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  Philip Schofield steps down from This Morning with immediate effect

Posted by: Josh
20-05-2023, 03:13 PM
Forum: Programme Presentation
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Previous thread was locked (for understandable reasons) but worth posting this development.

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  Disney+

Posted by: Medianext.MX
19-05-2023, 06:02 PM
Forum: Online Presentation
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Big and somehow hard news coming for Disney+ starting next week: as it addresses a lot of financial woes and losing subscriber numbers (in part due to Hotstar losing streaming rights to the IPL to Viacom18 and JioCinema), the platform is culling over 50 original shows (including two dozen original series, most of which were short-lived, another dozen of FX and Hulu Originals, made-for-streaming movies, and almost, if not all, music and entertainment specials). This move will happen globally, and affect all Disney+ operations worldwide (including Hotstar in India and Southeast Asia and Star+ in Latin America).

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At the same time of announcing the move (which happened last week), Disney executives are planning to merge both Disney+ and Hulu offerings into a single app by the end of the year; this move is in part due to all platforms now sharing the same framework and tech stack, and the need to improve viewer activity and eventually avoiding subscribers to jump apps, but it is also designed to boost subscriptions to the Disney Bundle:

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  Inside No 9: 3 by 3 "schedule change"

Posted by: Brekkie
18-05-2023, 10:10 PM
Forum: Programme Presentation
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The Inside No 9 team at it again - have pushed an On the Buses spoof with Robin Askwith as the episode of the series and replaced "the current episode" with a Lee Mack quiz format called 3 by 3. Been changed on the EPG but should still be caught on the series link. iPlayer description refers to the quiz show replacement.

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  BAFTA TV awards

Posted by: Keith
14-05-2023, 09:48 PM
Forum: Programme Presentation
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Watching the BAFTA TV awards I couldn't help wondering what was the point of the backstage interviews? It seemed like a pointless addition/gimmick to the main show. It didn't help that Amelia Dimoldenberg didn't have a mic on herself, meaning at times she couldn't be heard asking questions. This might have possibly worked better as an accompanying BBC Three show afterwards.

It was interesting to note that the 'shown earlier' awards were split into two sections and shown during the programme, rather than all at the end. I get the feeling that more awards were put into that section. In return we got backstage interviews and a stretched out piece before Lewis Capaldi's performance.

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  Disney+ and Hulu looking to 'combine content'

Posted by: Blubatt
14-05-2023, 08:02 PM
Forum: Industry News, Technology and Facilities
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As reported by the BBC, the inevitable is finally happening. Disney+ and Hulu are looking to share content, as Disney+ loses 3 million subscribers in 3 months, and the current joint ownership of Hulu with Comcast is being looked at, ahead of the expiry of the current arrangement. 
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  Channel 5 in the 90s

Posted by: Bennyboy84
11-05-2023, 10:36 AM
Forum: Channel Presentation
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I’ve just seen some 90s Channel 5 continuity on YouTube and it reminded me of when Channel 5 used to freeze during programmes, I vaguely remember one occasion where a film got stuck but the sound continued and pretty much half of the film was the frozen image. Can anyone tell me the reason this used to happen?

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  What is the future of TV news?

Posted by: Kojak
10-05-2023, 11:51 PM
Forum: News and Sport Presentation
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Reading a bunch of threads here, and various discussions at the old and other places, made me wonder what the future holds for TV news. There seems to be a strong contingent who thinks that news channels in particular are dead (unless they're internationally-focussed, in which case they do have some sort of future due to their global agenda and audience). One point of view that struck me from the purple place was that someone said the age of the endless bulletin with two presenters making jovial banter is over. I personally was a big fan of that style, as, I imagine, are many others here.

So what is the style in favour now? How does TV news remain relevant alongside the Internet? Obviously the new-style BBC News channel seems to be focusing on analysis of world events, with very little fancy presentation (the whole thing seems to be one locked-off camera in studio C - maybe two, if we're lucky - and much more use of full-screen graphics). Maybe that is indeed the future? Sky News has obviously reduced its focus on style dramatically (possibly too much, IMO) and has gone down a similar route of analysis plus few-frills presentation (albeit still with more flair than the BBC). There are now virtually no two-presenter bulletins or slots on UK news (apart from 5 News and the various breakfast shows). Perhaps we'll start to see no-presenter news?

It's 2023 now, and already TV news (particularly here in the UK) has changed a lot in the past decade. What do we think TV news will look like in 2033? Will Sky News still exist in its current form? Will the opinion channels last? Perhaps we'll see our first AI newsreader? Who knows what the future holds...

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  Nickelodeon 2023 Rebrand Thread

Posted by: DiamondJoe2.0
10-05-2023, 10:23 AM
Forum: Channel Presentation
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Apparently, Nickelodeon UK will finally get the new look in July! Big Grin
Source:  NickALive!: Nickelodeon Launches 'Portal to Fun' Campaign

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  Demon Headmaster actor Terrence Hardiman dies aged 86

Posted by: Neil Jones
09-05-2023, 10:49 AM
Forum: Programme Presentation
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Although the article says Hardiman was best known as The Demon Headmaster, that wasn't the be all and end all of his performance ability - he also appeared in the Ghandi 1982 film and spent many years with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1960s.

His last credited role is as the Headmaster in the 2019 sequel to the original 1990s show, though he had been a guest artist in all manner of things over the years - Doctor Who, The Bill, and five episodes of the CITV incarnation of The Worst Witch.

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  TV pres that think alike...

Posted by: W. Knight
08-05-2023, 11:08 PM
Forum: Channel Presentation
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Now we have the news clone thread, it's probably time to start a pres counterpart over here Big Grin 

Continuing from tvliveforum.com , we're looking at bits of TV pres that have similar concept to those around the world, or outside the world of broadcasting. Not the templates from design agencies, though - just those that coincidentally think alike!

Starting with a local example: TVB in 1990-91, whose more arty and colourful rendition of the station symbol seem to be a precursor to NBC's initiative 2 years later, only unsure if it was made in-house or outsourced...
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The programme junction: www.youtube.com 

The Peacock reimagination in '93: www.youtube.com 

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