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Not just VIVA, all MTV/VH1 channels on Sky finally switched to full PAL resolution earlier this week. Their bitrate is still the same as before, which means this switch could (and should) have taken place around 15 years ago...
Great to see they're now broadcasting in full resolution, it's definitely a lot clearer. |
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MTV Hits which used to have an unusually high bitrate (about 4.5Mbps) has now been brought down to the same level as the other channels as MTV Live SD appears to be moving to the MTV transponder, so they need room to squeeze that in.
Great to see they're now broadcasting in full resolution, it's definitely a lot clearer. |
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MTV Hits which used to have an unusually high bitrate (about 4.5Mbps) has now been brought down to the same level as the other channels as MTV Live SD appears to be moving to the MTV transponder, so they need room to squeeze that in.
Great to see they're now broadcasting in full resolution, it's definitely a lot clearer. |
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So im currently watching Blissmas, Crazy 90s party. and im seeing music like Cheryl Cole fight for this love from 2009, and Beyonce, Crazy in love from 2003..... yeah this is so 90s. Joke
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Chilled TV went downhill faster than I expected , seems to have turned into an R&B channel now.
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So im currently watching Blissmas, Crazy 90s party. and im seeing music like Cheryl Cole fight for this love from 2009, and Beyonce, Crazy in love from 2003..... yeah this is so 90s. Joke
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Looks more like as if someone has put a title to a programme and basically stuck the usual suspects on - seems like Blissmas has done a VH1 - say a "decade" party on but songs don't match
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So im currently watching Blissmas, Crazy 90s party. and im seeing music like Cheryl Cole fight for this love from 2009, and Beyonce, Crazy in love from 2003..... yeah this is so 90s. Joke
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My thoughts exactly!! We all know vast sums of money are involved.
As for in general it does seem that the lack of research and money talking it makes you why OFCOM has not stepped in anywhere as its possibly some programming is false advertising is it not? |
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That is not even Christmas music at all.
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Title of programmes - remember back in the 90's it actually meant something!
MTV Dance - i'll say it again they at times seem more confused as to whats dance and not - I will say I do like that Ed Sheeran/Rudimental (only one I would play on MTV Dance), I also noted last night they too had a "Geordie Shore Warm Up" -- MTV your obsessed with yourselves there aren't you not? Surprised there was not a "Geordie Shore Warm Up" on MTV Live/Music/Hits/Base and VH1 since the programme itself is plastered over the channels ![]() Geordie Shore Warm Up should be Cheryl Cole, Ant & Dec and Gazza with Fog On The Tyne! Quote:
VIVA looks unusually clear , very good picture quality , they seem to have upped the bitrate which looks similar as BBC 1. VIVA used to be very bricky until today!
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Not just VIVA, all MTV/VH1 channels on Sky finally switched to full PAL resolution earlier this week. Their bitrate is still the same as before, which means this switch could (and should) have taken place around 15 years ago...
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So im currently watching Blissmas, Crazy 90s party. and im seeing music like Cheryl Cole fight for this love from 2009, and Beyonce, Crazy in love from 2003..... yeah this is so 90s. Joke
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MTV Xmas currently showing the xmas classic Stereophonics, Handbags and gladrags lol
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It seems VH1 Poland got the new (2014) look a few weeks ago, but it looks so much better than ours. The shows (like "US Chart") have opening titles after ad breaks, the chart number is shown before the video and the graphics showing the name of the current show look nicer too. They're just little things but it improves the presentation of the channel.
Why are these foreign versions always better than what we get in the UK?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4D3TdXfXY |
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MTV Xmas currently showing the xmas classic Stereophonics, Handbags and gladrags lol
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It seems VH1 Poland got the new (2014) look a few weeks ago, but it looks so much better than ours. The shows (like "US Chart") have opening titles after ad breaks, the chart number is shown before the video and the graphics showing the name of the current show look nicer too. They're just little things but it improves the presentation of the channel.
Why are these foreign versions always better than what we get in the UK?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4D3TdXfXY |
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All these warm up programmes are just titles and nothing to do with the show.
