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IS
Inspector Sands
lateshowuk posted:
I'm getting quite fed up with 'Dave' repeating the same things over and over again;

- Never Mind The Buzzcocks (please show come classic ones as we've seen these newer ones 100s of times already)

- Have I Got News For You (show some older ones of these too please - newer ones are getting boring - shown too much)



VH1 show old Never Mind the Buzzcocks so they wouldn't be able to. UKTV Documentary (which is desperately in need of a rebrand having a name like that) shows older HIGNFYs

Dave, just like most similar channels shows a group of programmes for awhile and then moves on to something else. NMTB, QI and HIGNFY are flavour of the month at the moment (and there are new episodes on) but soon it'll be something diffrent (Alan Partridge for example)
BE
benjy
Inspector Sands posted:
lateshowuk posted:
I'm getting quite fed up with 'Dave' repeating the same things over and over again;

- Never Mind The Buzzcocks (please show come classic ones as we've seen these newer ones 100s of times already)



VH1 show old Never Mind the Buzzcocks so they wouldn't be able to. UKTV Documentary (which is desperately in need of a rebrand having a name like that) shows older HIGNFYs


Yeah I've seen Never Mind the Buzzcocks on TMF as well. MTV must have the repeat rights.

23 days later

ST
steveboswell
Richard and Judy's new UKTV home will be named Watch

Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan's new peaktime show is to air on a new multichannel TV service to be called Watch.

The new channel is part of the first phase of a rebranding of multichannel broadcaster UKTV's channels, which also sees UKTV Drama become crime station Alibi and UKTV Gold become just Gold and focus more tightly on comedy...

Watch is due to launch on October 7 in a prominent place on the electronic programme guide.

The new channel will also feature re-runs of top BBC shows such as Mistresses and Cranford.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/10/television1
ST
steveboswell
trivialmatters posted:
I'm more likely to cast a glance at 'UK History' or 'UK Style' than I am at, for example 'Alibi' or 'Splash' or whatever they might come up with...


Spot-on with Alibi!
GM
nodnirG kraM
Just doesn't work for me. Makes me think of Jehovah's Witnesses.
JB
JasonB
"Watch" sounds very Similar to Dave.
JO
Jonny
The official press release complete with this image:

http://uktv.co.uk/images/standarditem/L1/603804_L1.gif

Alibi and Watch look surprisingly good but who knows how that Gold logo will work on screen. And I see Buzzy Bee have got their mits on yet another commission.
ST
steveboswell
So "Gold" is actually "GOLD" - Go On Laugh Daily? Rolling Eyes

Quote:
Matthew Littleford, UKTV Controller explains, "The fact we've taken the bold decision to re-brand our entire entertainment portfolio in one swoop demonstrates the magnitude of our ambition and our commitment to Pay TV.


No chance of these making their way onto Freesat/Freeview then...
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Give it a year and I wonder if any of the channels will rebrand back to having 'UKTV'.
LU
lukey37
Watch - Nice name, bad logo.

Alibi -?!?!
BE
Ben Founding member
Sounds as though watch will become the main flagship channel. I wonder if it will be given UK Golds current slot with that moving elsewhere.

Truth be told I think the Gold name might have suited this channel better with them coming up with a new name for the comedy channel but I suppose they have the issue of people expecting to the same old sitcoms on UK Gold.
JO
Jonwo
So we have:

UKTV G2 - Dave
UKTV Gold - Gold
UKTV Drama - Alibi
Watch - New channel

Alibi is a pretty decent name for UKTV Drama though I'm not sure on Watch at the moment.

For the other UKTV channels, how about:

UKTV History - Past
UKTV Food - Taste or Food
UKTV Style - Seen
UKTV Documentary - Docs or Documentary
UKTV Gardens - Gardens
UKTV People - Life

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