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JK
JK08
Multi posted:
Is this just 5 Later or?

Yes
BA
bilky asko
Jon posted:
I'd have thought it was obvious. But you're making programmes of the same nature or even the same programmes compete with each other.

You could argue it's only really a problem for Big Brother, but I think it would be better if you could watch yesterdays episode at 8pm, then tune to Channel 5 for that days. Also if someone was out at say 8pm one night it may be due to an daily commitment so giving a different time again might be better.

Surely that's only going to be a real problem if there is no possibility of watching the clashing programme on Channel 5±0 again on either Channel 5+1 or Channel 5+24.
KE
kernow
Seems a bit of a waste of time really, and I can't really see it lasting in this format, given that it's going to be showing teleshopping for 19 hours a day, with just 5 hours of programming.
BR
Brekkie
Is the Milkshake channel or strand dead in the water then, or could the Teleshopping just be a short term measure before they launch a Milkshake daytime channel.

Didn't they say when 5 Later was soft launched in the middle of last year it would contain some kind of Milkshake strand.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Considering C5 are removing +1 from Freesat's EPG and Virgin Media, they still have an issue with getting people to watch any of their digital spin-offs.
IS
Inspector Sands
Jon posted:

The thing is having it exactly 24 hours might be problematic, perhaps 23 hours might be better but I can see there would be difficulties there.

Yep, they'd have to rename it every day Very Happy
London Lite and VMPhil gave kudos
LL
Larry the Loafer
What about overnight programming like Super Casino ? That is a problem.

I expect there will be a 3 hour caption.


I'd rather watch the caption than Super Casino...
VMPhil, London Lite and oflahertya gave kudos
BK
bkman1990
I feel that this is a major disappointment for Channel 5. They should be launching a Milkshake type channel for the little ones instead rather than this load of confusing dribble.

Having to show Teleshopping for 19 hours from the previous day really is a stupid idea.
JO
Jon
I feel that this is a major disappointment for Channel 5. They should be launching a Milkshake type channel for the little ones instead rather than this load of confusing dribble.

Well it's not if this is going to be more profitable.
Having to show Teleshopping for 19 hours from the previous day really is a stupid idea.

Well it's not if this is going to be more profitable. I don't think the teleshopping is from the previous 24 hours, unless Channel 5 is also gong to show teleshopping for 19 hours a day too. That said you'll probably see the same things several times throughout the day.
BR
Brekkie
I did think that unless you were a teleshopping channel you could only air a certain amount of teleshopping anyway - 6 hours at most I thought if you broadcast programming for the remaining 18 hours.
TH
Thinker
Sky's EPG allocation policy:
http://corporate.sky.com/file.axd?pointerid=5c857aa08dae4ece9c83bf84f55f17ce

Quote:
(i) Shopping genre
A channel will be allocated a channel number in the Shopping genre if a substantial element of its programming is of a shopping or advertising nature and the channel would not be more appropriately listed in the Gaming sub-genre of the EPG.

In this context, a channel will have a “substantial element” of programming of the type described above, if:
(i) fifty per cent or more of the programming on the channel is of a shopping or advertising nature; and/or
(ii) more than 3 hours of programming of a shopping or advertising nature is broadcast on the channel per day between 10:00 and 24:00; and/or
(iii) more than 9 hours of programming of a shopping or advertising nature is broadcast on the channel per day.


You'd think Channel 5 was already aware of this, so it's possible the may not do 18 hours of teleshopping after all, at least not on Sky.
MI
Mike516
The slate on Freeview channel 55 has been changed, and now shows the Channel 5+24 logo:

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Channel 55 is still labelled "5 Later" though...

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