a thinly veiled infomercial. Expect that to move into the 12pm-3pm times as well, and also into the pre-midnight times. It'll get to the point where the only TV worth turn on is the kids stuff from 3pm to 5pm, the news at 6, one or two early evening programs (if you're lucky) and nothing more. I watch almost zero TV as it is broadcast, and watch NO new programs at all. The best stuff for me is old stuff from 20+ years ago. Mindless repeat of old favourites is better than just mindless pap. Stick the cooking shows, the weight loss challenges, the talent shows, and the feeble attempts at discussing the news. Stick the endless reincarnations of CSI, survivor, next model, next bulls41+. Almost say the same for the weather forcast, where they spend 5 minutes telling you the weather you had already today, rather than the weather you can expect tomorrow. I would not be surprised to learn there's been years of running the forcasting software with the forcasting date set to -1 day (yesterdays weather) rather than +1 day (tomorrows weather). It'd be a very easy programming mistake! You make some very good points. I would watch more of TV3 news if it was not so left wing and anti National. But surely tvnz programmers can't believe that people will watch 3 hours of non stop infomercials. Even the people paying for them to be on could not believe that surely. Much better to have them inbtween a good program. I think one problem with BBC World was that they played all the BBC ads, big multi-national companies instead of New Zealand advertisers. That may have bee a technical problem, so they were not able to get any revenue out of it. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1335286 | 2013-04-04 23:34:00 | Chanel 40 is a substitute. | Cicero (40) | ||
| 1335287 | 2013-04-05 00:59:00 | It depends what you're into. If you want a slightly left POV news wise then 3 is where it's at, TVNZ is more right wing. Well I'll be watching TV1 now. No wonder i've been getting sick of tv3, with all their left wing bullcrap. |
goodiesguy (15316) | ||
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