All posts by Alan
Below are all of Alan's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
We all know there's no point in complaining to Sky because removing Channel One is gonna give Sky tens of thousands of new paid subscribers since Freeview's got f**k all on it now, all they care about is keeping the shareholders happy and legaly destroying as much of the free competition as possible.
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At least i can still get original Star Trek and DS9 for free on CBS Action, but they my 2 least favourite Treks but hopefully they can take on the other 3 before Sky cancels those channels too.
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Yeah i know that but they didn't own ABC1 then Virgin 1, but that didn't stop them plotting to buy out and cancel them.
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You know something... I have their unlimited broadband and i'm gonna hammer the hell out of it with internet tv and downloads to make sure i bt least get my money's worth from those greedy £@#ers since they want to take so much from the poor. If i did have a Sky subscription i'd probably be saying i'm planning to cancel that too in disgust, but i can honestly say that once the brain boil cooled down i'd end up keeping it, so i guess the broadband thing can be my little protest.
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We should all start watching CBS action and get their viewing figures up on proviso they take on the other 3 missing treks. Obviously not good if you only on Freeview but i just can't think of any other free channel that'll take them except possibly Five.
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Sorry but just being announced on the Channel One site or wherever means f*ck all to 90% of people, because this is 1 of those things where if you didn't find out by accident you'd never know til it's already done. Sky were simply sending a clear message that Freeview is a competitor they want to destroy, and not giving any notification shows they were treating Channel One as an enemy and giving it and it's viewers no respect, and no-one can ever defend that.
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Doesn't sound good if Sky don't even want to associate the Sky name with Sky 3 by changing it's name and moving it further down the Sky guide. Apart from Cold Case and Brainiac and those free weekend passes that channel is as bad as Challenge. I remember when Sky 3 had the first season of Battlestar Galactica thinking it might be a lot like Sky 1 except a few years late, but that channel quickly turned to crap.
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Bit of a rubbish name, really they should call it Pick Sky Tv(because we got or sights set on destroying Freeview and you got no choice but to join). Yeah i know that title might need abbreviating for the EPG but i still like it.
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Does anyone know what the financials wire like on Virgin 1/Channel One? Was it profitable compared to other channels or what?
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Tuesday 1 February 2011 11:25AM
#%@king Sky doesn't even have the common courtesy to give any notification on Channel 1 to tell us it's being cancelled, i woke up this morning and switched on Channel 20 to just see a blank screen, i had to check the internet to find out it was cancelled. Maybe they have given some messages but i watch the channel everyday and have seen nothing. I do understand the economic reasons Sky want to remove all decent programming from Freeview so you forced to pay for subscription but in my view Sky's image has took a massive nose dive.