You may have recently heard that due to ITV Digital's demise, a certain channel, UK Play available on UK Satellite and formerly UK Digital Terrestrial was forced to close.
For those not in the UK (and many in the UK that don't know this), ITV is virtually controlled by the Granada and Carlton companies. 90% of programmes on ITV are produced by those companies. Those outside the UK won't know that millions of people in this country lost their Digital TV service and billions of pounds of money this year due to the greed of these corrupt ITV companies. The bosses got paid off millions of pounds and were no doubt sunning themselves on a yacht in the Atlantic whilst the future of the UK's TV service was in crisis.
There have been many other instances where the corrupt cheifs of ITV (ie: Carlton and Granada) have attempted to defile and ruin things. (Proof postable if needed, but most of it evident in the corrupt 'talent' show crap that has been show contiguously on ITV for months on end.)
It is after this latest abonimable behaviour that I call on all of you to sign up to my Closedown ITV petition
For those that didn't see it before, a copy of the original message is posted below
========================== July 12th 2002
ITV = Irresponsible Talentless Vermin
ITV - The Channel of a thousand cockups, the place of unbridled stupidity and trash.
Many long, dark years ago, ITV used to produce programmes that we could actually watch - quality, funny, and interesting: Mr. Bean, London's Burning, The Bill - programmes that were original, and exciting. Those programmes that still exist, are a shadow of their former selves. And those that are long gone, are sorely missed, but not forgotten.
If TV Channels were like Newspapers, ITV used to be The Independent, but now, Channel 5 is The Daily Star, and ITV is too rude to be mentioned.
ITV - A Channel of unending disbelief - a Channel so damn stupid, it thinks the Queen wants Big Explosions in her face (Emmerdale tour). A Channel full of greedy, sick, mindless minions that try to make money out of Serial Killers (Shipman). A Channel so petty and capitalist, it dedicated over 1,000 hours of TV time to talentless crap that everyone got sick of. (Pop Idol et al) A Channel so desperate, so unsure, so totally and utterly beyond comprehension, that half the time, it's programmes are on at different times each day. A Channel so lacking in customer care and honesty, A Channel so god-damn corrupt, that it screwed over a million people in this country out of their TV service and their wallet.(ITV Digital).
I could go on, but I don't wish to bore the living daylights out of people who already feel what I feel, know what I know, want what I want...
I hereby solemnly declare that I wish ITV to be gone forever from our screens.
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 23:36:50 +0000 (UTC), "devolution" <cheekyc...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote :
>I hereby solemnly declare that I wish ITV to be gone forever from our >screens.
>All those in favour, make your mark be known...
Oh dear, nothing better to do have we? Why don't we just banish TV from our shores altogether and be done with it. Bring back the wireless is what I say. All those in favour please make your mark be known below :-) -- Bazza Remove trousers when replying via email.
> I hereby solemnly declare that I wish ITV to be gone forever from our > screens. > Close down ITV? Why not start with something a little easier for your first petition, like extinguishing the sun?
In article <anuk4r$sl...@helle.btinternet.com>, de...@no-spamming-idreams.co.uk says...
> "Lee@DVDDebate" <l...@nospaamdvddebate.com> wrote in message > news:1034070224.10627.0@doris.uk.clara.net... > > devolution wrote: > > > I hereby solemnly declare that I wish ITV to be gone forever from > our > > > screens.
> > Close down ITV? Why not start with something a little easier for your > > first petition, like extinguishing the sun?
> And then the rest of the duff newspapers...
The Mirror could be first to go, but then they've already lost the few decent things that were worth reading including the previous guy who used to write witty TV programme reviews (replaced by a witless wanker "Shellyvision"), Charlie Catchpole (gone to the Star) and Gary Jacobs (gone to meet his maker) --
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> says... > > "Lee@DVDDebate" <l...@nospaamdvddebate.com> wrote in message > > news:1034070224.10627.0@doris.uk.clara.net... > > > devolution wrote: > > > > I hereby solemnly declare that I wish ITV to be gone forever from > > our > > > > screens.
