(10-10-2009 10:35 )MARCCE Wrote: Not sure I go along with this "it must be Cellcast" theory.
After all, you've got a load of girls who would definitely go further, you have an audience that most certainly wants them to go further and a set of "rules" that, on the face of it, don't seem to permit that.
These channels are there to make money. Any channel with an audience wanting certain things, with girls willing to do those things and yet not doing them for no apparent reason would be quite insane.
You have to think there is some pressure being applied by the powers that be somewhere along the line. It's noticeable that both Elite and Bangbabes have largely moved away from the girl on girl stuff in recent weeks, though in the latter's case that may be as much due to the fact that they hardly have enough girls to fill the 3 channels these days as them having received any slap on the wrist.
Goes back to what I was saying in another thread. If there are restrictions being applied then people within the set ups at these channels ahould be telling people that.
Tamestation 1-4 have been much tamer than the very same channels on $ky since day one, which, in the case of PL, is circa. 7 months ago; this is not a recent taming down. So why, if it is not down to Cellcast, is there a consistent, over a long period of time, discrepancy? Some people claimed it was because of an 'easing in' on the new platform (conveniently ignoring the former existence of the real PG channel), but, 7months in, just how much 'easing in' is required? Not to mention that the switch to a grouped, high channel number, Freeview ‘adult section’ has had little or no positive effect.
As for the channels wanting to make money, etc. so why wouldn’t they go a far as they can? Cellcast have a 100% monopoly on Freeview, so viewers who only have Freeview, and are not members of forums like this one (which I’m guessing might be the majority, though it’s just a guess) have nothing to compare it to; it’s Cellcast or nothing! Consequently, they are unlikely to know that better is possible/available, so Cellcast can provide as little as they think they can get away with; once the calls etc. start to fall away, as viewers get bored of the same babes & same, tame content, now that the (Freeview) novelty has worn off, they always have the option of improving content upto what the broadcast censor allows, thus extending the useful life of the channel on the Freeview platform. Why provide 100%, if you can provide, say, 50%, yet get the same income (remember, to add insult to injury, they charge the same for the cut-down Freeview service as they do for the 'real thing' on $ky).
Having said all that, I did pose the question about whether TS $ky has been brought down to the same, dismal level as TS Freeview – I await a response, with interest.
Even if Bang Babes & Elite are not as good as they were, that, AFAIK, is a more recent development, and therefore, nothing to do with the long-term tameness of TSF. Once again, I’m guessing that, however poor BB & E might now be, there are still not as bad as TSF, unless someone can confirm otherwise?
As for Cellcast being insane…