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LH
Not really an Americanism as such, it's more about a channel trying to appear bigger than it is.
NBC Network, ABC Network, even the ITV Network, et al are exactly that - a network of stations under the same banner.
I'd say for the likes of Cartoon Network, Fox Business Network, Food Network and now Paramount Network its about trying to appear like a substantial beast of a station rather than just a playout system in a cupboard.
The word 'network' somehow gives an impression of scale that channel does not.
Think since the 80s-90s network and channel have become pretty synonymous.
By it's definition you can't have a network of one thing. When used in a single channel name it's just an Americanism
Not really an Americanism as such, it's more about a channel trying to appear bigger than it is.
NBC Network, ABC Network, even the ITV Network, et al are exactly that - a network of stations under the same banner.
I'd say for the likes of Cartoon Network, Fox Business Network, Food Network and now Paramount Network its about trying to appear like a substantial beast of a station rather than just a playout system in a cupboard.
The word 'network' somehow gives an impression of scale that channel does not.
Think since the 80s-90s network and channel have become pretty synonymous.
TT
The first 3 days of Paramount Network:
Wednesday 4th July
09.00 Access
09.05 Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud
09.40 Gilmore Girls
10.40 Film: "Her Dark Past"
12.25 Film: "Deadly Revenge"
14.10 Film: "The Wrong Babysitter"
16.00 Film: "Footloose"
18.10 Film: "The Spiderwick Chronicles"
20.00 Agent Carter
21.00 Film: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
23.55 Film: "G.I. Joe: Retaliation"
02.15 Film: "Dead Rising: Watchtower"
Thursday 5th July
09.00 Access
09.05 Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud
09.35 Gilmore Girls
10.30 Gilmore Girls
11.30 Film: "Locked Away"
13.15 Film: "Deadly Daycare"
15.00 Film: "Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery"
16.45 Film: "Teen Wolf"
18.40 Film: "Cocoon: The Return"
21.00 Agent Carter
22.00 Heroes Reborn
23.00 Film: "Without a Paddle"
Friday 6th July 6
09.00 Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud
09.30 Gilmore Girls
10.20 Gilmore Girls
11.25 Film: "Dead on Campus"
13.10 Film: "A Date to Die For"
15.00 Film: "Deadly Attraction"
16.50 Film: "Batteries Not Included"
19.00 Film: "Staying Alive"
21.00 Film: "Indecent Proposal"
23.25 Film: "St Elmo's Fire"
01.45 Film: "Surrender, Dorothy"
A few filler programmes in the morning, and a sprinkle of evening drama, but otherwise it's very much a film channel. It could be good competition for Film4 and Sony Movie Channel.
Wednesday 4th July
09.00 Access
09.05 Dogs Make You Laugh Out Loud
09.40 Gilmore Girls
10.40 Film: "Her Dark Past"
12.25 Film: "Deadly Revenge"
14.10 Film: "The Wrong Babysitter"
16.00 Film: "Footloose"
18.10 Film: "The Spiderwick Chronicles"
20.00 Agent Carter
21.00 Film: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"
23.55 Film: "G.I. Joe: Retaliation"
02.15 Film: "Dead Rising: Watchtower"
Thursday 5th July
09.00 Access
09.05 Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud
09.35 Gilmore Girls
10.30 Gilmore Girls
11.30 Film: "Locked Away"
13.15 Film: "Deadly Daycare"
15.00 Film: "Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery"
16.45 Film: "Teen Wolf"
18.40 Film: "Cocoon: The Return"
21.00 Agent Carter
22.00 Heroes Reborn
23.00 Film: "Without a Paddle"
Friday 6th July 6
09.00 Pets Make You Laugh Out Loud
09.30 Gilmore Girls
10.20 Gilmore Girls
11.25 Film: "Dead on Campus"
13.10 Film: "A Date to Die For"
15.00 Film: "Deadly Attraction"
16.50 Film: "Batteries Not Included"
19.00 Film: "Staying Alive"
21.00 Film: "Indecent Proposal"
23.25 Film: "St Elmo's Fire"
01.45 Film: "Surrender, Dorothy"
A few filler programmes in the morning, and a sprinkle of evening drama, but otherwise it's very much a film channel. It could be good competition for Film4 and Sony Movie Channel.
