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    #2312
    channelsurfer2
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    interesting what they will do with UTVIRL. Despite the bravado they only have a limited budget and these announcements barely have anything new other than re-hashes of UK programmes or shifting around current programmes. The Pat Kenny thing will probably rate well the first week and then awful after that. Will Irish people take to Googlebox?


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    #2313
    Elmo
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    channelsurfer2 wrote: »
    interesting what they will do with UTVIRL. Despite the bravado they only have a limited budget and these announcements barely have anything new other than re-hashes of UK programmes or shifting around current programmes. The Pat Kenny thing will probably rate well the first week and then awful after that. Will Irish people take to Googlebox?

    Problem with Googlebox is what will the people they get to do it watch? Mainly UK TV and TV3 hate the mention of the competition on their programmes, just look at how they drop their soap review when they lost Coro ST and Emmers.


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    #2314
    icdg
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    They can't say anything about UTV Ireland until they actually own it.

    Truth be told it will probably be too late for the takeover to affect the Autumn schedule now but I will be surprised if UTV Ireland lasts too long after the takeover anyway, even if the quick fix is to make room for a move of Corrie and Emmerdale to TV3, with other ITV shows waiting for January.

    Red Rock is moving to a post-watershed slot (although given they're selling it to BBC daytime I doubt this will mean a substantial amount of post watershed content, or at least nothing that can't be clipped without affecting the story) but this crucially means it won't be in the way of any move of the ITV soaps.

    Also interesting is Vincent Browne's move to thrice a week at 10:30pm - this presumably is a start to a phasing out of his show.


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    #2315
    Elmo
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    icdg wrote: »
    They can't say anything about UTV Ireland until they actually own it.

    Truth be told it will probably be too late for the takeover to affect the Autumn schedule now but I will be surprised if UTV Ireland lasts too long after the takeover anyway, even if the quick fix is to make room for a move of Corrie and Emmerdale to TV3, with other ITV shows waiting for January.

    Red Rock is moving to a post-watershed slot (although given they're selling it to BBC daytime I doubt this will mean a substantial amount of post watershed content, or at least nothing that can't be clipped without affecting the story) but this crucially means it won't be in the way of any move of the ITV soaps.

    Also interesting is Vincent Browne's move to thrice a week at 10:30pm - this presumably is a start to a phasing out of his show.

    In relation to Gogglebox they won't be watching RTE, especially when TV3 covered up RTE's brand on the NSO logo (as if RTE where sponsors rather than owners).

    It will be interesting to see if Red Rock improves rates before the return of the soaps, 9:30 is a strange time.

    They will retain UTV Ireland but with a different brand.

    It only every clashed with Ros NA Run, I think they should go for 8pm monday and friday. wait and see.


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    #2316
    dulpit
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    Elmo wrote: »
    In relation to Gogglebox they won't be watching RTE, especially when TV3 covered up RTE's brand on the NSO logo (as if RTE where sponsors rather than owners).

    If this is the case then what's the point of the show? We have Gogglebox proper for the UK channels, surely an Irish version has to cover the Irish channels?? C4 have no trouble showing ITV/BBC/Sky shows, I would have hoped TV3 wouldn't be so petty as to exclude RTE/etc?


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    #2317
    topmanamillion
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    icdg wrote: »

    Also interesting is Vincent Browne's move to thrice a week at 10:30pm - this presumably is a start to a phasing out of his show.

    He gave up on the show a long time ago.
    It's on in the middle of the night now and he rarely presents it.
    A weekly political debate show will generally get steady ratings but the nightly format TV3 went with killed any chance of that. Also, their political guests were getting more obscure by the week.


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    #2318
    Elmo
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    topmanamillion wrote: »
    He gave up on the show a long time ago.
    It's on in the middle of the night now and he rarely presents it.

    I think that is just for the summer months.


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    #2319
    lertsnim
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    Elmo wrote: »
    In relation to Gogglebox they won't be watching RTE, especially when TV3 covered up RTE's brand on the NSO logo (as if RTE where sponsors rather than owners).

    Was this announced or is it speculation? It would be rather stupid to exclude programming from the most watched broadcaster in the country.


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    #2320
    Elmo
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    lertsnim wrote: »
    Was this announced or is it speculation? It would be rather stupid to exclude programming from the most watched broadcaster in the country.

