:-(
A former member
Since we are talking about Max and FF I thought I might post this
Quote:
He is now suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He is in the early stages of this, and he has appealed for fans of his work to send him a postcard to his home in Australia...
Max Bygraves,
2120 Fernlea Close,
Gracelea,
Hope Island 4212,
Qld,
AUSTRALIA
Source: https://twitter.com/#!/DrMatthewSweet/status/186009007524298752
Max Bygraves,
2120 Fernlea Close,
Gracelea,
Hope Island 4212,
Qld,
AUSTRALIA
Source: https://twitter.com/#!/DrMatthewSweet/status/186009007524298752
WP
Every other platform?
Freesat? No.
Cable? No.
Freeview? Yes.
That's only 33% of other platforms* or 25% of all platforms*. Anyway, I like Sky+.
*Figures only include platforms I can think of/am aware of.
It's available on the "M" package on Virgin Media, and so costs nothing to those who have it.
It's been free on every other platform for 14 months now.
Every other platform?
Freesat? No.
Cable? No.
Freeview? Yes.
That's only 33% of other platforms* or 25% of all platforms*. Anyway, I like Sky+.
*Figures only include platforms I can think of/am aware of.
It's available on the "M" package on Virgin Media, and so costs nothing to those who have it.
VM
That's very sad news - such an awful awful disease.
Since we are talking about Max and FF I thought I might post this
Quote:
He is now suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He is in the early stages of this, and he has appealed for fans of his work to send him a postcard to his home in Australia...
Max Bygraves,
2120 Fernlea Close,
Gracelea,
Hope Island 4212,
Qld,
AUSTRALIA
Source: https://twitter.com/#!/DrMatthewSweet/status/186009007524298752
Max Bygraves,
2120 Fernlea Close,
Gracelea,
Hope Island 4212,
Qld,
AUSTRALIA
Source: https://twitter.com/#!/DrMatthewSweet/status/186009007524298752
That's very sad news - such an awful awful disease.
JB
The sun reported this about Max at the end of May:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4230748/Send-a-postcard-to-TVs-ailing-Max.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4230748/Send-a-postcard-to-TVs-ailing-Max.html
DA
It's available on the "M" package on Virgin Media, and so costs nothing to those who have it.
That's a spurious argument and you know it. You are saying it is free if you have already paid for it.
Anyway, according to the Virgin Media website, Challenge[TV] and Challenge[TV]+1 are in the M+ package and cost £7 a month (£3.50 for the first six months). On Wight Cable, it would cost you £24.51 a month for their TV Total package and that doesn't include Challenge[TV]+1
The first Family Fortunes episode was a little messy today. At the start of the programme there was a bit of picture ghosting, everyone had a halo around them. Whatever Max Bygraves said at the beginning was cut out and we went straight in to meeting contestants, I'm assuming this was done by Central rather than Challenge[TV]. Later on, a camera zoomed out really fast while it was still the selected source. When Bygraves was giving the photograph to the loosing family, we saw a camera creep in to view. When the second Big Money contestant came back we saw someone putting down a sign. It may have said "quiet please" but I couldn't quite see it.
The second episode also has the picture ghosting at the start too.
It's available on the "M" package on Virgin Media, and so costs nothing to those who have it.
That's a spurious argument and you know it. You are saying it is free if you have already paid for it.
Anyway, according to the Virgin Media website, Challenge[TV] and Challenge[TV]+1 are in the M+ package and cost £7 a month (£3.50 for the first six months). On Wight Cable, it would cost you £24.51 a month for their TV Total package and that doesn't include Challenge[TV]+1
The first Family Fortunes episode was a little messy today. At the start of the programme there was a bit of picture ghosting, everyone had a halo around them. Whatever Max Bygraves said at the beginning was cut out and we went straight in to meeting contestants, I'm assuming this was done by Central rather than Challenge[TV]. Later on, a camera zoomed out really fast while it was still the selected source. When Bygraves was giving the photograph to the loosing family, we saw a camera creep in to view. When the second Big Money contestant came back we saw someone putting down a sign. It may have said "quiet please" but I couldn't quite see it.
