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[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Current TV to close March 11th

Click first result on link below
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Cur...&client=safari

Sad but what is coming to replace it is the next question.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Sad news for those that like documemtary style programming quite rightly they do not seem very happy this from Jane Mote currents MD stand out.

Mote said: “We were very close to finding a sustainable model but had an impossibly short amount of time given the late call by Sky on our funding.

“We totally accept it is Sky’s right to stop funding Current but we don’t accept the way that it was done, using out-dated inaccurate audience figures, or that we were given no warning before a sudden cut-off in funding just before Christmas, making a rescue plan unachievable.�


The way Sky do buisiness stinks sometimes on a number of levels.

Totally agree.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Sad news for those that like documemtary style programming quite rightly they do not seem very happy this from Jane Mote currents MD stand out.

Mote said: “We were very close to finding a sustainable model but had an impossibly short amount of time given the late call by Sky on our funding.

“We totally accept it is Sky’s right to stop funding Current but we don’t accept the way that it was done, using out-dated inaccurate audience figures, or that we were given no warning before a sudden cut-off in funding just before Christmas, making a rescue plan unachievable.”


The way Sky do buisiness stinks sometimes on a number of levels.

Well l think we have seen many times over the last few years how Sky does its business and l suspect nothing will change much unless we have a stronger regulator who are prepared to bare their teeth more.

[richard1960]

Originally Posted by denphone

Sad but what is coming to replace it is the next question.

Naff all if you ask me current was a unique channel that offered programming that made the watcher think what could replace it pick +1 perhaps denphone.

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Originally Posted by denphone

Well l think we have seen many times over the last few years how Sky does its business and l suspect nothing will change much unless we have a stronger regulator who are prepared to bare their teeth more.

Yes it seems Sky wanted shot of current for its own reasons and used its usual methods.

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by richard1960

Naff all if you ask me current was a unique channel that offered programming that made the watcher think what could replace it pick +1 perhaps denphone.

It's a tough one to take if it's a channel you watch however judging by the viewing figures Sky obviously feel their sub money is best spent elsewhere.

[Digital Fanatic]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It's a tough one to take if it's a channel you watch however judging by the viewing figures Sky obviously feel their sub money is best spent elsewhere.

It was more popular than some other channels in the Entertainment packages last time I looked. I think part of this is political with Murdoch

[richard1960]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

It's a tough one to take if it's a channel you watch however judging by the viewing figures Sky obviously feel their sub money is best spent elsewhere.

According to Jane Mote currents MD out of date viewing figures were used to justify Skys stance Muppetman.

[Media Boy]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Current TV to close March 11th

Click first result on link below
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Cur...&client=safari

Good find - Thanks for info.

[muppetman11]

How many SD channels have now closed or about to close ?

[richard1960]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

It was more popular than some other channels in the Entertainment packages last time I looked. I think part of this is political with Murdoch

Spot on DF i think the decision is a political one.

[Media Boy]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

How many SD channels have now closed or about to close ?

Diva TV - Close
Sky Living Loves - Close next Tuesday at 6am.
Sky Livingit +1 - To stay onair but move to Sky Channel 238 next Tuesday
Current TV - To close on March 11th.

New SD Channels to launch on Virgin TV:

Sky Sports F1 - Coming March 9th
Channel 5 +1 - Launch date TBC.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Media Boy

Diva TV - Close
Sky Living Loves - Close next Tuesday at 6am.
Sky Livingit +1 - To stay onair but move to Sky Channel 238 next Tuesday
Current TV - To close on March 11th.

New SD Channels to launch on Virgin TV:

Sky Sports F1 - Coming March 9th
Channel 5 +1 - Launch date TBC.

Give to us with one hand and take away with the other springs to mind here.

[New to cable]

Originally Posted by Digital Fanatic

It was more popular than some other channels in the Entertainment packages last time I looked. I think part of this is political with Murdoch

Yep you must be right, of course we ignore the millions and millions of pound Sky has been pumping into current tv for years and years. Forget that without Sky current would of gone years ago.

Forget Sky only ever lost money through current tv,

Ahh well I'm sure Virginmedia are going to offer to fund Current now, or any other media company platform or provider will be just waiting to jump in and pour millions of pound at a loss into a money losing tv channel.

Yep this is nothing to do with the economic climate its pure and simple evil nasty Sky.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by New to cable

Yep you must be right, of course we ignore the millions and millions of pound Sky has been pumping into current tv for years and years. Forget that without Sky current would of gone years ago.

Forget Sky only ever lost money through current tv,

Ahh well I'm sure Virginmedia are going to offer to fund Current now, or any other media company platform or provider will be just waiting to jump in and pour millions of pound at a loss into a money losing tv channel.

Yep this is nothing to do with the economic climate its pure and simple evil nasty Sky.

You sure do have a lot to say don't you.

[richard1960]

Originally Posted by New to cable

Yep you must be right, of course we ignore the millions and millions of pound Sky has been pumping into current tv for years and years. Forget that without Sky current would of gone years ago.

Forget Sky only ever lost money through current tv,

Ahh well I'm sure Virginmedia are going to offer to fund Current now, or any other media company platform or provider will be just waiting to jump in and pour millions of pound at a loss into a money losing tv channel.

Yep this is nothing to do with the economic climate its pure and simple evil nasty Sky.

Have you the figures for the many mllions of ££££££££££s Sky have been pumping into current TV by any chance.