> > > Close down ITV? Why not start with something a little easier for your > > > first petition, like extinguishing the sun?
> > And then the rest of the duff newspapers...
> The Mirror could be first to go, but then they've already lost the few decent > things that were worth reading including the previous guy who used to write > witty TV programme reviews (replaced by a witless wanker "Shellyvision"), > Charlie Catchpole (gone to the Star) and Gary Jacobs (gone to meet his maker) > --
> Dom Robinson > Editor, DVDfever.co.uk; Contributor, City Life (citylife.co.uk)
> d...@dvdfever.co.uk "We never had time for sex. We were too busy havin babies." > /* http://DVDfever.co.uk > /* 843 DVDs, 223 games, 33 videos, 47 cinema films, 46 CDs, laserdiscs & news > /* 51st state, roddy frame, surf ninjas, wwe raw, conflict desert storm, moby > /* Reviews + TiVo, ITV Digital, DVD, WS VHS lists & release schedules
It ain't gonna happen, sadly. Our only hope it that the new media regulator Ofcom get's stronger powers when it absorbs the ITC, and uses them to justify stripping Carlton and Granada of some it's licences. I'd strip Carlton of it's Southwest or Midlands franchises (Westcountry or Central), Granada of it's Southern or Eastern franchises (Meridian or Anglia) or even allow Yorkshire-Tyne Tees to lose their franchises and continue as a production house in the same way Thames/Pearson did. And I'd insist on an increase of regional programming, possibly even the return of in-vision continuity if only for non-primetime programming. Let the big 2 use the ITV1 name for their primetime network offerings, but give the regions back their identity. Carlton and Granada deserve to be punished for their part in the Off Digital fiasco, and only originality can increase ITV1's audience share. But the status quo is secure until at least 31 Dec 2008, so it ain't gonna change soon.
and only a few weeks after I heard him mention his recent health problems on a sunday night slot on TalkSport he hosted because the regular was on holiday.
> Oh dear, nothing better to do have we? Why don't we just banish TV > from our shores altogether and be done with it. Bring back the > wireless is what I say. All those in favour please make your mark be > known below :-)
In article <3DA37BA9.2010...@1yahoo.co.uk>, Ad C wrote: > > Oh dear, nothing better to do have we? Why don't we just banish TV > > from our shores altogether and be done with it. Bring back the > > wireless is what I say. All those in favour please make your mark be > > known below :-)
> Yep, what a good idea.
We could try it first just for one day each week to see how successful it was, just like they used to do in Iceland in the 1960s. There wasn't any television in Iceland on a Thursday. Seems a bit daft now, but really no more daft than the concept of early closing day for shops.
Roderick Stewart <r...@escapetime.plus.com> wrote in message <news:VA.0000013f.002684eb@escapetime.plus.com>... > In article <3DA37BA9.2010...@1yahoo.co.uk>, Ad C wrote: > > > Oh dear, nothing better to do have we? Why don't we just banish TV > > > from our shores altogether and be done with it. Bring back the > > > wireless is what I say. All those in favour please make your mark be > > > known below :-)
> > Yep, what a good idea.
> We could try it first just for one day each week to see how successful > it was, just like they used to do in Iceland in the 1960s. There wasn't > any television in Iceland on a Thursday. Seems a bit daft now, but > really no more daft than the concept of early closing day for shops.
> Rod.
No TV on thursdays and no TV for the whole of July. This system continued into the 1980´s when the first private stations started (1986)
> You may have recently heard that due to ITV Digital's demise, a certain > channel, UK Play available on UK Satellite and formerly UK Digital > Terrestrial was forced to close.
