Originally Posted by kezo:
“I briefly dropped in on them same here disappointed as well ... I caught on Thursday an old Rita Ora song and well it just looked like I was watching The Box, the only difference I noticed was they have moved the countdown numbers besides the Chart they are running down ie 20 Biggest Hits of 2016 (no.20) thats it?
4Music looks completely abandoned - I noted that the "Showtime" graphic has been dropped (again maybe I have seen it off one night and is back on now) but really am surprised at the abandonment - its like MTV really - concentrate mostly on MTV (the music stations churn the same pap day in and out) whilst VH1/VIVA are left to rot with nothing coming to them other than be advertising vehicles”
“I briefly dropped in on them same here disappointed as well ... I caught on Thursday an old Rita Ora song and well it just looked like I was watching The Box, the only difference I noticed was they have moved the countdown numbers besides the Chart they are running down ie 20 Biggest Hits of 2016 (no.20) thats it?

4Music looks completely abandoned - I noted that the "Showtime" graphic has been dropped (again maybe I have seen it off one night and is back on now) but really am surprised at the abandonment - its like MTV really - concentrate mostly on MTV (the music stations churn the same pap day in and out) whilst VH1/VIVA are left to rot with nothing coming to them other than be advertising vehicles”
The graphics are just like The Box. I guess they wanted to abandon Smash Hits and Heat as brands and just be Box everything. I bet after the first day or two the viewing figures will be appalling.
4Music seems to be the dumped on channel now. They'll leave it for Kardashians etc but put no real effort in.
Originally Posted by JVD:
“I know its crap and as I expected it to be actually.
The Box Hits is too safe with the same songs from the Black Eyed Peas , Lady Gaga , Katy Perry , Beyonce , Rihanna , Taylor Swift , Justin Bieber , David Guetta , Usher , Tinie Tempah , Rita Ora , Avicii , Will i Am , Justin Timberlake , Ariana Grande , Meghan Trainor , Little Mix , Nicki Minaj.
Seriously these artists with their songs played over and over for months is ridiculous and boring. There's more to music than these select few artists!”
“I know its crap and as I expected it to be actually.
The Box Hits is too safe with the same songs from the Black Eyed Peas , Lady Gaga , Katy Perry , Beyonce , Rihanna , Taylor Swift , Justin Bieber , David Guetta , Usher , Tinie Tempah , Rita Ora , Avicii , Will i Am , Justin Timberlake , Ariana Grande , Meghan Trainor , Little Mix , Nicki Minaj.
Seriously these artists with their songs played over and over for months is ridiculous and boring. There's more to music than these select few artists!”
That's pretty much it. I had hoped they'd continue with more of the 00's stuff that Heat had been showing for the past couple of months and even expand on that but it's the same old tripe over and over and we now have three very similar channels all called 'Box' something. How they think this is a good idea and an idea that will help them survive, I do not know.
Maybe they'll hear peoples cries and adjust accordingly but it just seems to be a back up for for The Box and Box Upfront. Even their charts are full of the same tripe.




