The UTV Ireland Thread

Clitheroekid

T suggest that anybody receiving free to air satellite tv should tune out UTV and tune in ITV from Granada, London, Midlands or Soth East.All regions available in HD.Dump UTV altogether.

Go Harvey Go

Clitheroekid wrote: »

Strazdas refers to ITV5 and ITV6,they are non existant.

He was joking.

Clitheroekid wrote: »

T suggest that anybody receiving free to air satellite tv should tune out UTV and tune in ITV from Granada, London, Midlands or Soth East.All regions available in HD.Dump UTV altogether.

I'd welcome UTV NI back... if only for the ITV Nightscreen soundtracks.

Also, to be pedantic, there's only one ITV station in England, Wales, southern Scotland and the Channel Islands (the former ITV1, that is). There are still regional programmes, but all continuity is done in London.

lertsnim

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

He was joking.




I'd welcome UTV NI back... if only for the ITV Nightscreen soundtracks.

Also, to be pedantic, there's only one ITV station in England, Wales and the Channel Islands (the former ITV1, that is). There are still regional programmes, but all continuity is done in London.

There's also an ITV in Scotland in the border region.

Go Harvey Go

lertsnim wrote: »

There's also an ITV in Scotland in the border region.

Should have remembered that Border Television served southern Scotland as well as Cumbria...



I've edited my previous post accordingly.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

I feel really short changed by this channel. We are missing all kinds of new UTV dramas and are being shown repeats of old ones instead. I presume they won't be showing Downton Abbey next Autumn either, or will show us a repeat of series one to 'give us a chance to refresh our memories' or somesuch.

doubledown

Salvatore Uptight Plumber wrote: »

I feel really short changed by this channel. We are missing all kinds of new UTV dramas and are being shown repeats of old ones instead. I presume they won't be showing Downton Abbey next Autumn either, or will show us a repeat of series one to 'give us a chance to refresh our memories' or somesuch.

TV3 will be showing it

Clitheroekid

Cumbria and dumfries region are served by ITV 1 while the rest of Scotland is served by STV.STV HD is on frre to air satellite.I also suggest that people who are fed up with UTV Ireland should also not listen to radio statios owned by UTV Media.I certainly will not.

Clitheroekid

New drama on ITV 1 about to start at 9pm. Safe House,old rubbish on UTV Direland.

channelsurfer2

Clitheroekid wrote: »

New drama on ITV 1 about to start at 9pm. Safe House,old rubbish on UTV Direland.

yes and notice now how they are now not replying to any negative comments or queries on twitter if you ask why its not on. Paul O Grady had the star of Safe house on tonight which UTV Ireland is broadcasting at least. HE showed clips of it and it looks very good- but of course UTV Ireland decided to show Doc Martin instead, a complete waste of time.

lertsnim

Safe House isn't made by ITV Studios so that would explain why UTV Ireland aren't showing it. It is made by Eleventh Hour Films.

Mr.Nice Guy

Clitheroekid wrote: »

New drama on ITV 1 about to start at 9pm. Safe House,old rubbish on UTV Direland.

I'm sure it will wind up on UTV Direland eventually, by which I mean 3 years from now.

Snoopy1

I started watch safe house in england with my parents, only to discover that I've no way of watching the other episodes as I have stupid upc and this stupid utv ireland channel.

FloatingVoter

^ Well it only starts tonight on ITV proper. All 4 episodes will be available to download once the show airs. Normally 30 minutes afterwards and it'll be up. Give it an hour or so if you need 720p quality.
Free of ads and no guilt about supporting the lame duck channel.

batistuta9

what's the story with players, are they geoblocked?
i was checking if mafia w/ trevor mcdonald was up, they want you to sign up too to view

has anyone watched that show, any good?

FloatingVoter

batistuta9 wrote: »

what's the story with players, are they geoblocked?
i was checking if mafia w/ trevor mcdonald was up, they want you to sign up too to view

has anyone watched that show, any good?

