Channel Four to buy music channels from Emap?

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Orry Verducci 27 February 2007 7:04pm

Brekkie Boy posted:

That's the problem though - if they're suffering financially the content obviously isn't there commercially speaking!

The problem being probably they're a music channel that actually shows music - unlike MTV or VH1 etc.

Not necessarily. They are suffering financially as a whole, which could be to do with their Radio and Magazine operations, not TV.

BR

Brekkie 28 March 2007 12:56pm

A bit more on this today in the FT - confirming they will launch a Freeview channel together, but no details at all and no news whether it would replace The Hits or one of C4's +1 channels. C4 have already implied Film4+1 is staying for viewers who can't receive Film4 om MuxD after DSO.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/075f8ce8-dcc9-11db-a21d-000b5df10621.html
http://www.deeteetee.co.uk

RO

rob Founding member 28 March 2007 2:13pm

EMAP's 3C has closed on Freeview and been replaced by Clyde 1 btw if nobody knew. It's on 724.

Source - http://deeteetee.blogspot.com/2007/03/reports-3c-to-close.html

Which is a shame really, as they played some great music on 3C.

BR

Brekkie 28 March 2007 2:52pm

rob posted:

EMAP's 3C has closed on Freeview and been replaced by Clyde 1 btw if nobody knew. It's on 724.

Source - http://deeteetee.blogspot.com/2007/03/reports-3c-to-close.html

Which is a shame really, as they played some great music on 3C.

Flicked through last night to be greated by some ugly red screen and an advert for some Scottish carpet firm! The joys of local radio hey!

I'm surprised C4 Radio hasn't cropped up in some form on digital TV yet - I know it's mainly based on podcasts at the moment, but you'd think getting something on Freeview would help boost it's bid, even if it's a basic schedule repeated daily. I think an announcement on Channel 4 Radio is expected at the end of the week.

RO

rob Founding member 28 March 2007 3:16pm

Brekkie Boy posted:

Flicked through last night to be greated by some ugly red screen and an advert for some Scottish carpet firm! The joys of local radio hey!

Funny, that's when I tuned in this morning... that red screen looks like something a 3 year old has done and put in the Mocks forum.

BR

Brekkie 28 March 2007 3:19pm

Brekkie Boy posted:

I'm surprised C4 Radio hasn't cropped up in some form on digital TV yet - I know it's mainly based on podcasts at the moment, but you'd think getting something on Freeview would help boost it's bid, even if it's a basic schedule repeated daily. I think an announcement on Channel 4 Radio is expected at the end of the week.

As if on cue: http://media.guardian.co.uk/radio/story/0,,2044784,00.html

(February 2007)