Is ITV dying on its ARSE ?

[e77]

They lost advertising revenue so cut the budget on programme making, which is obviously going to make people change channel, hence reducing advertising income.

Repeat until bankrupt.

 

[clapham_gull]

They lost advertising revenue so cut the budget on programme making, which is obviously going to make people change channel, hence reducing advertising income.

Repeat until bankrupt.

All the commercial channels have been affected though. I believe Channel Five revenue is down even more than ITV.

Advertising revenue didn't suddenly go down because people weren't watching.

The space goes to the highest bidder and obviously the highest bids got lower and lower as the recession kicked it.

I would have thought that other commercial channels work on even smaller margins than ITV.

 

[Touristic_denizen]

itv have been crap for years.

happy to see them disappear into telly oblivion

 

[robinsonsgrin]

saturday night...oooo i was at muse in teignmouth .........superb!

 

[itszamora]

itv have been crap for years.

happy to see them disappear into telly oblivion

The problem with that though is that (aside from thousands of redundancies ITV going to the wall would create) is that the rest of our TV would get worse as there'd be less competition. The BBC in particular needs effective commercial competition to keep its' own standards high.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

In early 2009 Michael Grade was trying to persuade the Govt to change the rules so that ITV, CHannel 4 and Five could merge - a sure sign of pre-emptive planning

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/25/itv-proposes-broadcasting-giant

 

[Robot Chicken]

you're also forgetting the amazing shite that was Primeval, oh and that crock of shit Demons.

ITV blows goats

Sci-fi drama series Primeval has been resurrected for two new series by ITV just three months after it was announced it had been axed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8280734.stm

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Shortly you will be able to watch ITV1 +1 on satellite (6 macro regions available). Viewers in SCO , NI and CI will have to add a version into "other channels" on their Sky box.

ITV1 +1 was due to start 1st October but now postponed indefinitely , not connected with the reccession but to do with contractual rights mechanisms.

 

[clapham_gull]

itv have been crap for years.

happy to see them disappear into telly oblivion

At which point Sky charge you even more....

 

[Martinf]

All TV is shit now that The Wire has finished.

 

[Pavilionaire]

It would be easy to label ITV as The Chav Channel...alright, let's be honest, ITV IS the Chav Channel.

The facts for me are the last show I regularly watched on ITV was "Hornblower", and "Sharpe" was good as well - that's got to be going back 10 years though...

 

[BensGrandad]

Is it just me that thinks it but are ITV now putting more adverts into each commercial break thus reducing the length of the actual program as it certainly appears to be so.


Havent read all of this thread so if this is fixtures sorry.

 

[clapham_gull]

Is it just me that thinks it but are ITV now putting more adverts into each commercial break thus reducing the length of the actual program as it certainly appears to be so.


Havent read all of this thread so if this is fixtures sorry.

Yes you are right.

 

[little al]

You should try living up here.

Even the few quality things that ITV invests in don't get shown. OK so the "Wuthering Heights" adaptation that was on the other weekend may not be your cup of tea, but at least ITV have put some dosh into making it, rather than just sticking on another "It'll be Alright on the Night" rerun from 2002.

So what have STV done? "Opted out" of all ITV drama like Wuthering Heights, The Bill, Miss Marple, Blue Murder etc etc.

And instead we get UTTER GASH like "Made in Scotland" about famous Scots who've made it on the world stage (ie ****ing Lorraine Kelly and Sean Connery AGAIN) and "The Scots Who Fought Franco" – the kind of obscure shite that would struggle to raise three viewers on The History Channel, but here is Thursday evening prime time.

f***ing joke.

Amen to that. The BBC isn't much better with crap like River City and Beechgrove Garden.

 

[little al]

Emmerdale is quality to be fair.

 

[Gritt23]

I think anyone who relies on advertising is in a real battle at the moment.

Shows coming on with no adverts at all is something I've noticed creeping in. Five have the late Sunday Night NFL game, and have no adverts whatsoever. Yeah, you may say that's Five for you, and it is a late night slot, but how do they recoup the fee they have laid out for the TV rights (they beat Sky to the rights for that slot!) when they don't have a single advert?

 

[Brixtaan]

I love them.They do Champions league in HD