Should ITV and Sky merge their production arms?

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AlexEdohHD13 3 November 2017 9:06pm

Who is Paul Akinbola?

An individual who makes (mostly) silly and pointless suggestions about programmes/revivials, programme formats and often the worst type of presenter for said programmes. Used to be spotted on the Challenge Facebook page but suspect presence on TV sites such as this one under various handles. Probably slightly less irritating than "20 minute musical interval man" on YouTube...

Oh. Thanks

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bilky asko 3 November 2017 10:32pm

Neil Jones posted:

AlexEdohHD13 posted:

Who is Paul Akinbola?

An individual who makes (mostly) silly and pointless suggestions about programmes/revivials, programme formats and often the worst type of presenter for said programmes. Used to be spotted on the Challenge Facebook page but suspect presence on TV sites such as this one under various handles. Probably slightly less irritating than "20 minute musical interval man" on YouTube...

He's also was (and maybe still is) a regular caller to Iain Lee's show on TalkRadio.

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AlexEdohHD13 3 November 2017 10:34pm

Anyway, back to topic, I don't think Sky and ITV should merge their production arms. The more production arms there are, the more diversity and choice viewers have.

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Neil Jones Founding member 3 November 2017 10:57pm

AlexEdohHD13 posted:

Anyway, back to topic, I don't think Sky and ITV should merge their production arms. The more production arms there are, the more diversity and choice viewers have.

You make it sound like viewers can press the Red Button and watch something from Hat Trick Productions at the drop of a hat without having to navigate the various channel catch-up services first. There's just an endless amount of content both back catalogue and brand new that nobody realistically has time to watch or consume it all in their lifetime. Back in the days of two, three, four channels maybe so. But today with 600 channels, Amazon Prime and Netflix... not a chance.

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AlexEdohHD13 3 November 2017 10:59pm

Neil Jones posted:

AlexEdohHD13 posted:

Anyway, back to topic, I don't think Sky and ITV should merge their production arms. The more production arms there are, the more diversity and choice viewers have.

You make it sound like viewers can press the Red Button and watch something from Hat Trick Productions at the drop of a hat without having to navigate the various channel catch-up services first. There's just an endless amount of content both back catalogue and brand new that nobody realistically has time to watch or consume it all in their lifetime. Back in the days of two, three, four channels maybe so. But today with 600 channels, Amazon Prime and Netflix... not a chance.

I'm sorry if I make it sound like that.

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Lou Scannon 4 November 2017 7:15am

When I spotted this thread title, my initial thoughts were e.g. "Should Lidl merge with Burger King?" or "Should Royal Mail merge with Kwik Fit?" etc etc.

(November 2017)