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Old 12-03-2016, 19:20
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Didn't know this was on, caught the last 20 minutes, quite fun What's this channel called now, "W"

EDIT - I assume I must have missed this when it first aired ...
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Old 12-03-2016, 19:30
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Didn't know this was on, caught the last 20 minutes, quite fun What's this channel called now, "W"

EDIT - I assume I must have missed this when it first aired ...
Sky with teir stupid rebranding thinking hey lets just rename the Watch channel to W.

Kinda wish they had kept it UK Gold 2
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Old 12-03-2016, 20:54
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Sky with teir stupid rebranding thinking hey lets just rename the Watch channel to W.

Kinda wish they had kept it UK Gold 2
Pretty sure the channel called 'dave' is the one that used to be UK gold 2.
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Old 13-03-2016, 06:32
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Sky with teir stupid rebranding thinking hey lets just rename the Watch channel to W.

Kinda wish they had kept it UK Gold 2
I agree about the stupid rebranding bit, but W is nothing to do with Sky - it is a UKTV channel
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Old 13-03-2016, 08:20
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Whoever rebranded it to W still a silly idea.

Im guessing this programme was on DVD.
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Old 13-03-2016, 20:13
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Whoever rebranded it to W still a silly idea.

Im guessing this programme was on DVD.
Whoever rebranded it was a bit of a W themselves.
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Old 13-03-2016, 20:56
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Is there a waxwork of him in Madame Toussauds? There should be because it would be incredibly lifelike since his face essentially looks like it is made of wax anyway.

I say that affectionately towards old Putty Face, as we knew him in our household
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Old 13-03-2016, 21:50
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Pretty sure the channel called 'dave' is the one that used to be UK gold 2.
Yes, 'Dave' used to be known as UK Gold 2, then UKTV G2, before changing to 'Dave' in 2007.

Shame really. Used to get episodes of Neighbours and EastEnders from the 1990s repeated on there. Not nowadays!
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Old 13-03-2016, 21:57
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Yes, 'Dave' used to be known as UK Gold 2, then UKTV G2, before changing to 'Dave' in 2007.

Shame really. Used to get episodes of Neighbours and EastEnders from the 1990s repeated on there. Not nowadays!
Whoever comissions that channel is just plain stupid. They had a advert on tv a few weeks ago said if you miss eastenders on BBC1 you can catch it at 10pm I think the next day. Whats the point?

You want people to watch something on a pay channel they can watch for bloody free on BBC Iplayer?
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Old 13-03-2016, 22:10
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Whoever comissions that channel is just plain stupid. They had a advert on tv a few weeks ago said if you miss eastenders on BBC1 you can catch it at 10pm I think the next day. Whats the point?

You want people to watch something on a pay channel they can watch for bloody free on BBC Iplayer?
Not everyone has the Internet in their homes. Some people have to go to either their local Library or a Cyber Café, to use the Internet. And, not every Library and Cyber Café allows you to watch TV programmes online, as you only have a certain amount of time per day, that you can go online.

Anyway, as has been reported recently, the iPlayer loophole is to be ended soon. Sometime in the next four, five months, it's been reported.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35708623
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Old 14-03-2016, 07:18
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Not everyone has the Internet in their homes. Some people have to go to either their local Library or a Cyber Café, to use the Internet. And, not every Library and Cyber Café allows you to watch TV programmes online, as you only have a certain amount of time per day, that you can go online.

Anyway, as has been reported recently, the iPlayer loophole is to be ended soon. Sometime in the next four, five months, it's been reported.

More details here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35708623
Most homes have iplayer even tvs are built in with it.

It would have been better if they had a deal to show classic episodes rather than current stuff.
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Old 14-03-2016, 13:13
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Most homes have iplayer even tvs are built in with it.

It would have been better if they had a deal to show classic episodes rather than current stuff.
That is not true. Much as I enjoy using iPlayer and other catchup services myself, only about a third of adults said they'd used iPlayer last year according to Ofcom.

"31% of GB adults claim to have used it [iPlayer] within the past year" (page 53)

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31% is certainly a large percentage, but there's still a fair way to go before you get beyond 50% and can start to say "most".
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Old 14-03-2016, 14:17
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That is not true. Much as I enjoy using iPlayer and other catchup services myself, only about a third of adults said they'd used iPlayer last year according to Ofcom.

"31% of GB adults claim to have used it [iPlayer] within the past year" (page 53)

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31% is certainly a large percentage, but there's still a fair way to go before you get beyond 50% and can start to say "most".
Yeah supposedly claimed. Big difference with asking certain people and actually finding out how many watch.
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Old 14-03-2016, 14:25
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Yeah supposedly claimed. Big difference with asking certain people and actually finding out how many watch.
Ermm...what do you mean, Dave?
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Old 14-03-2016, 14:35
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Yeah supposedly claimed. Big difference with asking certain people and actually finding out how many watch.
Short of monitoring everyone's viewing habits 24/7 and 365 days a year, how would you measure it? There must be some sort of logical process behind collecting those numbers which, while not perfect, has to be better than someone's guess or opinion. Granted that saying you've used something is not the same as actually having used it, nor does having used it mean the same as having it available in the house - I'm sure there are those who have catch up services and don't know they have it and so never use it. My 92 year old mother-in-law is one such.
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Old 14-03-2016, 14:49
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Tribute to Matt Smith?! He isn't dead is he?!
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Old 14-03-2016, 14:56
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Short of monitoring everyone's viewing habits 24/7 and 365 days a year, how would you measure it? There must be some sort of logical process behind collecting those numbers which, while not perfect, has to be better than someone's guess or opinion. Granted that saying you've used something is not the same as actually having used it, nor does having used it mean the same as having it available in the house - I'm sure there are those who have catch up services and don't know they have it and so never use it. My 92 year old mother-in-law is one such.
I doubt that it's something people would be vastly mistaken about.

For the purposes of the question, it doesn't matter whether people do use iPlayer, or even if that they can't - what matters is that a lot of people don't use it, therefore there is still a reasonable market for scheduling it on a conventional channel.
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Old 14-03-2016, 18:43
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Saw the title and thought he was dead!
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Old 14-03-2016, 23:13
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Tribute to Matt Smith?! He isn't dead is he?!
Its just the name of a show that was a DVd extra when he left the show.
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Old 15-03-2016, 15:44
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I doubt that it's something people would be vastly mistaken about.

For the purposes of the question, it doesn't matter whether people do use iPlayer, or even if that they can't - what matters is that a lot of people don't use it, therefore there is still a reasonable market for scheduling it on a conventional channel.
I was replying to dave_windows who'd said most people have iPlayer, which is incorrect. As shown by the limited statistics, a large minority do [use it], but not a majority, so it's not right to say "most".

Of course TV still needs conventional linear broadcasts as the primary delivery method. The writing is on the wall though, due to the growth of the different ways we now have available to consume content. As time goes on, linear broadcasting will gradually become less important. I see it in much the same way as the decline in printed newspapers. They are having to rethink their business models and figure out how to make money on line. The same transition has already happened in the music industry. It's all downloads and streaming now, but CDs are still with us for the time being.

It will take decades for TV broadcasting disappear. BBC 3 going "online only" is part of this change.

They'll not switch off BBC1 or ITV anytime soon.
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