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Paramount Channel to launch in the UK

New FTA channel from Viacom and Channel 5 (July 2017)

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BA
bilky asko

Sony's handsets could be a lot better. Don't get me wrong, I'm an Xperia owner and the E5 does the job, but by any means, they're not LG, not Samsung and certainly not Apple. They're a mid-range electronics brand who happen to have mid-range tv channels which like the Xperia plod along, but they're not stylish by any means.


The E5 is a mid-range model. It's like judging Samsung's phones by only looking at the A3.


Yet if you look at Sony's higher end models, they're nowhere as good as a higher end Samsung or the iPhone 7s. You may be a Sony fanboy bilky, but the facts are that Sony is not a fashionable brand. They do phones that are better than the budget phones with 8GB storage, but not one single model in the Xperia range is as good as a Samsung top end or a mid-range Motorola.

Xperia phones do the job, but you wouldn't be seen dead going out with them.

When I chose my last tv set, I looked at LG, Samsung and Sony models and personally on design and picture, the LG's and Samsung's were a lot better for the price than the usual black blandness from Sony.

There was a time when Sony were the absolute dons of electronics, my first walkman was from Sony where the build was excellent and lasted a long time. But that was nearly 30 years ago.


Having not seen your response from 5 months ago, I'd just like to say that I actually have a Samsung Galaxy S7. It replaced an Xperia Z2 with its annoyingly breakable side flaps.
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A former member
Kunst posted:
Simple: 5Prime has took its place

Has it ?
KU
Kunst
Kunst posted:
Simple: 5Prime has took its place

Has it ?

http://www.a516digital.com/2017/12/my-5-tv-channel-to-rebrand.html

According to this, yes

(Sorry: "has taken", not" has took" Very Happy)
MR
mr_vivian
I don't get why they don't use the paramount brand.

12 days later

DJ
DJGM

I don't get why they don't use the paramount brand.


They still could at some point in the future for another channel. While it would be good to have a modern reboot of the original Paramount Channel (or Paramount Comedy Channel) launch on Freeview, for now at least, it isn't happening.
CI
cityprod
DJGM posted:

I don't get why they don't use the paramount brand.


They still could at some point in the future for another channel. While it would be good to have a modern reboot of the original Paramount Channel (or Paramount Comedy Channel) launch on Freeview, for now at least, it isn't happening.


I suspect nothing is happening yet, until The Paramount Channel actually launches in the US and replaces Spike. Then we might get a clue.
PF
PFML84
According to a fan site posting their own speculation you mean? Until Channel 5 or Viacom say it themselves, the channel is still launching in 2018.
CI
cityprod
According to a fan site posting their own speculation you mean? Until Channel 5 or Viacom say it themselves, the channel is still launching in 2018.


Go to back to the original thread, you will see that I noted the site posted conjecture, not fact.

100 days later

DC
DCI02
https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/international/paramount-network-viacom-owned-channel-joins-power-league/5128029.article

It appears this is still going ahead.

Quote:
Paramount is expected to launch in the UK as a movie-led, free-to-air channel overseen by C5 director of programmes Ben Frow and MTV and Comedy Central UK managing director Jill Offman, who was recently handed control of the Paramount Channel internationally.

Cox says Paramount Network US could “absolutely” share some of its originals with its UK sister channel, but notes that he will be “monitoring the friends and family discounts”. “You have to sell where you can make the most money,” he says.

”We have assets that are extremely valuable, and we want to get the most out of them.”
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A former member
So they flog the first run right to someone else? And after that or no on bites said channel will get the delight.
VM
VMPhil
It’s not like the HBO-Sky deal then? Paramount gets to have their brand on a channel in the UK, and Channel 5 gets, err…
NG
noggin Founding member

When I chose my last tv set, I looked at LG, Samsung and Sony models and personally on design and picture, the LG's and Samsung's were a lot better for the price than the usual black blandness from Sony.


Whenever I look at new LCD TVs I always hope that someone other than Sony will deliver a better quality picture. Each time I properly test them - the Sonys still perform better. (Ignoring OLEDs where things are a little bit different)

I buy purely on picture quality for the price I can afford though.

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