> For those not in the UK (and many in the UK that don't know this), > ITV is virtually controlled by the Granada and Carlton companies. 90% > of programmes on ITV are produced by those companies. Those outside > the UK won't know that millions of people in this country lost their > Digital TV service and billions of pounds of money this year due to > the greed of these corrupt ITV companies. The bosses got paid off > millions of pounds and were no doubt sunning themselves on a yacht in > the Atlantic whilst the future of the UK's TV service was in crisis.
> There have been many other instances where the corrupt cheifs of ITV (ie: > Carlton and Granada) have attempted to defile and ruin things. (Proof > postable if needed, but most of it evident in the corrupt 'talent' show crap > that has been show contiguously on ITV for months on end.)
> It is after this latest abonimable behaviour that I call on all of you to > sign up to my Closedown ITV petition
> For those that didn't see it before, a copy of the original message is > posted below
> ========================== > July 12th 2002
> ITV = Irresponsible Talentless Vermin
> ITV - The Channel of a thousand cockups, the place of unbridled stupidity > and trash.
> Many long, dark years ago, ITV used to produce programmes that we could > actually watch - quality, funny, and interesting: Mr. Bean, London's > Burning, The Bill - programmes that were original, and exciting. > Those programmes that still exist, are a shadow of their former selves. And > those that are long gone, are sorely missed, but not forgotten.
> If TV Channels were like Newspapers, ITV used to be The Independent, but > now, Channel 5 is The Daily Star, and ITV is too rude to be mentioned.
> ITV - A Channel of unending disbelief - a Channel so damn stupid, it thinks > the Queen wants Big Explosions in her face (Emmerdale tour). > A Channel full of greedy, sick, mindless minions that try to make money out > of Serial Killers (Shipman). > A Channel so petty and capitalist, it dedicated over 1,000 hours of TV time > to talentless crap that everyone got sick of. (Pop Idol et al) > A Channel so desperate, so unsure, so totally and utterly beyond > comprehension, that half the time, it's programmes are on at different times > each day. > A Channel so lacking in customer care and honesty, A Channel so god-damn > corrupt, that it screwed over a million people in this country out of their > TV service and their wallet.(ITV Digital).
> I could go on, but I don't wish to bore the living daylights out of people > who already feel what I feel, know what I know, want what I want...
> I hereby solemnly declare that I wish ITV to be gone forever from our > screens.
> <SNIP>
> All those in favour, make your mark be known...
I like your reporting style. A job on Tonight with Trevor MacDonald is yours.
Carl wrote: > It ain't gonna happen, sadly. Our only hope it that the new media regulator > Ofcom get's stronger powers when it absorbs the ITC, and uses them to
The thing i do not agree with is just having two big companies, since Carlton have taken over Central, the quality have got worse. More repeats and more rubbish. What we need is smaller companies, god help us if Granada and Carlton merges.
> We could try it first just for one day each week to see how successful > it was, just like they used to do in Iceland in the 1960s. There wasn't > any television in Iceland on a Thursday. Seems a bit daft now, but > really no more daft than the concept of early closing day for shops.
I do not know, if it is a daft idea, it may get people to talk to each other more, play games like they did years agao, of cause they would have to ban the internet one day a week as well.
The eraly closing day idea would be a bda idea, but I think that shops should close on sundays.
<carl.campbell2s...@guardntlworld.com> wrote: >It ain't gonna happen, sadly. Our only hope it that the new media regulator >Ofcom get's stronger powers when it absorbs the ITC, and uses them to >justify stripping Carlton and Granada of some it's licences.
It would be nice to see Carlton & Granada being made to pay, but if you look at the proposed new communications bill, the Government is going to allow them to merge to form a 'single ITV' - which is exactly what they've wanted and have been lobbying for for years.
Seems that, as usual, Carlton and Granada will be getting their own way.
