NW
So let's see now....
Sky Movies (1989-1997)
The Movie Channel (1990-1997)
Sky Movies Gold (1992?-1998)
Sky Movies Screen 1 (1997-1998)
Sky Movies Screen 2 (1997-1998)
Sky Premier (1998-2002)
Sky Movie Max (1998-2002)
Sky Cinema (1998-2002)
Sky Movies Premier (2002-2003)
Sky Movies Max (2002-2003)
Sky Movies Cinema (2002-2003)
Sky Movies 1-9 (2003-2007)
Sky Cinema 1-2 (2003-2007)
Gee whizz, what was wrong with just 1-10? I don't see the point of Sky Movies anymore, times have changed, chance being people will have seen the Film at the pictures and got the DVD and after a few weeks of the DVD release many go down to ridiculous prices as low as £5 on a regular basis now, as well as VOD, but that's more of a Virgin Media thing.
Sky Movies (1989-1997)
The Movie Channel (1990-1997)
Sky Movies Gold (1992?-1998)
Sky Movies Screen 1 (1997-1998)
Sky Movies Screen 2 (1997-1998)
Sky Premier (1998-2002)
Sky Movie Max (1998-2002)
Sky Cinema (1998-2002)
Sky Movies Premier (2002-2003)
Sky Movies Max (2002-2003)
Sky Movies Cinema (2002-2003)
Sky Movies 1-9 (2003-2007)
Sky Cinema 1-2 (2003-2007)
Gee whizz, what was wrong with just 1-10? I don't see the point of Sky Movies anymore, times have changed, chance being people will have seen the Film at the pictures and got the DVD and after a few weeks of the DVD release many go down to ridiculous prices as low as £5 on a regular basis now, as well as VOD, but that's more of a Virgin Media thing.
LL
Sky Premier? Sky Cinema?
CBBC posted:
The only thing that really has not changed in the name(s) over the years is the "movies" bit.
Sky Premier? Sky Cinema?
TH
Themed channels is the way to go IMO. It makes much more sense to the viewer when she can see clearly what channels she is buying, rather than just buying ten channels with seamingly the same content.
Examples of movie packages with themed systems inlcude TV1000 in Scandinavia ( http://www.tv1000.se/ ) and TPS Ciné- ( http://www.tps.fr/ ) and CinéCinéma ( http://www.cinecinema.fr/ ) in France.
I expect channels like:
Sky Movies Indie
Sky Movies Action
Sky Movies Sci-fi
Sky Movies Classics
Sky Movies Family
Sky Movies Comedy
etc.
I agree, and just look at Australian TV for the example of their terrestrial channels - they were originally broadcast on UHF (or VHF) channels 7, 9 and 10 - but retain those names now many decades later.
Just to get the facts right, Seven, Nine and Ten are actually still broadcast on VHF channels 7, 9 and 10 in the major citites. I believe ABC has VHF channel 2 and SBS has some UHF channel.
The same goes for the American stations that generally brand themselves by the frequency channel they are on (ABC7, NBC5, CBS2 etc). This name remains after DSO, although they may be on a different frequency.
Examples of movie packages with themed systems inlcude TV1000 in Scandinavia ( http://www.tv1000.se/ ) and TPS Ciné- ( http://www.tps.fr/ ) and CinéCinéma ( http://www.cinecinema.fr/ ) in France.
I expect channels like:
Sky Movies Indie
Sky Movies Action
Sky Movies Sci-fi
Sky Movies Classics
Sky Movies Family
Sky Movies Comedy
etc.
StuartPlymouth posted:
I agree, and just look at Australian TV for the example of their terrestrial channels - they were originally broadcast on UHF (or VHF) channels 7, 9 and 10 - but retain those names now many decades later.
Just to get the facts right, Seven, Nine and Ten are actually still broadcast on VHF channels 7, 9 and 10 in the major citites. I believe ABC has VHF channel 2 and SBS has some UHF channel.
The same goes for the American stations that generally brand themselves by the frequency channel they are on (ABC7, NBC5, CBS2 etc). This name remains after DSO, although they may be on a different frequency.
BR
More from Digital Spy: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a42762/sky-announces-new-film-channels-line-up.html
Quote:
From April 4, the channels will relate to a number of film genres, with each genre split between two new package bundles.
Pack 1 will include comedy, family, classics and modern greats, with Pack 2 comprising action & thriller, sci-fi & horror, drama, independent and drama. Sky says its prices will not change.
Viewers with a Sky HD subscription and a Sky Movies subscription will also receive a mixed-genre HD film channel mirroring their film genre pack subscription.
Subscribers to Pack 1 will receive Sky Movies HD1 and subscribers to Pack 2 will receive Sky Movies HD2. Subscribers to both Movies packages and HD will receive Sky Movies HD1 and Sky Movies HD2. Subscribers to Pack 1 and Pack 2 will also receive Sky Movies Premiere and Sky Movies Premiere +1.
Pack 1 will include comedy, family, classics and modern greats, with Pack 2 comprising action & thriller, sci-fi & horror, drama, independent and drama. Sky says its prices will not change.
Viewers with a Sky HD subscription and a Sky Movies subscription will also receive a mixed-genre HD film channel mirroring their film genre pack subscription.
