Thread: Keep Sport Free on TV site petition

Originally Posted by djhampson

Not during the game they don't. During 1/2 time they usually have 1 ad break.

Also they tend not to screw the game around by advertising other shows over the top and advertsing other products (sportsbet etc) during the game.

Channel 9 I'm looking at you here.

Not an issue here..

We (this region) dont get Channel 9

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Totally agree, we need a couple of sport only channels (FTA) so us non sports watchers can have a choice.

1 HD is a start

Originally Posted by JLo

1 HD is a start

Can't believe people don't know about 1HD..... so many free to air shows now.

For those who don't like sport............. Plenty of other free to air programs now.

I have fox at the moment & I am about to tell them to bugger off, been to many adds for my liking.
The doco chanels on fox are awesome, spend just about as much time there as I do the sport...

I just can't believe that people pay to watch TV and ads! When PTV came to Aus it was marketed as being ad free. Had it for 2 years until they started the advertsing. Because they tried to maximise profits by over charging on subscription fees & being inflexible by not allowing people to tailor the channels that they wanted they didn't make the profits they had hoped for, so they bring in advertising.

I am so peeved about the super 14 not being on FTA or even re-broadcast later that I have been that close to going the PTV way but just can't bring myself to paying to watch ads irrespective of when they broadcast them.

As far as quantity of ads on FTA I think that it is a max. of 13mins per hour. However this is an average so it does get screwed around with by some during 'special events'. Channel 9 have no idea how to satisfy their audience (not in my house anyhow) and that is why they aren't winning the ratings. If another channel had the Winter Olympics I may have watched them.
They think we will just sit there and take whatever they dish out.

FTA digital is a good thing so support the campaign to keep major events on FTA. Personally, I cannot see why both PTV and FTA can't broadcast major events simultaneously and there should be no exclusives. That way people can choose when they see the ads.

Cheers
JLo

Each to their own I guess, I was merely passing on the info as I received it. We at home rarely watch any form of TV, and when the TV is on usually "Bananas in Pajamas" or "Bob the Builder" or whatever our 2.5 yo wants to watch

Personally TV is a waste of life, I much prefer being out in the scrub camping or taking photography than sport. But, I prefer Sport than the other tripe they put on TV.

I just wish that I could pay for just the doco and BBC channels and maybe some of the movie channels the rest are a waste of time.

They suggest that some of the channels are free - Ha - when you ask them to remove the christian channel they won't and they come up with the free bit, so then you ask them for equal time for the other religions, Buddist, Hindu, Jewish and Islam etc they won't do that either.

".....Personally TV is a waste of life, I much prefer being out in the scrub camping or taking photography than sport.

no disagreement from me there Stooge.

And yes each to there own


Cheers
JLo

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

I just wish that I could pay for just the doco and BBC channels and maybe some of the movie channels the rest are a waste of time.

I agree. I hate the fact that I can't tailor the package for what I want. Most channels I don't watch but I have to pay extra to get the channels I do watch.