> "Dom Robinson" <d...@dvdfever.co.uk> wrote in message > news:MPG.180d33a4dd117bd998a9d8@news.cis.dfn.de... > > In article <anuk4r$sl...@helle.btinternet.com>, > de...@no-spamming-idreams.co.uk > > says... > > > "Lee@DVDDebate" <l...@nospaamdvddebate.com> wrote in message > > > news:1034070224.10627.0@doris.uk.clara.net... > > > > devolution wrote: > > > > > I hereby solemnly declare that I wish ITV to be gone forever from > > > our > > > > > screens.
> > > > Close down ITV? Why not start with something a little easier for your > > > > first petition, like extinguishing the sun?
> > > And then the rest of the duff newspapers...
> > The Mirror could be first to go, but then they've already lost the few > decent > > things that were worth reading including the previous guy who used to > write > > witty TV programme reviews (replaced by a witless wanker "Shellyvision"), > > Charlie Catchpole (gone to the Star) and Gary Jacobs (gone to meet his > maker) > Has Gary died ?
> Gary Jacobs (gone to meet his maker)
Sadly, so. I think he was only 56. His column disappeared for a few weeks and then after missing a few days of the paper, I saw a load of letters in tribute to him on Friday July 5th, saying he'd died 3 days before. He died after a heart-attack.
As well as his Mirror column, he also did "Sound Advice" on TalkSport up until Xmas 2000 and then disappeared off air and came back for a show or two last Xmas but that was about it. He was giving out free legal advice and was always giving out excellent put-downs to those who deserved it.
I remember he said in one of his last shows how his daughter was always sending him text messages asking "How are you?", so he'd ring her back, say "Fine", then hang up. When she rang back asking why he only said one thing and hung up, he said because it was cheaper than sending a text back.
TalkSport have gone downhill big-style. They sacked Tommy Boyd for nothing, and before that basically dumped Gary Jacobs in favour of Steven "dull as fuck" Norris. How does anyone listen to a whole show? His voice would cause any manic depressive to top themselves. --
Dom Robinson Editor, DVDfever.co.uk; Contributor, City Life (citylife.co.uk)
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In article <3DA46C1A.70...@1yahoo.co.uk>, graphi4...@1yahoo.co.uk says...
> I do not know, if it is a daft idea, it may get people to talk to each > other more, play games like they did years agao, of cause they would > have to ban the internet one day a week as well.
Next you'll be telling us to read books! (if only I knew what one was!) --
Dom Robinson Editor, DVDfever.co.uk; Contributor, City Life (citylife.co.uk)
d...@dvdfever.co.uk "We never had time for sex. We were too busy havin babies." /* http://DVDfever.co.uk /* 843 DVDs, 223 games, 33 videos, 47 cinema films, 46 CDs, laserdiscs & news /* 51st state, roddy frame, surf ninjas, wwe raw, conflict desert storm, moby /* Reviews + TiVo, ITV Digital, DVD, WS VHS lists & release schedules online
> Carl wrote: > > It ain't gonna happen, sadly. Our only hope it that the new media regulator > > Ofcom get's stronger powers when it absorbs the ITC, and uses them to
> The thing i do not agree with is just having two big companies, since > Carlton have taken over Central, the quality have got worse. More > repeats and more rubbish. What we need is smaller companies, god help us > if Granada and Carlton merges.
But alas God cannot help - he's a Carlton shareholder. And don't bother Lucifer - he's a Granada shareholder. And that would make Murdoch the Anti-Christ. For proof, check out ch 666.
> On Mon, 7 Oct 2002 23:36:50 +0000 (UTC), "devolution" > <cheekyc...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote :
> >I hereby solemnly declare that I wish ITV to be gone forever from our > >screens.
> >All those in favour, make your mark be known...
> Oh dear, nothing better to do have we? Why don't we just banish TV > from our shores altogether and be done with it. Bring back the > wireless is what I say. All those in favour please make your mark be > known below :-) > -- > Bazza
"Wireless" was and is a very entertaining medium as long as it is not used to broadcast worthless noise and inane DJ chatter. With the state of ITV these days I find it no effort whatsoever to turn off the TV and switch on Radios 2, 3 or (most often) Radio 4. ITV is undergoing a ruthless program of "dumbing down". Sarcastic comments like the above contribute nothing to the debate.