PF
The whole "...makes you LOL" series is infecting more channels. It's filler crap, literally just videos pulled from YouTube and other video sites. And Access... really? No-one cares about these televised entertainment updates. We all have computers and phones and know all the information these little things try to tell us. If they end up splitting the evening films to have 5 minute Access breaks all the time it will just ruin whatever image they are trying to convey. Then again, the film selection and aforementioned programmes are hardly screaming "great new channel with premium content, step right up!" Made for TV rubbish films (3 have Deadly... in the title on consecutive days). Any films aren't worth watching until after 4pm and I'll bet they're cropped and edited for content seeing as some are 12/15 films on well before the watershed.
TT
Really?!
5USA - home of US crime drama (Chicago PD, NCIS, Law & Order, CSI, Bull, Longmire, Rookie Blue, Grimm, Training Day, Taken, Columbo, Chicago Justice etc) is nothing like Channel 5's other spinoff channels.
5Star - younger female skewing factual entertainment, drama, comedy and films for post-BBC Three days (The Magicians, The Shannara Chronicles, Dance Moms, Baby Ballroom, Badass Brides, Bad Teen to Ballroom Queen, Celebrity Ghost Hunt, Emerald City, Empire, Star, Fresh Off The Boat, You're The Worst, Riverdale, Strip Date, Sex Pod, Don't Tell The Doctor).
5Spike is the successsor to Bravo with factual entertainment, drama and films aimed at men (Knight Rider, The A-Team, Street Hawk, Airwolf, Spartacus, Impact Wrestling, Bellator, The Player, Powers, Black Sails, Six, Toughest Prisons, 19-2, Police Interceptors, Battlebots, X-Files).
There are a few TV programmes that are interchangable between 5Star and 5Spike but if you cannot see the difference you need your eyes testing!
All of C5's digital channels basically seem the same.
Really?!
5USA - home of US crime drama (Chicago PD, NCIS, Law & Order, CSI, Bull, Longmire, Rookie Blue, Grimm, Training Day, Taken, Columbo, Chicago Justice etc) is nothing like Channel 5's other spinoff channels.
5Star - younger female skewing factual entertainment, drama, comedy and films for post-BBC Three days (The Magicians, The Shannara Chronicles, Dance Moms, Baby Ballroom, Badass Brides, Bad Teen to Ballroom Queen, Celebrity Ghost Hunt, Emerald City, Empire, Star, Fresh Off The Boat, You're The Worst, Riverdale, Strip Date, Sex Pod, Don't Tell The Doctor).
5Spike is the successsor to Bravo with factual entertainment, drama and films aimed at men (Knight Rider, The A-Team, Street Hawk, Airwolf, Spartacus, Impact Wrestling, Bellator, The Player, Powers, Black Sails, Six, Toughest Prisons, 19-2, Police Interceptors, Battlebots, X-Files).
There are a few TV programmes that are interchangable between 5Star and 5Spike but if you cannot see the difference you need your eyes testing!
BR
Yes. They're all padded out with movies and cheap factual and that includes the main channel too.
Yes. They're all padded out with movies and cheap factual and that includes the main channel too.
KE
It appears to be broadcasting in 4:3 letterbox format.
Paramount Network now testing on Satellite.
11.344 H, 27.500, 5/6, DVB-S QPSK, labelled "53290"
11.344 H, 27.500, 5/6, DVB-S QPSK, labelled "53290"
It appears to be broadcasting in 4:3 letterbox format.
ST
If you're a broadcaster like Viacom launching a new channel (network 
) in the UK, then I would expect it to be in HD.
C5/Viacom haven't even managed to get 5USA/5STAR/5SELECT broadcasting on any platform in HD except through the catch-up service (on Sky at least).
I understand they want the additional market from Freeview, but I think quality is better than quantity. Opening more SD channels is not really the answer here. At least have Paramount in HD on the other platforms.
) in the UK, then I would expect it to be in HD.
C5/Viacom haven't even managed to get 5USA/5STAR/5SELECT broadcasting on any platform in HD except through the catch-up service (on Sky at least).
I understand they want the additional market from Freeview, but I think quality is better than quantity. Opening more SD channels is not really the answer here. At least have Paramount in HD on the other platforms.
JF
It's weird because Viacom is a big company, yet they can't afford to make their channels HD? I know that maybe it's hard but I don't get why they haven't made any of their networks HD (apart from the main ones, Nick/MTV/Comedy Central), 480p would be acceptable.
If you're a broadcaster like Viacom launching a new channel (network ) in the UK, then I would expect it to be in HD.
) in the UK, then I would expect it to be in HD.
It's weird because Viacom is a big company, yet they can't afford to make their channels HD? I know that maybe it's hard but I don't get why they haven't made any of their networks HD (apart from the main ones, Nick/MTV/Comedy Central), 480p would be acceptable.