17-04-2023, 09:08 PM
(17-04-2023, 08:55 PM)rick Wrote: I don't think reusing 4Play would have been the issue, I doubt any really remember it on a large scale anyway.But that's the thing - Channel 4 have never exactly been afraid of controversy, and I'd argue any such uproar from calling their streaming service 4Play would be small fry, particularly when you think of some of the other stunts they've pulled over the years (televising an autopsy, having Iranian president Ahmadinejad do the Christmas message, Naked Education, to name but three).
I would say the reason they didn't go for 4Play would be the complaints that would have came from people over the name and its sexual connotations. Even though personally I think it would have been a good name for them to use.
I'm curious as to how they are going to refer to the catch up service now. It shares the same name as the main channel, so are they going to promote a show, for example, as "Thursday at 9pm on E4 or [stream/catch up/watch] on Channel 4". Just doesn't sound right.
I think promos will just be 'Thursday at 9 on E4 or watch now online' or similar. I'm pretty sure an insider further up the thread confimed as much.
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(14-04-2023, 04:00 PM)strollfan Wrote: Alternatively, and this is vaguely how it will sound on air, "Taskmaster will be on Channel 4 at a later time of 10:30pm, but you can watch first online from 9pm." If the linear channel is mentioned, the audience will know that "online" refers to the Channel 4 website or the Channel 4 apps.
(17-04-2023, 09:04 PM)bilky asko Wrote: Well, they already had used the name, but I'm not sure it'd have been wise to have The Hoobs available on 4Play either.I don't think any of The Hoobs' target audience would know or care about any such connotations.