The second episode also has the picture ghosting at the start too.
WP
It's available on the "M" package on Virgin Media, and so costs nothing to those who have it.
That's a spurious argument and you know it. You are saying it is free if you have already paid for it
Not at all. The Medium package (which isn't advertised any more, but can still be obtained if you threaten to leave for Freeview) carries no additional monthly cost - it was advertised as a freebie for customers taking Broadband and Telephone services until a couple of years ago.
It's available on the "M" package on Virgin Media, and so costs nothing to those who have it.
That's a spurious argument and you know it. You are saying it is free if you have already paid for it
Not at all. The Medium package (which isn't advertised any more, but can still be obtained if you threaten to leave for Freeview) carries no additional monthly cost - it was advertised as a freebie for customers taking Broadband and Telephone services until a couple of years ago.
DA
Not at all. The Medium package (which isn't advertised any more, but can still be obtained if you threaten to leave for Freeview) carries no additional monthly cost - it was advertised as a freebie for customers taking Broadband and Telephone services until a couple of years ago.
It's irrelevant anyway, your claim was that Challenge[TV] has been free on every platform except Sky Digital for the past 14 months. My point was, it clearly hasn't.
A woman on Family Fortunes today had only been married for 2 months yet she had a 2 year old child somehow. How the audience laughed!
Another contestant wore a kilt and seemed to have a knife in his sock, I suppose it was allowed as he was a Scotsman (unlike some people on this forum, I could name)
Not at all. The Medium package (which isn't advertised any more, but can still be obtained if you threaten to leave for Freeview) carries no additional monthly cost - it was advertised as a freebie for customers taking Broadband and Telephone services until a couple of years ago.
It's irrelevant anyway, your claim was that Challenge[TV] has been free on every platform except Sky Digital for the past 14 months. My point was, it clearly hasn't.
A woman on Family Fortunes today had only been married for 2 months yet she had a 2 year old child somehow. How the audience laughed!
Another contestant wore a kilt and seemed to have a knife in his sock, I suppose it was allowed as he was a Scotsman (unlike some people on this forum, I could name)
WP
Not at all. The Medium package (which isn't advertised any more, but can still be obtained if you threaten to leave for Freeview) carries no additional monthly cost - it was advertised as a freebie for customers taking Broadband and Telephone services until a couple of years ago.
It's irrelevant anyway, your claim was that Challenge[TV] has been free on every platform except Sky Digital for the past 14 months. My point was, it clearly hasn't.
A woman on Family Fortunes today had only been married for 2 months yet she had a 2 year old child somehow. How the audience laughed!
Another contestant wore a kilt and seemed to have a knife in his sock, I suppose it was allowed as he was a Scotsman (unlike some people on this forum, I could name)
The three platforms are Satellite, Cable and Terrestrial - Challenge has been available without subscription for 14 months on Terrestrial and the vast majority of Cable connections (including those that come at no additional cost).
Not at all. The Medium package (which isn't advertised any more, but can still be obtained if you threaten to leave for Freeview) carries no additional monthly cost - it was advertised as a freebie for customers taking Broadband and Telephone services until a couple of years ago.
It's irrelevant anyway, your claim was that Challenge[TV] has been free on every platform except Sky Digital for the past 14 months. My point was, it clearly hasn't.
A woman on Family Fortunes today had only been married for 2 months yet she had a 2 year old child somehow. How the audience laughed!
Another contestant wore a kilt and seemed to have a knife in his sock, I suppose it was allowed as he was a Scotsman (unlike some people on this forum, I could name)
The three platforms are Satellite, Cable and Terrestrial - Challenge has been available without subscription for 14 months on Terrestrial and the vast majority of Cable connections (including those that come at no additional cost).
DA
According to some guy on Facebook and backed up by Digiguide (http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/Challenge/9+June+2012/01:40/Jubilee+Highlights/Entertainment/), Challenge[TV] showed highlights from the Queen's Jubilee early yesterday morning. Seems an odd thing for them to show.
