Channel U to AKA and Fizz to Starz: The sloppiest rebrand ever?
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The way that these two rebranded was so unorganised, it was like they were not really bothered about it.
Just a couple of things I noticed:
when the likes of uktv rebrand, they have websites setup weeks even months before the rebrand. there were actually people texting in confused about where fizz had gone::eek:
Just a couple of things I noticed:
- The the operator thing was still called fizz on the text message box
- The websites for the competition were still saying www.fizzmusic.com
- the XXX segment (for xplicit videos on channel U) was still called XXX U
when the likes of uktv rebrand, they have websites setup weeks even months before the rebrand. there were actually people texting in confused about where fizz had gone::eek:
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brands get sold on all the time, & even taken over if the parent company goes bust.
though in this case, i doubt theyll last much longer anyway, cant be many costs to cut, & i wouldnt be surprised if the suppliers are now insisting on payment up-front
Quite often i flick through that part of the EPG to find either one or both are down, usually when they crash the idiots are still texting in! Why can they not go watch a "working" channel?
On the right is the channel logo, and under that is the text number and cost, and the picture cost etc, over the textr and pic bit, every so often the channel logo keeps flashing over them. And the blue background does not go right to the edge of the screen.
Also the actual picture underneath overlaps the cost of sending a pic.
OMG and now they are doing a comp, the voice over sounds like its some kid speaking into a £2 microphone. The sound is all over the place :eek:
I can't remember what it used to be like, and i know i am just nit picking really, but it makes the channel look so unprofessional.
At least AKA looks better.
I miss Bubble Hits
I watch it sometimes for a few mins just to see the ridiculous messages people text in... such a waste of credit.
Then there is the blatant use of messages from the “FIZMEISTER” like “WEST Ham are best, what team you support”?...Hang on FIZMEISTER, let me spend £1 on a text to let you know!
Come on people!
Hi,
Here are a couple of screenshots of Starz
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn53/tomo359/Starz.jpg
You can see the bits i pointed out in my last message
I can see all of the problems you mentioned in your previous post!
Is Channel AKA any better?
Yes, sorry i didn't get any pics of that.
Its full screen video on AKA, with the AKA logo in the top left hand corner.
It looks mucn much better than Starz. It looks more professional thats for sure.
Why not have Starz with a normal logo and small text box with all the texts like The Hits use to do and add pictures in.
The channel looks like very unprofessional.
Had the misfortune of flicking past this channel at 7.15am this morning to discover that they appear to have been broadcasting what appeared to be their "XXX AKA" content!
Sunblock Baby Baby, topless version was played- pretty sure Ofcom might have something to say about that!
Not really, in the daytime its garbage. But in the evening they have a request show where people can vote for old school tracks, these are the channels which don't show the mainstream repeats all the time which is why i like Channel AKA ( when the sound isnt fukd up ) ... and they keep the older proper hip hop music alive on TV.
Rather than the money fuelled MTV playlists 24/7
Maybe they are moving off the garage obscure stuff to more R&B? Will also be interesting to see how there new rock channel does 'Lava' when it launches at the end of the month.