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newsatten
Jez posted:
I thought it was really good on first impressions - the way they get the audience/public etc involved is good.


I thought it was fairly good too! Better than the Wright Stuff. The only thing that was slightly annoying was the "which presenter do you agree with" - it was on a bit too much. Although mabye like the plugs for all the website/email etc it will only be for the 1st week or so.

How longs this on for btw?
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TV Matters
Would you pay?
http://tvnewsroom.co.uk/news/itv-to-launch-subscription/
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newsatten
itvnewsfan posted:

yeah already on previous page.
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ITV2 HD to launch in October on Sky
ITV3 HD and ITV4 HD soon after
ITV1+1 to launch in early 2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/03/itv-unveils-pay-tv-push


New idents for ITV2 in October?
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tomo359
So many people on various sites keep saying they will never pay for ITV when its behind a pay wall, but they don't seem to understand that if they already have Sky's Entertainment HD package, then they will automatically be paying for it!

Will ITV1+1 only be on Sky, or is it just the HD channels?
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buster
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Jez posted:
Although mabye like the plugs for all the website/email etc it will only be for the 1st week or so.

How longs this on for btw?


Two weeks! Laughing
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Stuart
tomo359 posted:
So many people on various sites keep saying they will never pay for ITV when its behind a pay wall, but they don't seem to understand that if they already have Sky's Entertainment HD package, then they will automatically be paying for it!

Or, looking at it another way, it's not going to cost them any more than they are already paying.
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Spencer
ITV3 HD seems a bit of an odd idea. Isn't the vast majority of their programmes made well before the days of HD?
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tomo359
Spencer For Hire posted:
ITV3 HD seems a bit of an odd idea. Isn't the vast majority of their programmes made well before the days of HD?


But many films shown in HD on ITV1 HD and other HD channels are old films which have been remastered and look fantastic, so they will be able to do the same with some of the more popular ITV3 shows.
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Gavin Scott Founding member
tomo359 posted:
Spencer For Hire posted:
ITV3 HD seems a bit of an odd idea. Isn't the vast majority of their programmes made well before the days of HD?


But many films shown in HD on ITV1 HD and other HD channels are old films which have been remastered and look fantastic, so they will be able to do the same with some of the more popular ITV3 shows.


Not quite. Films can be rescanned at a high resolution, but programmes on videotape cannot. Most of the programmes they show (although they might have been shot on film) will be stored and distributed on tape.
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Spencer
tomo359 posted:
Spencer For Hire posted:
ITV3 HD seems a bit of an odd idea. Isn't the vast majority of their programmes made well before the days of HD?


But many films shown in HD on ITV1 HD and other HD channels are old films which have been remastered and look fantastic, so they will be able to do the same with some of the more popular ITV3 shows.


Does this ever happen with TV programmes though?

Clearly those made on videotape in SD can't ever be HD. But is it possible that dramas and other programmes made on film can be remastered to HD, given that film quality is generally higher resolution than VT? Or is the resolution of film used for TV not as high as that used for cinema?

Something I've wondered for a while actually.

EDIT: Just seen Gavin's reply.
Would it not be possible to go back to the original film and remaster it in HD from that, in the same way that music is often remastered from the original master tapes? Or is it just that it's too much faff?
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tomo359
Gavin Scott posted:
tomo359 posted:
Spencer For Hire posted:
ITV3 HD seems a bit of an odd idea. Isn't the vast majority of their programmes made well before the days of HD?


But many films shown in HD on ITV1 HD and other HD channels are old films which have been remastered and look fantastic, so they will be able to do the same with some of the more popular ITV3 shows.


Not quite. Films can be rescanned at a high resolution, but programmes on videotape cannot. Most of the programmes they show (although they might have been shot on film) will be stored and distributed on tape.


Aah ok. I thought it would be similar Laughing

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