Originally Posted by
kezo:
“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?”
The name of the programme is basically designed to get people to watch. I'm not quite sure why people would want a Geordie Shore Warm up or Warm down to be honest though.
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.
Originally Posted by Neil_N:
“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.”
Bauer are terrrible though. 4Music, Smash Hits and Heat are basically the same channel with different names. Even The Box has half of the same songs.
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.
Originally Posted by zeebre12:
“Do music channels have to get permission to play music videos from the different labels?, or how does it work?”
In the old days. These days I suspect the labels are paying a small fee to get their artist on the channels hence they want a return for that fee and the repetitive playlists are because of this.
Originally Posted by kezo:
“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)”
I think that is old school now. I think it's labels paying the channels in exchange for airplay thus the channels are still running. I don't think channels will close as they are being funded and if they close, the artists don't get airtime.
Originally Posted by AcerBen:
“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.”
I personally watch far less than I used too. Even in the past few months they have gone downill fast. Their are good moments but very few and far between now, sadly.