Regions often put up a cue dot while they test their opt chain - Leeds often do it when they reconfigure for which gallery is opting out or whether they're opting Hull as well.
Don't know if it's a first (not seen it on the show before) but Would I Lie To You had the BBC One IPP with the hashtag on it tonight.
Looked a bit rubbish as the IPP is a bit big, two lines, and #WILTY... doesn't take much space.
Not sure about One but I've seen it done on BBC Three like that. Fortunately most are added in the programme style (eg. HIGNFY) because that IPP design is ug-ly.
I'm undecided whether they're worthwhile or not. The majority won't know/care what they're intended for whilst those familiar/engaged with Twitter don't really need such prompts, as demonstrated when they tried to force "#bbcdragons" over the more obvious "#dragonsden".
Slightly off-topic, but it drives me mad how over the top some stations are with this forcing hashtag stuff - ITV2 being the worst culprit I've seen so far, actually telling users what to put in their tweet, then listing all the popstars/soap actors who did it in the credits. Yuk.
Absolutely agree - we should follow the French example and ban it. TV companies don't understand Twitter is audience rather than supplier led and people will tweet if they want too - not because they're told too. I can understand why some shows might think it's the right thing to do but there is no excuse at all for a hashtag to appear on BBC1. Indeed IMO shows should only ever give out their own website when encouraging people to communicate with them - and if they want to link to Twitter/Facebook from there fair enough.
It would be interesting to see what impact, if any, was had on Twitter if suddenly no TV or radio shows mentioned it.
Indeed IMO shows should only ever give out their own website when encouraging people to communicate with them - and if they want to link to Twitter/Facebook from there fair enough.
Perhaps they should actually send an SAE to get the hashtag back from the programme. After all, an ISP is a commercial enterprise whereas Royal Mail is publicly owned.
I don't mind the odd twitter mention tbh as its just another way to contact the show, although when taken to ITV2 levels then its just taking the p|ss.
Don't know if it's a first (not seen it on the show before) but Would I Lie To You had the BBC One IPP with the hashtag on it tonight.
Looked a bit rubbish as the IPP is a bit big, two lines, and #WILTY... doesn't take much space.
Not sure about One but I've seen it done on BBC Three like that. Fortunately most are added in the programme style (eg. HIGNFY) because that IPP design is ug-ly.
I'm undecided whether they're worthwhile or not. The majority won't know/care what they're intended for whilst those familiar/engaged with Twitter don't really need such prompts, as demonstrated when they tried to force "#bbcdragons" over the more obvious "#dragonsden".
Slightly off-topic, but it drives me mad how over the top some stations are with this forcing hashtag stuff - ITV2 being the worst culprit I've seen so far, actually telling users what to put in their tweet, then listing all the popstars/soap actors who did it in the credits. Yuk.
Absolutely agree - we should follow the French example and ban it. TV companies don't understand Twitter is audience rather than supplier led and people will tweet if they want too - not because they're told too. I can understand why some shows might think it's the right thing to do but there is no excuse at all for a hashtag to appear on BBC1. Indeed IMO shows should only ever give out their own website when encouraging people to communicate with them - and if they want to link to Twitter/Facebook from there fair enough.
It would be interesting to see what impact, if any, was had on Twitter if suddenly no TV or radio shows mentioned it.
Its perfectly fine to use all the twitter/hashtag stuff on ITV2 as the majority of their viewers will have twitter and facebook.
With BBC1 and ITV1 etc I don't have any problem with them putting hashtags on some shows that a lot of people talk about, or that often ends up having several different hashtags as people never know what to use.
Not sure why anyone would complain about this, the hashtag is normally shown for about 2-3 seconds, it isn't hurting anyone or getting in the way so why moan?
I just think it's insulting to viewers - the vast majority are just wanting to sit down and chill out, not be guilt tripped into writing a live review of what they're watching. Subtle mentions here and there aren't an issue - but they seem to be getting less subtle with every passing week. Hollyoaks now has #Hollyoaks on it's title card and break stings (arguably even more pointless than if they were trying to get you to tweet #HollyoaksC4 or something).
Million Pound Drop is getting increasingly annoying too - yes, it's always been based around the play along game and Twitter/Facebook but in early series it was very much an added feature. Now it's getting to the point where they're effectively telling viewers to play along (it's "funny" apparently!) or switch off. Personally I found I enjoyed the show far less playing along online as I wasn't really taking in what was happening on the show.
God isn't Watchdog just awful these days? Awful presenters, ghastly acting (acting, how appropriate for such a programme), it's just unwatchable. Shame DQF couldn't have put an end to it owing to a lack of quality.
God isn't Watchdog just awful these days? Awful presenters, ghastly acting (acting, how appropriate for such a programme), it's just unwatchable. Shame DQF couldn't have put an end to it owing to a lack of quality.
Definitely. It was much better before the Anne Robinson revamp. Bring back Julia and Nick is what I've been saying since they were sacked.