Watched half of episode one. Its Trevor McDonald talking to a bunch of self appointed hard nuts playing it up for the camera. I gave up when one clown "accidentally" ran into his schoolfriend lawyer pal. "He went one way and I went de udder."
You ducked a bullet.

batistuta9

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Watched half of episode one. Its Trevor McDonald talking to a bunch of self appointed hard nuts playing it up for the camera. I gave up when one clown "accidentally" ran into his schoolfriend lawyer pal. "He went one way and I went de udder."
You ducked a bullet.

:pac: that's in a pretty much all those type of shows, their americanness wouldn't be helping either

you see this guy in it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Franzese

FloatingVoter

Not sure...think I saw him on a Discovery channel yoke. I see it this way - if they're doing reality TV and motivational speaking, we are not looking at Michael Corleone.

Interested in the mob - get a book on Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky or Carlo Gambino. It'll be full of lies but lies told by men who knew how to tell a classy lie.

Go Harvey Go

Clitheroekid wrote: »

Cumbria and dumfries region are served by ITV 1 while the rest of Scotland is served by STV.STV HD is on frre to air satellite.I also suggest that people who are fed up with UTV Ireland should also not listen to radio statios owned by UTV Media.I certainly will not.

Clitheroekid wrote: »

New drama on ITV 1 about to start at 9pm. Safe House,old rubbish on UTV Direland.

Sorry to be pedantic again, but it's not ITV1 any more - it's just plain ITV now.

Also, not listening to radio stations owned by UTV Media means not listening to FM104 or Dublin's Q102... or Talksport in the UK. Just saying. :eek:

FloatingVoter

Good for me the radio usually has a cat sitting on it. Best way to listen to it in election / referendum season.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

doubledown wrote: »

TV3 will be showing it

I know, but not until some night during the week. Downton is a real Sunday evening programme. A nice switchoff for the end of the weekend.

Someone I know who works in television reckons UTV Ireland will be gone in about a year's time. Here's hoping!

Muahahaha

I wanna watch the Barca PSG game tonight but cant as its on ITV. Now that we're at the tail end of the Champions League this is getting seriously annoying.

Is it true that Sky customers are still getting ITV? If so I think I might switch but does anyone know what Skys broadband is like in Dublin?

iseegirls

Muahahaha wrote: »

I wanna watch the Barca PSG game tonight but cant as its on ITV. Now that we're at the tail end of the Champions League this is getting seriously annoying.

Is it true that Sky customers are still getting ITV? If so I think I might switch but does anyone know what Skys broadband is like in Dublin?

The Barca PSG game should be on Setanta Ireland, if you can receive that?
I know it's not the same, and miles away from ITV's coverage, but at least it's something

FloatingVoter

Muahahaha wrote: »

I wanna watch the Barca PSG game tonight but cant as its on ITV. Now that we're at the tail end of the Champions League this is getting seriously annoying.

Is it true that Sky customers are still getting ITV? If so I think I might switch but does anyone know what Skys broadband is like in Dublin?

I'd knock the complaint through to the Talk to UPC thread here....

http://www.boards.ie/ttforum/1546

They will do nothing now but...
On foot of enough complaints, if they relegate the disgrace channel down the epg..the P45s on UTVI will be out in time for Christmas.

dublinman1990

Muahahaha wrote: »

I wanna watch the Barca PSG game tonight but cant as its on ITV. Now that we're at the tail end of the Champions League this is getting seriously annoying.

Is it true that Sky customers are still getting ITV? If so I think I might switch but does anyone know what Skys broadband is like in Dublin?

Yes. It is true that ITV HD is available on Sky+HD and Freesat. And UTV is available in Other Channels if you're using a regular Sky box.