Why bother with a petition. Just don't watch it. Crap viewing figures bring down the price of advertising. Bad ad revenue hurts the advertising carrier - ITV1
"devolution" <cheekyc...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in message
> You may have recently heard that due to ITV Digital's demise, a certain > channel, UK Play available on UK Satellite and formerly UK Digital > Terrestrial was forced to close.
> For those not in the UK (and many in the UK that don't know this), > ITV is virtually controlled by the Granada and Carlton companies. 90% > of programmes on ITV are produced by those companies. Those outside > the UK won't know that millions of people in this country lost their > Digital TV service and billions of pounds of money this year due to > the greed of these corrupt ITV companies. The bosses got paid off > millions of pounds and were no doubt sunning themselves on a yacht in > the Atlantic whilst the future of the UK's TV service was in crisis.
> There have been many other instances where the corrupt cheifs of ITV (ie: > Carlton and Granada) have attempted to defile and ruin things. (Proof > postable if needed, but most of it evident in the corrupt 'talent' show crap > that has been show contiguously on ITV for months on end.)
> It is after this latest abonimable behaviour that I call on all of you to > sign up to my Closedown ITV petition
> For those that didn't see it before, a copy of the original message is > posted below
> ========================== > July 12th 2002
> ITV = Irresponsible Talentless Vermin
> ITV - The Channel of a thousand cockups, the place of unbridled stupidity > and trash.
> Many long, dark years ago, ITV used to produce programmes that we could > actually watch - quality, funny, and interesting: Mr. Bean, London's > Burning, The Bill - programmes that were original, and exciting. > Those programmes that still exist, are a shadow of their former selves. And > those that are long gone, are sorely missed, but not forgotten.
> If TV Channels were like Newspapers, ITV used to be The Independent, but > now, Channel 5 is The Daily Star, and ITV is too rude to be mentioned.
> ITV - A Channel of unending disbelief - a Channel so damn stupid, it thinks > the Queen wants Big Explosions in her face (Emmerdale tour). > A Channel full of greedy, sick, mindless minions that try to make money out > of Serial Killers (Shipman). > A Channel so petty and capitalist, it dedicated over 1,000 hours of TV time > to talentless crap that everyone got sick of. (Pop Idol et al) > A Channel so desperate, so unsure, so totally and utterly beyond > comprehension, that half the time, it's programmes are on at different times > each day. > A Channel so lacking in customer care and honesty, A Channel so god-damn > corrupt, that it screwed over a million people in this country out of their > TV service and their wallet.(ITV Digital).
> I could go on, but I don't wish to bore the living daylights out of people > who already feel what I feel, know what I know, want what I want...
> I hereby solemnly declare that I wish ITV to be gone forever from our > screens.
> All those in favour, make your mark be known...
> ==========================
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<SNIP USLESS DRIVEL> I may be being a bit thick but is this an early april fools or have we got a troll.... Is is somebody really that stupid to post this as a real campaign????
> On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 10:35:56 -0000, "Mat Overton" > <mat.over...@REMOVElealholm.co.uk> wrote:
> ><SNIP USLESS DRIVEL> > >I may be being a bit thick but is this an early april fools or have we got a > >troll.... Is is somebody really that stupid to post this as a real > >campaign????
> Unfortunately I think he is serious. He's been here before with this > nonsense.
> I suppose we should pity him, really .......
But you gotta admit TV ain't exactly going better on the scale of crap to good these days...
> But you gotta admit TV ain't exactly going better on the scale of crap to > good these days...
True, but if you're going to petition for something like this, at least know what you're talking about. As far as I see it, i don't think ITV have changed their remit, so there's no reason for the ITC to revoke their licence. So exactly what is the point of the petition - who's going to be petitionned!
