(15-07-2010 03:47 )HannahsPet Wrote: (03-07-2010 07:51 )Big Boobies Wrote: (02-07-2010 22:52 )vila Wrote: (02-07-2010 22:06 )TammysNo1Fan Wrote: Cherri has just said on her FB that the 5.30am to 6am freeview show has been taken off because someone was very naughty on the show.
Seems the forum missed it to
Why should that result in it being removed only from Freeview? Presumably it still goes out on Sky?
YES UNFAIR if thats the case;Freeview being discriminated again!
Because they have to stick to the rules of what was writtern in the agreement for the licence obviously as partyland was first channel to go onto freeview must have had a stricter rules
Partyland? We're talking about the DAYTIME show. PL (or rather Tameland) is still there, and in any case Party People was the first go onto Freeview. Besides, as has been said umpteen times before, there's only one Broadcasting Code and it applies equally to both Sky and Freeview. The only changes to the rules since any of the channels went onto Freeview are those currently being proposed and not yet in force. The reason we have Tameland instead of Partyland during Freeview hours is likely to be because Freeview Ch 97 is owned and licensed by Channel Five, not Cellcast, and they may well have imposed their own stricter rules in addition to Ofcom's.
(15-07-2010 03:47 )HannahsPet Wrote: Whats UNFAIR its costing you bugger all to receive the channels people have short memorys up to 2 years ago you had bugger all to watch if you dont like it why dont you get a sat system less than a hundred quid will get u a hd box as well or spend £20 quid a month on a sky subscription get a sky plus box free calls and broadband as well bet u lot will proberly spend more than that on beer or cigs a week
Please, not this tired old chestnut again. Contrary to what many people seem to believe, Freeview users DO in fact have to pay for their equipment (at least I've never discovered any instance of it being given away). The babe channels are free-to-air, so nobody pays anything to access them. You don't need a Sky contract or even a Sky box to receive the satelleite transmissions, any digital satbox can receive them whether it be Sky, Freesat or an independent non-dedicated box. So the only cost difference is between the various systems, which for most people is a matter of personal choice. I say "most" because, as has been pointed out MANY times previously, thousands of viewers (actually, probably hundreds of thousands) have NO choice, Freeview being their only option.
Edited for typo.