Nick Jr, used to do something similar in the evenings, showing Portland Bill, Rainbow, Trumpton, Bagpuss, Mr Ben, Thomas the Tank Engine, might have been more shows than that but cant remember.
Bagpuss, and Trumpton and Mr Benn, got showed in that slot for years, god knows how many times each of those epsiodes got repeated as only 13 shoes of most of them were ever made
It would work to have a slot on the channel, but unfortunately these shows cost money. I guess on the other hand, My Parents are Aliens and Jungle Run are still being shown and they are years old.
at the least maybe classic shows could get added to ITV Player, so that would be a win or a small classic block of show. There is time from The Zone that could be given to the CITV Channel if they wanted to, but likely they won't
Do note that CITV have viewed message boards and popular Fan Pages (like mine http://www.facebook.com/sootysweepandsoo) in order to receive feedback and get responses, so know they are listening.
I think there could be a market for another Kids channel, maybe not just old CITV shows but a good mix of cartoons and some of the older drama's would add something new to the mix. It could be a flash in the pan but CITV could always run test days over the year to see if viewing numbers went up or they could run classic days over school holidays etc. to see what appeal there was to their target audience.
Here's the thing, when I was growing up in the mid to 80's to mid 90's and watching children's programming on CBBC and CITV, they used to show old shows interspersed with the current stuff (Johnny Briggs, Simon and the Witch et al) all the time.
Because clearing the rights is a bloody Knightmare.
ITV have probably spent more lawyers time clearing these episodes for this weekend than they on the other 363 days of content for CITV put together, and they probably spent a month's budget doing it.
It worked really well as a nostalgia weekend that attracted signifcant publicity. It would be a financial disaster to try and do it more.
Agree with some others on here, there will never be a CITV classics channel, too costly for very little return.
I watched some of the weekend and yes for the novelty of not seeing them for years it was good to see Spatz, Supergran and Woof, but would I watch it on a regular basis? NO
In fact Supergran was totally unwatchable thanks to the awful soundtrack drowning out the what they were saying.
No point in launching a seperate channel when they have 12 hours of down time after 6pm.
Why not extend hours of the CITV Channel til 9 or 10pm even if Sky and Virgin viewers are the only ones who can watch it after 6pm despite it's 12 hour space on Freeview nothing stopping ITV from doing so.
In my opinion a CITV Gold Channel just wouldn't bring the viewers in. Maybe the occasional repeat of a series on the CITV Channel could work...or a potential remake of some programmes for a Family audience (with NO celebrities please).
Because clearing the rights is a bloody Knightmare.
ITV have probably spent more lawyers time clearing these episodes for this weekend than they on the other 363 days of content for CITV put together, and they probably spent a month's budget doing it.
It worked really well as a nostalgia weekend that attracted signifcant publicity. It would be a financial disaster to try and do it more.
I'm not sure, I think doing it once every year on CITV's birthday weekend wouldn't need the boat to be pushed out.
Of course, the other thing the success of the Old Skool Weekend may lead to is other children's channels possibly making their own enquiries about purchasing CITV's archive shows to screen themselves.
Problem is once the novelty wears of viewers disappear. Nickelodeon tried it with nick toonsters a few years ago showing old nick toons and it didn't last long. Boomerang also started as a classic channel then started showing new stuff. Though a few more weekends like this will probably continue to bring in the viewers, and a strand on itv3 would probably do well with rotating programs.
Nickelodeon also tried it in America, with a block called The 90s are All That, which airs on weekends on TeenNick. Been running for over a year, so it must be working.
Also, have you seen the schedules of Pop and Kix, two Sky exclusive kids channels? Full of old shows from the 80s and 90s.
I hope ITV eventually uturn on kids TV programmes, last weekend shows when ITV get it right they really get it right. i'd settle for family based shows that premiere on ITV1 a la Britannia High that are then shown on CITV.
I'm not sure, I think doing it once every year on CITV's birthday weekend wouldn't need the boat to be pushed out.
Of course, the other thing the success of the Old Skool Weekend may lead to is other children's channels possibly making their own enquiries about purchasing CITV's archive shows to screen themselves.
Also bear in mind, once they've done all the leg work once, it'd be easier and quicker to do again.