    Speculation. But they cover up part of the name of the national concert orchestra at the Autumn event! (also 55% of all TV viewing is with UK broadcasters in any case)


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    #2321
    iseegirls
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    With Liberty Global on the verge of taking over Formula 1, I would expect TV3 to get the rights once they are available. Although, is Formula 1 as popular in Ireland as it once was - been such a long time since RTE2 showed it, and doesn't look like they made any effort getting it back.

    Any idea how long Eir Sports have a deal to broadcast them till?


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    #2322
    Elmo
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    iseegirls wrote: »
    With Liberty Global on the verge of taking over Formula 1, I would expect TV3 to get the rights once they are available. Although, is Formula 1 as popular in Ireland as it once was - been such a long time since RTE2 showed it, and doesn't look like they made any effort getting it back.

    Any idea how long Eir Sports have a deal to broadcast them till?

    I'd say Liberty Global will use F1 with for the cable services across Europe, they might consider returning highlights on TV3, which didn't last too long the last time, though perhaps as a small market they might consider TV3 for the live events.


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    #2323
    Atlantic Dawn
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    iseegirls wrote: »
    With Liberty Global on the verge of taking over Formula 1, I would expect TV3 to get the rights once they are available. Although, is Formula 1 as popular in Ireland as it once was - been such a long time since RTE2 showed it, and doesn't look like they made any effort getting it back.

    Any idea how long Eir Sports have a deal to broadcast them till?

    It's a very niche sport, I think the cost that Formula 1 would miss out from the Eir Sport money would be far greater than the beneficial effect having Formula 1 on TV3.


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    #2324
    icdg
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    iseegirls wrote: »
    With Liberty Global on the verge of taking over Formula 1, I would expect TV3 to get the rights once they are available. Although, is Formula 1 as popular in Ireland as it once was - been such a long time since RTE2 showed it, and doesn't look like they made any effort getting it back.

    Any idea how long Eir Sports have a deal to broadcast them till?

    It is Liberty Media rather than Liberty Global that are taking over Formula One. Same owner, but separate company with separate management.

    Eir Sport have the rights until 2018, following which Sky have already negotiated an exclusive deal to run until 2024.


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    #2325
    icdg
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    Someone asked about Red Rock's theme tune a while back, I'm given to understand they debuted a rearrangement of the theme last night that got rid of that awful harmonica.


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    #2326
    doubledown
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    TV3 is 18 years old today. It launched on Sunday 20th September 1998, the same day U2 shot their video for The Sweetest Thing in the city centre (I remember because I was working on it.)

    Time flies...



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    #2327
    iseegirls
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    doubledown wrote: »
    TV3 is 18 years old today. It launched on Sunday 20th September 1998, the same day U2 shot their video for The Sweetest Thing in the city centre (I remember because I was working on it.)

    Time flies...

    Seem to remember TV3's Pop On 3 had exclusive first showing of that video, back when showing music videos first was a big thing (especially for Top 30 Hits if you remember those huge letters going across the screen)

    On that night, there was an hour of News @ 7, Messrs Tylak And Rooney, Just Shoot Me, 20/20, Merlin (TV 2-Parter Movie), News & Sports Tonight. The following day they broke away from scheduled programming for the Clinton Trial. The only programme that is still on now that was broadcast back in the 1st week is Judge Judy.


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    #2328
    Elmo
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    iseegirls wrote: »
    On that night, there was an hour of News @ 7, Messrs Tylak And Rooney, Just Shoot Me, 20/20, Merlin (TV 2-Parter Movie), News & Sports Tonight. The following day they broke away from scheduled programming for the Clinton Trial. The only programme that is still on now that was broadcast back in the 1st week is Judge Judy.

    News @6 ... News @7 was following the splitting of News @6. and it open with Hector and Clodagh showing viewer what they could expect from the new channel.


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    #2329
    iseegirls
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    Elmo wrote: »
    News @6 ... News @7 was following the splitting of News @6. and it open with Hector and Clodagh showing viewer what they could expect from the new channel.

    Sorry, mistype there. Crazy how many "News @" there have been. News @ 12.30, News @ 12:45, News @ 5.30 (aka First Edition for some time), News @ 6, News @ 6.30, News @ 7, News @ 8, News Tonight


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    #2330
    lgs 4
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    doubledown wrote: »
    TV3 is 18 years old today. It launched on Sunday 20th September 1998, the same day U2 shot their video for The Sweetest Thing in the city centre (I remember because I was working on it.)

