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I reckon we've got just about every channel worth having now (except Sky Sports Extra). But ntl could make a real point of difference (from $ky) by having more European channels.
It's great that TV5 is part of the family package, but what about German, Italian and Spanish channels (as a start, as these are the main European languages).
I contacted DW (Deutsche Welle, the German equivalent of the BBC World Service) and got this response:
The mail address there is Lindsay.Munro@dw-world.de - so if you're interested please mail too.
Suggestions for the best (and most realisticly achievable) channels to campaign for from Italy and Spain..?
It's great that TV5 is part of the family package, but what about German, Italian and Spanish channels (as a start, as these are the main European languages).
I contacted DW (Deutsche Welle, the German equivalent of the BBC World Service) and got this response:
Thank-you for writing and for your interest in DW-TV.
We are only available in the UK at present via Telewest broadband. This means
that we are also only available in certain areas. However, interest in DW-TV
seems to be growing in the UK and we will certainly be more easily accessible in
the future. Exactly through what channels this will happen has not yet been
negotiated at the moment. In the meantime, you can watch DW-TV live on your PC
(see our website www.dw-world.de).
I'll pass your mail on to the distribution department, so that they are able to
see how many mails we are now receiving form viewers in the UK who are
interested in receiving us. I hope it won't be long until we are widely
available over there.
Best regards from DW-TV in Berlin!
Lindsay Jane Munro
Editorial - Viewer Correspondence
DW-TV Berlin
The mail address there is Lindsay.Munro@dw-world.de - so if you're interested please mail too.
Suggestions for the best (and most realisticly achievable) channels to campaign for from Italy and Spain..?
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Doesn't CNN, Cartoon Network, Eurosport News, CNBC, Boomerang and TCM count as foreign or European channels.
On that principle, five is a foreign channel.
We used to have...
TV5, DWTV, SAT1, RTL, DSF, TVE, RaiDue and Viva.
I get all of these on digital satellite but I think it would be interesting to have a few channel from a few of the close countries in a europack. So an extra £5/month gets you...
TV5 - French
DWTV - German
BRAlpha - German (Educational)
TVE Int. - Spanish
Canal Canarias - Canaries (Turism)
RTP Int. - Portugal
BVNTV - Dutch
RaiUno Int. - Italian
Alpha Int. - Greek
TRT Int. - Turkish
Or pick just 1 (DW & BRAlpha count as 1, as do TVE & Canarias) for £1/month.
Also included in the base pack, I think ntl should broadcast
EbS - European Broadcasting System
EuroNews - European News in 7 different languages
I'd add arte (all three soundtracks) and S4C Digitol to this wish list.
:cool:
They don't necessarily have to be in foreign language to be classed as foreign. It's where the channel's broadcast from that determines whether it's a foreign channel or not.:)
People moan there are too many shopping channels - people moan there are too many music channels - people moan there are too many infomercial channels - people moan there are too many travelogue channels - and now people want foreign TV channels. Great suggestion Sherlocks - let's all watch Eastenders in French, German, Spanish or Italian.
There seem to be a large number of channels from Asian broadcasters and/or in Asian languages (quite rightly so). But European languages (other than English - for you pedants out there, French TV5 and Welsh & Scottish Gaelic now with the addition of 2 radio stations today) seem poorly served - they would be of good educational value for language learning and insight into our neighbours' cultures and views of current affairs, and also would serve European ex-pats based in the UK (a new market for NTL?).
I don't think the point is that anyone wants to watch the same show in different languages but some people do speak several languages, want to learn other languages, or perhaps are from France, Spain... and live here because of family and work and don't want to fly a few hundred miles everyday to watch the news or some first language programming.
That's why I suggested it be a subscription package, then those viewers are paying for the carridge and you don't have to watch them. :rolleyes:
BTW Martin, I agree about Arte. I get Arte and although can't always understand as it usually is only in it's original language there are some good movies on there.
It's a shame though, it would be nice to see more "exotic" channels on cable like in the good old days.
Ages ago, I signed up to pay £1 per month for TV5 but one month I was charged 70p and then it disappeared off my bill completely! I was still getting the channel so phoned NTL and they didn't know why I wasn't being charged any more!
When did they make the decision to make TV5 free? Not that I'm complaining at all - just curious!
Ta!
TV5 is still a pay channel on NTL, but it's now included in the Family Pack.
TV5 is free via satellite (not Sky!).
Not everyone who lives in the UK is British....
Only if you have got a satellite dish.
We want NTL to introduce more European channels the more the better, we should be much closer to our European partners. Right now I have every intention of staying in the UK in the land of my birth, England, It's good to learn more about our nextdoor neighbours.
Example:
Performance
Landscape
Travel Channel (First on cable for many years before Sky)
and you always moan about people on these forums,
Believe it or not inspector Regan but there are some people who speak more than one language! You talk shite but unfortunatley that doesn't count as a second language
Some of these people who can speak these languages, or want to learn to speak them, want to watch TV programmes on those channels, why shouldn't they?
The other thing that is good about forign channels, is that you can get an international perspective of current affairs. For example, I doubt that french news stations reported the War in Iraq, in the same 'light' as UK or US stations did.
I was in france towards the end of the war, the News on TF 1 and LCI (french 24hour news channel) were very negative, they showed a lot more gory scenes of dead iraqis etc. i'm against the war, but their reporting was a little too biased for me, still it was a refreshing alternative to fox new's pro-war stance
I was under the general impression that UK TV news channels and established stations were anti-war, Sky News seemed to be the exception, certainly the most extreme anti-war was Jon Snow's team on Channel 4 news, which reached new heights of cynicism. TV 5 carried extensive rolling news and features including France 2 & France 3 exerts on the war but from what I saw and heard still gave out mixed opinions. The quality of news programmes on UK TV stations has genrally dropped over the years and it's only sensational headlines that matter now. TV 5 at least offers more coverage of events.