I don't know much about Sky's regular broadband but I think that uses phones lines from Eircom. I don't know anything about Sky Fibre.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

I've rung UPC to register my complaint. I just rang the main number for technical assistance and the girl took down my complaint and said it will be passed on. The more people that register their annoyance at having a good quality station removed to be replaced with an inferior one showing programmes we've already seen years ago, the more chance UPC will do something about it.

iseegirls

In the ratings, seems like the soaps have fallen dramatically. Coronation Street averaging 300,000. A soap which TV3 got a lot more before, even though they didn't have 'exclusivity'.

People are not staying around for programmes after the soaps -
Mon: Corrie 334,000 - Doc Martin 108,000 : Lost 226,000 viewers
Tue: Emmerdale 219,000 - Paul O'Grady 64,000 : Lost 155,000 viewers
Wed: Corrie 277,000 - Wild Ireland 55,000 : Lost 222,000 viewers
Thu: Emmerdale 157,000 - Double Decker 58,000 : Lost 99,000 viewers
Fri: Corrie 297,000 - Slow Train 55,000 : Lost 242,000 viewers

Go Harvey Go

iseegirls wrote: »

People are not staying around for programmes after the soaps -
Mon: Corrie 334,000 - Doc Martin 108,000 : Lost 226,000 viewers
Tue: Emmerdale 219,000 - Paul O'Grady 64,000 : Lost 155,000 viewers
Wed: Corrie 277,000 - Wild Ireland 55,000 : Lost 222,000 viewers
Thu: Emmerdale 157,000 - Double Decker 58,000 : Lost 99,000 viewers
Fri: Corrie 297,000 - Slow Train 55,000 : Lost 242,000 viewers

Percentage-wise: drops of 67.7%, 70.8%, 80.1%, 63.1% and 81.5% respectively.

Ouch.

FloatingVoter

The soaps in and of themselves were losing viewers anyway. The idea that an anchor show like Corrie or Eastenders will keep people glued to the same channel dates back to 2 channel land.
If it is still being taught that the viewer is that passive in media studies / marketing then those courses are as idiotic as I believed. Take a trip to an old folks home and watch the old dears using the remotes if you don't believe me.
7.30 Corrie
8.00 BBC4
9.00 Film4

All while doing a spot of knitting.

_Kaiser_

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Yes. It is true that ITV HD is available on Sky+HD and Freesat. And UTV is available in Other Channels if you're using a regular Sky box.

I don't know much about Sky's regular broadband but I think that uses phones lines from Eircom. I don't know anything about Sky Fibre.

Just a note on this..

UTV Ireland is on the Sky EPG too and while you can view ITV HD or UTV through Other Channels on a Sky box, these cannot be recorded and do not have the full 7-day guide that the rest of the channels have.

lertsnim

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Just a note on this..

UTV Ireland is on the Sky EPG too and while you can view ITV HD or UTV through Other Channels on a Sky box, these cannot be recorded and do not have the full 7-day guide that the rest of the channels have.

I wouldn't recommend anybody to touch Sky if they are looking for ITV channels. It is ridiculously restrictive. Freesat is certainly the way to go.

iseegirls

FloatingVoter wrote: »

The soaps in and of themselves were losing viewers anyway. The idea that an anchor show like Corrie or Eastenders will keep people glued to the same channel dates back to 2 channel land.
If it is still being taught that the viewer is that passive in media studies / marketing then those courses are as idiotic as I believed. Take a trip to an old folks home and watch the old dears using the remotes if you don't believe me.
7.30 Corrie
8.00 BBC4
9.00 Film4

All while doing a spot of knitting.

I don't think that's correct. I hardly believe any old folks home would even know where Film4 is. It is constant RTE1 all day in the one I visit. And I would imagine that is the case for most older viewers - RTE1 is the default channel, and gets viewers no matter what is on (apart from that dreadful lottery show).

Dodge

FloatingVoter wrote: »

The soaps in and of themselves were losing viewers anyway. The idea that an anchor show like Corrie or Eastenders will keep people glued to the same channel dates back to 2 channel land.
If it is still being taught that the viewer is that passive in media studies / marketing then those courses are as idiotic as I believed. Take a trip to an old folks home and watch the old dears using the remotes if you don't believe me.
7.30 Corrie
8.00 BBC4
9.00 Film4

All while doing a spot of knitting.