    Time flies...


    Why associate TV3 with U2 and TV3 is still rubbish 18 years on .


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    #2331
    Elmo
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    lgs 4 wrote: »
    Why associate TV3 with U2 and TV3 is still rubbish 18 years on .

    Lots would think that is also a fair assessment of U2. also Paul McGuiness was a co-owner/co-founder of the channel.


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    #2332
    doubledown
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    lgs 4 wrote: »
    Why associate TV3 with U2 and TV3 is still rubbish 18 years on .

    Simply my association. As I said, I happened to be working on the shoot the day the channel launched. Relax.


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    #2333
    Elmo
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    doubledown wrote: »
    Simply my association. As I said, I happened to be working on the shoot the day the channel launched. Relax.

    As Lorraine Keane had an exclusive interview with U2 on TV3 News @6.


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    #2334
    icdg
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    Okay, can people drop the U2 argument.


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    #2335
    byte
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    byte


    iseegirls wrote: »
    Seem to remember TV3's Pop On 3 had exclusive first showing of that video, back when showing music videos first was a big thing (especially for Top 30 Hits if you remember those huge letters going across the screen)

    Ah I vaguely remember Pop On 3. Wasn't too bad. Can't remember the presenter's name.

    If I recall correctly, they reran Pop On 3 and Pepsi Chart Show on Saturday mornings, before RTE2 reran their Top 30 Hits!


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    #2336
    iseegirls
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    byte wrote: »
    Ah I vaguely remember Pop On 3. Wasn't too bad. Can't remember the presenter's name.

    If I recall correctly, they reran Pop On 3 and Pepsi Chart Show on Saturday mornings, before RTE2 reran their Top 30 Hits!

    Darragh Purcell was the presenter. He presented it for 2years, then had a short run with another music show called The Sound Room soon after. He's disappeared since then.

    Pop On 3 was on Saturday mornings at 9 and then 10am a few weeks later. Pepsi Chart Show was on Saturday evening at 6.30, and repeated on Sunday morning at 10:30.

    Music hasn't really been a big interest for them over the years. Dynamite TV was on for a half a year around 2001, while Music 3(cubed) which ran every night for about 9 months depended on viewers votes to show the videos.


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    #2337
    political analyst
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    I wonder will Red Rock be moved to 9 o'clock when Corrie and Emmerdale are brought back to TV3. Furthermore, the fact that Emmerdale is on at 8 o'clock on a Thursday means that the 8 o'clock news bulletin would have to be moved. I wonder what will happen: TV3 News at 10?!


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    #2338
    Elmo
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    political analyst wrote: »
    I wonder will Red Rock be moved to 9 o'clock when Corrie and Emmerdale are brought back to TV3. Furthermore, the fact that Emmerdale is on at 8 o'clock on a Thursday means that the 8 o'clock news bulletin would have to be moved. I wonder what will happen: TV3 News at 10?!

    I would say TV3 will drop TSOCS, Ireland Live and News @8.

    It would be interesting to see them move Red Rock to 9pm but it seems they aren't looking for the Coro St lead in. The 9:30 slot is to avoid RTE news.

    Emmerdale at 8 would stop either UTV Ireland or TV3 putting the news on at 7:30 on Thursday Night.


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    #2339
    icdg
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    I'm of that view myself. News at 8 and The Seven O'Clock Show were conceived to fill a soap based hole in the schedules and I can see one or both of them going after the soaps move back from UTV Ireland to TV3.

    Ireland Live won't even last that long. It will go before the ink is even dry.


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    #2340
    Elmo
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    icdg wrote: »
    Ireland Live won't even last that long. It will go before the ink is even dry.

    Ireland Live has dropped to 30mins for the 10pm show already. AFAIK


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    #2341
    political analyst
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    Elmo wrote: »
    I would say TV3 will drop TSOCS, Ireland Live and News @8.

    It would be interesting to see them move Red Rock to 9pm but it seems they aren't looking for the Coro St lead in. The 9:30 slot is to avoid RTE news.

    Emmerdale at 8 would stop either UTV Ireland or TV3 putting the news on at 7:30 on Thursday Night.

    Then what would be on TV3 on a Monday night at 9?


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