CR3 and Channel Re-numbering to take place in MARCH/April! - Page 4

asdf · 26-01-2004, 14:00

Amazing how January slipped to Feb, then to March and it's now March / April... lol.

**Derek S** · 26-01-2004, 14:12

March is still Q1 2004.

I don't think any Ntl employees have said that April is the date being planned.

georgepomone · 26-01-2004, 16:43

Hi All,
it's coming Soon.
George.

Tod · 27-01-2004, 13:18

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Originally Posted by dezzo

March is still Q1 2004.

I don't think any Ntl employees have said that April is the date being planned.

If we took it from NTL employees it would have been just before the last world cup

$ky · 27-01-2004, 18:02

Three things...

1. Is the ex-c&w EPG the same (colour etc) as out original one?

2. What interactive services (on what channels etc) do ex-c&w areas currently have (can you name all please) and will we get these when CR3 launches?

3. Can anyone post any screenshots of the CR3 that ex-c&w areas have (I know it will not be the same as ours, I just want to have a look).

Thankyou.

magpie · 27-01-2004, 18:58

Having just moved from an exCWC area to an orig area, I feel I'm qualified to answer these...

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Originally Posted by $ky

Three things...

1. Is the ex-c&w EPG the same (colour etc) as out original one?

Yes, the colours are pretty much identical. exCWC doesn't put the ntl logo in the top corner of the screen with every channel change though!

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Originally Posted by $ky

2. What interactive services (on what channels etc) do ex-c&w areas currently have (can you name all please) and will we get these when CR3 launches?

From memory:

A text service on channel ntl explaining how things work
The BBCi bridge on BBC1 and BBC2, mainly with links to the walled garden
Live BBC feeds like Fame Acadamy, Christmas promotions + Full interactive multiscreening for BBC sports
E4 had a really poor Big brother thing last summer (Though they had that before CR3 - now it just comes with red dot!)

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Originally Posted by $ky

3. Can anyone post any screenshots of the CR3 that ex-c&w areas have (I know it will not be the same as ours, I just want to have a look).

Thankyou.

DigitalSpy can sort you out here - http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/screen.p...=1&type=ntlcr3

Hope that helps.

Tristan · 27-01-2004, 19:42

There was also a play-along 15-to-1 game available when CR3 first launched, but I don't know if it's still there (no longer a student, so I'm not at home in the afternoons any more

).

We've had pretty much the same range of BBCi apps (on BBC 1 and 2) as have appeared on satellite since Wimbledon. A distict lack of things on other channels though...

asdf · 27-01-2004, 22:50

Apart from the BBC what other decent ETV apps would people want? Serious question this, 'cause all I've noted which are worthy apps are:

Sky News multiscreens (The BBC 24 would be nice too)
Sky Sports Extra multi screens.
Big Brother / The Salon / Other reality show on E4/C4.

About it. Everything else seems to be adverts? This is just from my observations of flicking through Sky.

Tod · 28-01-2004, 09:26

Challenge seem to do alot of interactive on sky

asdf · 28-01-2004, 14:22

Okies, more?

I wanna build up a list of good etv apps so that when ntl do eventually launch Langley's upgrade we can check off what we'd like to see.

Lew · 28-01-2004, 14:44

The Sky Movies multiscreens would be nice as well

SMHarman · 28-01-2004, 15:13

From the "unknown telephone numbers on latest bill" thread.

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Do you have Sky TV by any chance?

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0901 014 0000 - 0034 Interactive TV* Game played on Satellite/cable TV through digi-box

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09010-141013 on the 9th of jan

Sky again by the looks of it.

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0901 014 7000 Amstrad Emailer Plus SMS Text Message calls
0901 014 7001 Amstrad Emailer SMS Text Message calls
0901 014 7007 Interactive TV* Sky interactive Millionaire game
0901 121 2101 - 2112 TV Voteline ITV Pop Idol
0901 121 2200 - 2213 TV Votelines BBC Fame Academy
0901 121 3101 - 3110 TV Votelines Record of the Year (ITV)
0901 121 4401 - 4412 TV Votelines Big Brother 4 (Ch 4)
0901 137 5555 TV competiton Brain Teaser (Channel 5)

How will this voting work for ntl down the cable. Will we see micro (or not so micro) charges on the bill in place of the call costs?

**Derek S** · 28-01-2004, 15:21

Good question.

I'd reckon they would have to bring in a charge for interactive voting to stop people constantly re-voting.

bigitup_j · 28-01-2004, 19:20

well currently on ex-cwc, you have two way tv games - which you have to pay for, and i appears on your ntl bill. i would presume that billing through the cable network is easy, as it's been going on for years!

SMHarman · 29-01-2004, 10:35

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Originally Posted by bigitup_j

well currently on ex-cwc, you have two way tv games - which you have to pay for, and i appears on your ntl bill. i would presume that billing through the cable network is easy, as it's been going on for years!

Never knew that - The PPV movies are the same I suppose and the revenue from those must be shared with FrontRow so the revenue sharing systems must be in place.

You'd think that they would be in more of a rush to get interactive out if it can generate additional revenue through the interactive options.

Does NTL host all the interactive sites or do they pass through to the originators site? Just wondering for things like the real time voting. These need to be passed to the collation system in a timely manner.