C4 have stated channels will be free to air on satellite from next year (October I think according to DS).
Sky basically screwed them over as always. C4 wanted More4 to be FTA (FTV) - and even advertised it as such - but Sky had other ideas!
Meanwhile, when E4 launched on Freeview Sky insisted it remained as part of it's subscription package - and that also C4 should no longer get it's cut of the subscription revenue.
C4 have stated channels will be free to air on satellite from next year (October I think according to DS).
Sky basically screwed them over as always. C4 wanted More4 to be FTA (FTV) - and even advertised it as such - but Sky had other ideas!
Meanwhile, when E4 launched on Freeview Sky insisted it remained as part of it's subscription package - and that also C4 should no longer get it's cut of the subscription revenue.
That is a little bit of a skewed view.
I know no more of the facts than you've put forward, but Sky won't just have been able to do something because they want to.
Presumably C4 when signing their deal to be in a subscription package (and take the cut of sub revenue) agreed that should they make the channel available elsewhere for free would surrender the revenue to Sky.
It is reasonable from Sky's point of view, if they provide C4 with some subscription revenue and promote the channel as part of a package; they should be able to take action when C4 change their strategy.
I wasn't aware that More4 was a subscription channel - presumably the deal covered all C4 entertainment channels [filmfour had a seperate sub deal at the time].
Saturday 20 October 2007
10:35pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: MAX HEADROOM
Landmark sci-fi fantasy from 1985 incorporating film, tape, animation, graphics and special effects and featuring the world's first ever computer-generated television presenter, Max Headroom.
Saturday 20 October 2007
11:50pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: VIVA TABATHA
Film about Tabatha Cash, the most successful porn star ever in France.
Saturday 20 October 2007
12:25am
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: RED LIGHT ZONE: RIGHT TO REPLY SPECIAL
Roger Bolton presents a special edition of Right To Reply from 1995 dealing with the provocative and highly controversial Channel 4 season Red Light Zone and the issue of sex on television.
Monday 22 October 2007
11:25pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: THE NATION'S HEALTH 1/4: Acute
First shown in 1983, this four-part drama series written by G.F. Newman and directed by Les Blair, was much lauded and proved highly controversial in its coverage of the state of health care in Thatcher's Britain. The four films follow Dr. Jessie Marvill (Vivienne Ritchie) as she goes about her work in a National Health Service hospital
Monday 22 October 2007
1:05am
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: CHATEAUVALLON: Fortune and Power
From 1987, the first ever episode of the 26-part French drama series they called at the time " Dallas -sur-Loire".
Tuesday 23 October 2007
10:35pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: OPINIONS: Salman Rushdie
From the very early days of Channel 4, author Salman Rushdie asks is Britain really the multi-cultural society much talked about?
Tuesday 23 October 2007
11:10pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: WITHOUT WALLS: HELL'S ANGEL: MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA
During her lifetime Mother Teresa had become synonymous with saintliness. But in 1994, three years before her death, journalist Christopher Hitchens made this provocative film asking if her reputation was deserved.
Wednesday 24 October 2007
11:05pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: RORY BREMNER - WHO ELSE?
In 1993 Rory Bremner, Britain's sharpest impressionist and satirist, quit the BBC and brought his mischievous, sharp edged comedy show to Channel 4. In this first ever episode, Rory teams up with performers/ writers John Bird and John Fortune. Also featuring cartoons by Steve Bell.
Thursday 25 October 2007
11:00pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: THE COSBY SHOW: Pilot
A rare chance to see the pilot episode of The Cosby Show from 1985.
Thursday 25 October 2007
11:35pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: DESMOND'S: The Treatment
Classic comedy from the Channel 4 comedy archives. When Desmond (Norman Beaton) is taken ill, everyone at the barber's shop wonders how long he's got left and considers what he meant to them.
Friday 26 October 2007
11:00pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: FRASIER: The Good Son
Another chance to see the first ever episode of Frasier .
Friday 26 October 2007
11:30pm
CHANNEL 4 AT 25: JAKE'S PROGRESS 1/6
Robert Lindsay and Julie Walters head a star-studded cast in writer Alan Bleasdale's gripping drama series.
Just a reminder - The Crystal Maze, tonight at 9pm on More4.
Also noticed this morning on the More4 menu they have the old C4 logo appear next to the time on C4 at 25 programmes, though thinking about it they should have used the old C4 style menu instead really.
Have they used that at all since they did the Opening Night of programmes?
Putting pictures of chests on it has ruinned it. What the hell were they thinking? Bloody idiots! If it were just plain blocks, it would probably look alright (some imaginative lighting would look good too).
They should have used transparent blocks with lights in them, I dont like this whole 'bodies' idea, its got so mant different colours and textures it looks confusing. The idents just use one object/image, they should have kept to that with this.