The idea behind TV channels is most certainly to build brands and build nights. ITV won't be a dark drama on Saturday evening but will pile "family" orientated shows together. Keeping audience is absolutely a science.

They understand you can choose what to watch, they just prefer if you let them choose.

Unless you think marketing doesn't work at all and people choose what they really want all the time?

FloatingVoter

Dodge wrote: »

Unless you think marketing doesn't work at all and people choose what they really want all the time?

They tend to use the menu presented - all 57 channels and nothing on as Bruce said. Marketing (specifically advertising) is rubbish and wasted on the vast majority of the population - I know it's necessary to produce TV so we play along - but you don't honestly expect me to buy a new laptop because the guy off Harvey Norman roared at me on the TV.

Dodge

FloatingVoter wrote: »

They tend to use the menu presented - all 57 channels and nothing on as Bruce said. Marketing (specifically advertising) is rubbish and wasted on the vast majority of the population - I know it's necessary to produce TV so we play along - but you don't honestly expect me to buy a new laptop because the guy off Harvey Norman roared at me on the TV.

I don't expect you to do anything

But people buy stuff from Harvey Norman even though they can get it cheaper elsewhere and even more conveniently.

Whether you succumb to advertising or not, the multi-billion euro/pound/dollar industry suggests some do.

FloatingVoter

Dodge wrote: »

I don't expect you to do anything

But people buy stuff from Harvey Norman even though they can get it cheaper elsewhere and even more conveniently.

Whether you succumb to advertising or not, the multi-billion euro/pound/dollar industry suggests some do.

I agree with you - its just I'm a more of a stick in the mud than a fashion victim. I do have friends who need the latest gadgets and smartphones. My museum piece Nokia does me grand for taking and making calls. Speaking for myself, ads mean nothing - them...not so sure.

channelsurfer2

iseegirls wrote: »

In the ratings, seems like the soaps have fallen dramatically. Coronation Street averaging 300,000. A soap which TV3 got a lot more before, even though they didn't have 'exclusivity'.

People are not staying around for programmes after the soaps -
Mon: Corrie 334,000 - Doc Martin 108,000 : Lost 226,000 viewers
Tue: Emmerdale 219,000 - Paul O'Grady 64,000 : Lost 155,000 viewers
Wed: Corrie 277,000 - Wild Ireland 55,000 : Lost 222,000 viewers
Thu: Emmerdale 157,000 - Double Decker 58,000 : Lost 99,000 viewers
Fri: Corrie 297,000 - Slow Train 55,000 : Lost 242,000 viewers

its a disaster for them really. and they have noone to blame but themselves. It does really seem they have not bought any rights(or cant because ITV have first run uk and irl rights) to the stuff that is not ITV studios stuff. thats why they put on 5 year old episodes of Doc Martin which given the choice most would watch Safehouse or codebreakers..both non itv studios programmes.

Harry Palmr

iseegirls wrote: »

In the ratings, seems like the soaps have fallen dramatically. Coronation Street averaging 300,000. A soap which TV3 got a lot more before, even though they didn't have 'exclusivity'.

People are not staying around for programmes after the soaps -
Mon: Corrie 334,000 - Doc Martin 108,000 : Lost 226,000 viewers
Tue: Emmerdale 219,000 - Paul O'Grady 64,000 : Lost 155,000 viewers
Wed: Corrie 277,000 - Wild Ireland 55,000 : Lost 222,000 viewers
Thu: Emmerdale 157,000 - Double Decker 58,000 : Lost 99,000 viewers
Fri: Corrie 297,000 - Slow Train 55,000 : Lost 242,000 viewers

Where did you dig the number from, can't find them on the TAM website.

Clitheroekid

Paddypower might be offering odds soon on the demise of UTV Direland.

iseegirls

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Where did you dig the number from, can't find them on the TAM website.

