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To be hopnest, I wouldn't trust the EPG on that's Manchester. Quite a lot of the time it is blank, and even when it is available, it's got the wrong listings.
But just checking the channel this morning, "Manchester Headline News" is supposed to be on, but it's just an animated holding caption (the one with the Runcron Silver Jubilee Bridge in the bckground, which is is, erm, not in Manchester - I'm not sure what bridge they were thinking it was).
ashley b
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Wondering if That's Manchester has given up on anything but news? I don't watch it much as I don't live in the UK, however I am back for a little while so decided to tune in.
The EPG for today only shows 'Manchester Headline News' right up until tomorrow when Talking Pictures TV starts. However, they couldn't show 'Manchester Headline News' - after a poor fade-out from TPTV, a couple of false starts and some repeated adverts, 'Manchester Last Week Now' started.
I noted that this show had a window backdrop, although I couldn't tell where it was (possibly the backdrop from That's Lancashire in Preston). Also, I note that the backdrop for studio links and interviews has changed to the basic purple used in other areas (or perhaps they are filming it from another area?) without the TV in the middle and without the silver bands.
Finally, they haven't updated YouTube with new episodes of 'Student Speak' or 'The Geek Show' since August.
Seems like they're cost-cutting and taking further steps backwards.
The EPG for today only shows 'Manchester Headline News' right up until tomorrow when Talking Pictures TV starts. However, they couldn't show 'Manchester Headline News' - after a poor fade-out from TPTV, a couple of false starts and some repeated adverts, 'Manchester Last Week Now' started.
I noted that this show had a window backdrop, although I couldn't tell where it was (possibly the backdrop from That's Lancashire in Preston). Also, I note that the backdrop for studio links and interviews has changed to the basic purple used in other areas (or perhaps they are filming it from another area?) without the TV in the middle and without the silver bands.
Finally, they haven't updated YouTube with new episodes of 'Student Speak' or 'The Geek Show' since August.
Seems like they're cost-cutting and taking further steps backwards.
To be hopnest, I wouldn't trust the EPG on that's Manchester. Quite a lot of the time it is blank, and even when it is available, it's got the wrong listings.
But just checking the channel this morning, "Manchester Headline News" is supposed to be on, but it's just an animated holding caption (the one with the Runcron Silver Jubilee Bridge in the bckground, which is is, erm, not in Manchester - I'm not sure what bridge they were thinking it was).
- Seriously though, I know they're supposed to have TPTV on and therefore wondered if there was some issue somewhere, or if the contract with TPTV has ended and they were going back to local programming. My mum doesn't have a Freeview box capable of getting TPTV full-time, only an elderly LG Freeview TV. She uses That's Manchester to watch TPTV, despite my saying I will get her a new TV or a box that can get TPTV full-time. Today she wondered what had happened to TPTV and so I told her I wasn't sure, hence my original post. Personally, I'd be happy to see TPTV or another channel continue on That's channels, providing the income generated is invested into quality local programming. Alas, this doesn't seem to be happening.