Complete nonsense, you can not watch Challenge[TV] on any cable platform without paying the cable company money, therefore Challenge[TV] is not free on any cable platform and certainly hasn't been for the past 14 months. It has been free on Freeview for the past 14 months and has been free on satellite for a number of days. Even adding the 'vast majority of cable connections' caveat doesn't make your original statement that Challenge[TV] has been free on every other platform for 14 months any more true.
The three platforms are Satellite, Cable and Terrestrial - Challenge has been available without subscription for 14 months on Terrestrial and the vast majority of Cable connections (including those that come at no additional cost).
Complete nonsense, you can not watch Challenge[TV] on any cable platform without paying the cable company money, therefore Challenge[TV] is not free on any cable platform and certainly hasn't been for the past 14 months. It has been free on Freeview for the past 14 months and has been free on satellite for a number of days. Even adding the 'vast majority of cable connections' caveat doesn't make your original statement that Challenge[TV] has been free on every other platform for 14 months any more true.
NJ
I see no Facebook posting on the Challenge page.
As to that programme, that's no stranger than the football snippets from Soccer AM that are now dropped in randomly to fill gaps in the schedule. Bite Size Brainiac used to also run on the channel, as did cut-to-fit extracts from Beadle's About. The Jubilee programme ran on Pick TV this evening and then went out again the next hour on Sky News.
Neil Jones
Founding member
According to some guy on Facebook and backed up by Digiguide (http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/Challenge/9+June+2012/01:40/Jubilee+Highlights/Entertainment/), Challenge[TV] showed highlights from the Queen's Jubilee early yesterday morning. Seems an odd thing for them to show.
I see no Facebook posting on the Challenge page.
As to that programme, that's no stranger than the football snippets from Soccer AM that are now dropped in randomly to fill gaps in the schedule. Bite Size Brainiac used to also run on the channel, as did cut-to-fit extracts from Beadle's About. The Jubilee programme ran on Pick TV this evening and then went out again the next hour on Sky News.
IT
Strictly speaking though, is any TV actually free? To watch Freeview you have to pay the licenee fee. Admittedly, your money doesn't go to Challenge or even Freeview in this example, but you still can't watch a TV without paying it, regardless of whether you're watching the BBC or not. Of course, with subscription platforms like satellite and cable you have to pay additional charges on top of the licence fee, but I'd argue even terrestrial isn't absolutely free.
itsrobert
Founding member
According to some guy on Facebook and backed up by Digiguide (http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/Challenge/9+June+2012/01:40/Jubilee+Highlights/Entertainment/), Challenge[TV] showed highlights from the Queen's Jubilee early yesterday morning. Seems an odd thing for them to show.
Complete nonsense, you can not watch Challenge[TV] on any cable platform without paying the cable company money, therefore Challenge[TV] is not free on any cable platform and certainly hasn't been for the past 14 months. It has been free on Freeview for the past 14 months and has been free on satellite for a number of days. Even adding the 'vast majority of cable connections' caveat doesn't make your original statement that Challenge[TV] has been free on every other platform for 14 months any more true.
The three platforms are Satellite, Cable and Terrestrial - Challenge has been available without subscription for 14 months on Terrestrial and the vast majority of Cable connections (including those that come at no additional cost).
Complete nonsense, you can not watch Challenge[TV] on any cable platform without paying the cable company money, therefore Challenge[TV] is not free on any cable platform and certainly hasn't been for the past 14 months. It has been free on Freeview for the past 14 months and has been free on satellite for a number of days. Even adding the 'vast majority of cable connections' caveat doesn't make your original statement that Challenge[TV] has been free on every other platform for 14 months any more true.
Strictly speaking though, is any TV actually free? To watch Freeview you have to pay the licenee fee. Admittedly, your money doesn't go to Challenge or even Freeview in this example, but you still can't watch a TV without paying it, regardless of whether you're watching the BBC or not. Of course, with subscription platforms like satellite and cable you have to pay additional charges on top of the licence fee, but I'd argue even terrestrial isn't absolutely free.