They're on medialive. They are Adults 15+ figures.

The TAM website is absolutely awful. They've cut back from giving us a weekly top 10, to a monthly top 10 of a month that was a while ago.

iseegirls

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/pat-kenny-in-the-round-to-broadcast-on-monday-nights-on-utv-ireland-31185231.html

Monday night at 9pm set for Pat Kenny's new show. Up against the News and Claire Byrne on RTE1. Probably their best time for UTV launch it - after the normally rated highest episode of Corrie during the week.

Clitheroekid

Utv Direland keep on messing up.Pat Kenny on Monday night will not survive good ITV Drama also on Monday nights at 9 pm.More and more people are switching to free to air satellite.Pat Kenny on Mopnday nights will lead to people switching.

Atlantic Dawn

Show starts tonight, have to say timing wise it must be the worst time ever to put a chat show on, they should have went with Sunday nights around 9.30.

Tonights looks like an hours worth with Mickey Harte, I originally thought it was a chat show with multiple guests something like Graham Norton, quick chat and next guest.

Atlantic Dawn

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Show starts tonight, have to say timing wise it must be the worst time ever to put a chat show on, they should have went with Sunday nights around 9.30.

Tonights looks like an hours worth with Mickey Harte, I originally thought it was a chat show with multiple guests something like Graham Norton, quick chat and next guest.

It sounds awful and its up against Gotham and Game of Thrones,so it wont effect my Monday nights viewing!

_Kaiser_

zorro2566 wrote: »

It sounds awful and its up against Gotham and Game of Thrones,so it wont effect my Monday nights viewing!

Seems a strange choice to stick it up against the 9pm news as well?

I won't be watching.. no interest in GAA anyway but it seems like a strange night to have this on as well. As said above this show seems like more of a weekend format.

foxy farmer

After 4 months on the air i was expecting an improvement in the schedule. They have made no effort whatsoever.
No doubt Pats guests are from the usual suspects and the show will be just another damp squib. I always considered TV3 and 3e to be rubbish but this excuse for a tv channel is worse.
They must have an ulterior motive for going on air.

Skid X

It's a weak opening for UTV Ireland's first and only entertainment show. It's not live, they had months to find a big name, and they haven't done it.

They try to hype it by calling it Mickey Harte's "first in-depth television interview since the tragic death of his daughter, Michaela", but that's mainly because he fell out with RTE and won't talk to them.

Clitheroekid

Anybody who receives ITV will realise what a load of rubbish is being foisted on its captive audience by UTV Direland.UPC has not removed this rubbish from its channel lineup.ITV wales can be relayed to its captive audience thus freeing them from the mediocrity of UTV Direland.IFf you want to lose money,back horses,if you want to burn money buy shares in UTV Direland.

Thargor

Skid X wrote: »

They try to hype it by calling it Mickey Harte's "first in-depth television interview since the tragic death of his daughter, Michaela", but that's mainly because he fell out with RTE and won't talk to them.

What happened there? He was all over the place for a while, doing reality shows and everything...

ThisRegard

He didn't like his team criticised and allegedly told them not to give interviews to RTE because of a radio sketch he felt was insensitive to his family. Terrible choice of interviewee imo.

FloatingVoter

ThisRegard wrote: »

He didn't like his team criticised and allegedly told them not to give interviews to RTE because of a radio sketch he felt was insensitive to his family. Terrible choice of interviewee imo.

Yes, they have a few already in the can - why lead off with somebody who is only of interest to GAA people. I know about the daughter but anybody who reads the papers knows the facts of that case.
I assume that they still believe we're in 2 channel land and that this would present an alternative to Claire Byrne and the referendum. It might be advisable for the UTV Ireland bosses to take a holiday here - maybe talk to some locals. It's on a map, folks....little green lump to the left of the UK.

As for Kenny, he's collecting cash....probably hoping he can duck out in time to get a new deal somewhere else for next years election.