Subscribers to Pack 1 will receive Sky Movies HD1 and subscribers to Pack 2 will receive Sky Movies HD2. Subscribers to both Movies packages and HD will receive Sky Movies HD1 and Sky Movies HD2. Subscribers to Pack 1 and Pack 2 will also receive Sky Movies Premiere and Sky Movies Premiere +1.
HA
Well it works with TPS in France, because they don't keep on changing the name of the damn movie channels every few years, its been the same over there since the channels started, anyway Sky Movies is useless, I'd rather watch the movie channel offerings abroad, you get action movies at any time of the end of the day, none of the pin crap you get here etc etc, face it Sky Movies will soon be a gonna!
harshy
Founding member
Thinker posted:
Themed channels is the way to go IMO. It makes much more sense to the viewer when she can see clearly what channels she is buying, rather than just buying ten channels with seamingly the same content.
Examples of movie packages with themed systems inlcude TV1000 in Scandinavia ( http://www.tv1000.se/ ) and TPS Ciné- ( http://www.tps.fr/ ) and CinéCinéma ( http://www.cinecinema.fr/ ) in France.
I expect channels like:
Sky Movies Indie
Sky Movies Action
Sky Movies Sci-fi
Sky Movies Classics
Sky Movies Family
Sky Movies Comedy
etc.
I agree, and just look at Australian TV for the example of their terrestrial channels - they were originally broadcast on UHF (or VHF) channels 7, 9 and 10 - but retain those names now many decades later.
Just to get the facts right, Seven, Nine and Ten are actually still broadcast on VHF channels 7, 9 and 10 in the major citites. I believe ABC has VHF channel 2 and SBS has some UHF channel.
The same goes for the American stations that generally brand themselves by the frequency channel they are on (ABC7, NBC5, CBS2 etc). This name remains after DSO, although they may be on a different frequency.
Examples of movie packages with themed systems inlcude TV1000 in Scandinavia ( http://www.tv1000.se/ ) and TPS Ciné- ( http://www.tps.fr/ ) and CinéCinéma ( http://www.cinecinema.fr/ ) in France.
I expect channels like:
Sky Movies Indie
Sky Movies Action
Sky Movies Sci-fi
Sky Movies Classics
Sky Movies Family
Sky Movies Comedy
etc.
StuartPlymouth posted:
I agree, and just look at Australian TV for the example of their terrestrial channels - they were originally broadcast on UHF (or VHF) channels 7, 9 and 10 - but retain those names now many decades later.
Just to get the facts right, Seven, Nine and Ten are actually still broadcast on VHF channels 7, 9 and 10 in the major citites. I believe ABC has VHF channel 2 and SBS has some UHF channel.
The same goes for the American stations that generally brand themselves by the frequency channel they are on (ABC7, NBC5, CBS2 etc). This name remains after DSO, although they may be on a different frequency.
Well it works with TPS in France, because they don't keep on changing the name of the damn movie channels every few years, its been the same over there since the channels started, anyway Sky Movies is useless, I'd rather watch the movie channel offerings abroad, you get action movies at any time of the end of the day, none of the pin crap you get here etc etc, face it Sky Movies will soon be a gonna!
TI
Exactly - services like Sky Movies, which I'm guessing are seperate channels, not a Box Office-type service) should probably distinguish from each other. If it's numbered one to ten then to most people it would just be intimidating.
I agree, and just look at Australian TV for the example of their terrestrial channels - they were originally broadcast on UHF (or VHF) channels 7, 9 and 10 - but retain those names now many decades later.
Just to get the facts right, Seven, Nine and Ten are actually still broadcast on VHF channels 7, 9 and 10 in the major citites. I believe ABC has VHF channel 2 and SBS has some UHF channel.
SBS was originally known as the 0/28 network, but changed their name to SBS - probably the only terrestrial channel that isn't known by its number (ABC is frequently referred to as 'Channel 2', which makes their digital multichannel's name ABC2 a bit confusing for the older set). Seven, Nine, and Ten are still known as such and each occupies their respective LCN on digital (Ten is 1 and 10). DSO hasn't taken off as much in Australia as in the UK - our government went down the HD route, as opposed to multichannelling, so most people haven't bothered due to the lack of new content (ABC2 and the SBS World News Channel are about it), so I doubt we'll be seeing the end of numbered networks any time soon.
Just clearing things up
Thinker posted:
Themed channels is the way to go IMO. It makes much more sense to the viewer when she can see clearly what channels she is buying, rather than just buying ten channels with seamingly the same content.
Thinker posted:
StuartPlymouth posted:
I agree, and just look at Australian TV for the example of their terrestrial channels - they were originally broadcast on UHF (or VHF) channels 7, 9 and 10 - but retain those names now many decades later.
Just to get the facts right, Seven, Nine and Ten are actually still broadcast on VHF channels 7, 9 and 10 in the major citites. I believe ABC has VHF channel 2 and SBS has some UHF channel.
SBS was originally known as the 0/28 network, but changed their name to SBS - probably the only terrestrial channel that isn't known by its number (ABC is frequently referred to as 'Channel 2', which makes their digital multichannel's name ABC2 a bit confusing for the older set). Seven, Nine, and Ten are still known as such and each occupies their respective LCN on digital (Ten is 1 and 10). DSO hasn't taken off as much in Australia as in the UK - our government went down the HD route, as opposed to multichannelling, so most people haven't bothered due to the lack of new content (ABC2 and the SBS World News Channel are about it), so I doubt we'll be seeing the end of numbered networks any time soon.
Just clearing things up