Geordie Shore Warm Up should be Cheryl Cole, Ant & Dec and Gazza with Fog On The Tyne! ![]() - I get the point you make too - its just complete nonsense for programming, I just find it more embarassing that they have to advertise it all over the channels whilst other channels hardly get a looking a la VH1/VIVA I seen the recent Geordie Shore ad where it was fighting galore on screen - is that allowed? I thought ads during the day were meant to be well .... PG rated? Or is this MTV trying to break barriers during the day against ITV's Jezza? |
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4music with their 2015 has changed the world. If anything 2015 has been the most forgettable year in the mainstream. It's always 1D, Beiber Monster, Little Mix - aka the chosen few and all this lusting of girlyman Harry Styles.
What does 2016 have in store? I can see it getting worse, but these channels could close by the dozen especially if the economy goes tits up again. |
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It seems VH1 Poland got the new (2014) look a few weeks ago, but it looks so much better than ours. The shows (like "US Chart") have opening titles after ad breaks, the chart number is shown before the video and the graphics showing the name of the current show look nicer too. They're just little things but it improves the presentation of the channel.
Why are these foreign versions always better than what we get in the UK?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4D3TdXfXY |
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Did you also take a look at VH1 Polska's new schedule/contents by any chance, besides their design?
VH1 UK's schedule has been extremely repetitive over the last few months, with charts like "100 Biggest Voices of All Time!" and "Sing-a-long with the boys/girls! Top 50" on every couple of days and I doubt it will change after Christmas. |
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Yes, it's very basic with not much in the schedule, although lots of "100% Music" instead of constantly repeated themed charts maybe isn't so bad.
By the way, the design of Polska is a bit different because the channel TXs from Amsterdam. If it were still based in London, it would probably look just the same as UK/Euro. |
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Has anyone on this thread got anything positive to say about music channels? I continue to be baffled by why you actually watch them if you hate them so much.
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Has anyone on this thread got anything positive to say about music channels? I continue to be baffled by why you actually watch them if you hate them so much.
MTV Base is probably the only channel I can be positive (and Vintage) about but the rest are just embarassment. Maybe the channels in general should stop aiming for the one demographic and be more open minded with their playlists? I wonder when MTV will eventually drop its teleshopping service? In this day and age why are these channels even carrying them? As a viewer I rarely watch them its only when I am channel surfing/checking EPG guide just to see whats on and if anything different to what they play but nothings changed sadly, in saying that I'll probably be dropping these channels soon anyway as its not really worth it these days |
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Do music channels have to get permission to play music videos from the different labels?, or how does it work?
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Do music channels have to get permission to play music videos from the different labels?, or how does it work?
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More like spot the Geordie track
![]() - I get the point you make too - its just complete nonsense for programming, I just find it more embarassing that they have to advertise it all over the channels whilst other channels hardly get a looking a la VH1/VIVA I seen the recent Geordie Shore ad where it was fighting galore on screen - is that allowed? I thought ads during the day were meant to be well .... PG rated? Or is this MTV trying to break barriers during the day against ITV's Jezza? I'm not sure who decides what is PG and what is not but Britney's crminal was banned in the day because of guns. Kesha's die young was not banned in the day despite of guns. Quote:
4music with their 2015 has changed the world. If anything 2015 has been the most forgettable year in the mainstream. It's always 1D, Beiber Monster, Little Mix - aka the chosen few and all this lusting of girlyman Harry Styles.
What does 2016 have in store? I can see it getting worse, but these channels could close by the dozen especially if the economy goes tits up again. I see MTV had their annual MTV Stars. 5 days in and the top 2 had 19 million votes each and the 3 or 4 after were over 10 million. It should be called MTV Spammers as the T's and C's state you can retweet as many times as you like. Do kids have nothing better to do these days? The vote doesn't end until mid December so then MTV will come on and say "You've been voting in your millions/billions" when they'll find that it's actually a few hundred spamming. Quote:
Do music channels have to get permission to play music videos from the different labels?, or how does it work?
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As far as I remember the artists were paid royalties ... It was not that long ago that there was talk that some artists were going to abandon the music channels for payment (I can't remember if it was more of the artists moaning or it was the record labels)
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Has anyone on this thread got anything positive to say about music channels? I continue to be baffled by why you actually watch them if you hate them so much.
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Has anyone on this thread got anything positive to say about music channels? I continue to be baffled by why you actually watch them if you hate them so much.
However it seems the end of linear music TV is growing nearer. In France, MTV have closed 3 of their music channels (Base, Pulse and Idol) and are launching an online service called "MyMTV". It's kind of a video version of Spotify. You choose your favourite artists or style of music and create your own personalised music channel. From reading badly translated French articles it seems they plan to roll this out in more countries in future. |
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