I would also like to ask how come we didn't get any of the older Disney cartoons such as Tailspin, Ducktales, Chip & Dale etc. as I recall watching them on CITV and they where also fun or was it all more geared just to British content which is reasonable just wondering
I suppose it will be because Disney being so nuts about control that once a show has been on once that's it game over? Which seems silly as surely they could make quite a bit of cash with broadcast rights as there would be a whole new generation of children who haven't seen the shows before a lot of parents reliving their childhoods.
annoyingly missed most of the shows on the retro weekend mainly due to completely forgetting about it when i woke up on bith days til about 4ish, did however manage to see press gang on both days and such thoroughly enjoyed the first ever and last ever episodes but now i'm hungry for more, surely the whole series would be a great fit for a repeat showing on itv3
Most shows have been uploaded to youtube over the years, you will also find many shows from Saturday Mornings on there, last night, I was watching a Gimme 5 from June 94, I think it was and Jenny Powell does not look much older now then she did back then.
What shows did Nobby the Sheep appear in, I saw him on the Gimme 5 show, I thought he only done Ghost Train,
I have attempted to set up an entertainment TV channel before and I don't think ITV should create it as in individual TV channel even with the money they have, it would make more sense to extend the CITV channel's broadcasting hours and use those extra hours for making it as a strand for archived programmes.
Although the ratings were high for the Old Skool Weekend to maintain the high ratings and viewer interest the programmes would have to be shown weekly or twice weekly. A reason being is CITV on ITV1 was about 8 hours per week excluding weekend children's programmes. A 12 hour channel daily channel would go through about 10 weeks of classic programmes in 1 week. Even if CITV were to get the rights for programmes originally shown on other channels such as the BBC, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network there would be a lack of content and high costs compared to a 2/3 hour slot on the CITV channel.
The name CITV Gold would probably cause an issue with UKTV as they have a channel called GOLD so CITV Old Skool or CITV Classic would be a more usable name.
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Bagpuss, and Trumpton and Mr Benn, got showed in that slot for years, god knows how many times each of those epsiodes got repeated as only 13 shoes of most of them were ever made
Do note that CITV have viewed message boards and popular Fan Pages (like mine http://www.facebook.com/sootysweepandsoo) in order to receive feedback and get responses, so know they are listening.
Because clearing the rights is a bloody Knightmare.
ITV have probably spent more lawyers time clearing these episodes for this weekend than they on the other 363 days of content for CITV put together, and they probably spent a month's budget doing it.
It worked really well as a nostalgia weekend that attracted signifcant publicity. It would be a financial disaster to try and do it more.
I watched some of the weekend and yes for the novelty of not seeing them for years it was good to see Spatz, Supergran and Woof, but would I watch it on a regular basis? NO
In fact Supergran was totally unwatchable thanks to the awful soundtrack drowning out the what they were saying.
Put the series they showed on the ITV player in full, and take it from there.
Why not extend hours of the CITV Channel til 9 or 10pm even if Sky and Virgin viewers are the only ones who can watch it after 6pm despite it's 12 hour space on Freeview nothing stopping ITV from doing so.
No it would not. The CITV repeats are being watched by 25-35 year olds. ITV3 target audience is 50+
Stick the old CITV stuff on ITV1 weekend mornings from 9.30 to midday I'd say. Either that or ITV2.
I'm not sure, I think doing it once every year on CITV's birthday weekend wouldn't need the boat to be pushed out.
Of course, the other thing the success of the Old Skool Weekend may lead to is other children's channels possibly making their own enquiries about purchasing CITV's archive shows to screen themselves.
Also, have you seen the schedules of Pop and Kix, two Sky exclusive kids channels? Full of old shows from the 80s and 90s.
Also bear in mind, once they've done all the leg work once, it'd be easier and quicker to do again.
I suppose it will be because Disney being so nuts about control that once a show has been on once that's it game over? Which seems silly as surely they could make quite a bit of cash with broadcast rights as there would be a whole new generation of children who haven't seen the shows before a lot of parents reliving their childhoods.
Or is that just me:)
What shows did Nobby the Sheep appear in, I saw him on the Gimme 5 show, I thought he only done Ghost Train,
Although the ratings were high for the Old Skool Weekend to maintain the high ratings and viewer interest the programmes would have to be shown weekly or twice weekly. A reason being is CITV on ITV1 was about 8 hours per week excluding weekend children's programmes. A 12 hour channel daily channel would go through about 10 weeks of classic programmes in 1 week. Even if CITV were to get the rights for programmes originally shown on other channels such as the BBC, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network there would be a lack of content and high costs compared to a 2/3 hour slot on the CITV channel.
The name CITV Gold would probably cause an issue with UKTV as they have a channel called GOLD so CITV Old Skool or CITV Classic would be a more usable name.