The Medium is Not Enough TV blog: Microfeed for "What's your favourite TV channel?" http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2008/01/whats_your_favourite_tv_channe.php Comments for the entry "What's your favourite TV channel?" en-us Movable Type v4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:57:54 +00:00 Comment from AnnaWaits BBC Four rocks, rather.

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c22996 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:57:54 +00:00 Comment from Stuart UK Gold - repeats of good programmes wins out over new but rubbish shows any day.

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c22997 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:02:39 +00:00 Comment from Marie You're just doing this today to wind me up, aren't you? Of the channels I can currently get, I suppose I'd say BBC2. But the channel I watch most often is More 4, because it gets the best glossy American series and some really good documentaries. Not sure why it spends so much time showing property porn and Deal Or No Deal though - I could really do without that. I like the randomness of BBC4 as well which shows mostly stuff I am not all that interested in, and then some amazing, bizarre, fascinating things. I hardly ever watch it but what I do watch I adore. On the downside, I am not aware of BBC3 having shown anything I've remotely wanted to watch since 'Casanova' years ago.

Thanks for all your aerial / freeview advice btw!

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c22998 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:56:48 +00:00 Comment from Marie To be clear: I only chose BBC2 because all I can get is BBCs 1, 2, 3, CBBC and News 24! Though it's not a bad channel, especially when Heroes is on...

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c22999 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:58:01 +00:00 Comment from Stu BBC Four, followed by More4 and FilmFour, which during the day plays lots of films from old Hollywood and the UK which are rarely available on dvd.

Also, why hasn't more been made of the fact that Channel 4 have begun showing films in their proper ratios across all of their networks, the first terrestrial broadcaster to do that?

Even when something in 'scope appears on BBC4 they still zoom and crop the image. Shame.

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23008 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:54:11 +00:00 Comment from espedair At the moment probably UK Drama as they have started showing old WHO or Film Four for the same reasons as Stu.

I kinda wish we had the CW here like in the states.. but only because I want to see more supernatural and more Aliens in America! I love my pappy tv ;)

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23009 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:08:35 +00:00 Comment from TemplarJ I will have to nominate the Hallmark channel, although that might earn me a kicking. But they premiere Monk and Psych, and show Law and Order constantly and, like Friends, that tends to be something I can always turn to if they is nothing else on.

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23014 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:40:42 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob The message I'm getting here is that people like the channels they watch because of the content, rather than because they identify with the channel.

Anyone here think of themselves as a Film4/BBC4/Hallmark/UKDrama/More4/etc kind of a person?

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23017 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:30:58 +00:00 Comment from Stuart Rob: "Anyone here think of themselves as a Film4/BBC4/Hallmark/UKDrama/More4/etc kind of a person?"

Yuck. That's just a little bit too close to those people you meet occasionally who seem to think that listening to Radio 4 is an important lifestyle choice rather than, say, just a basically decent radio station.

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23023 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:36:40 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob Indeed. But that's what most TV channel execs would die for: people who regard watching their channel as a lifestyle choice. Think how much people who like Radio 4 are invested in the programming, how they're likely to have it on first thing in the morning, when they come home, maybe during the day as well. And they'll pass that on to their kids. Think of the ratings!

There are probably be out there who think of themselves as an MTV kind of person. I'm curious to see if other channels are creating that kind of brand effect and identification and if there's anyone who thinks of themselves as a 'channel whatever' kind of a person.

]]> 3767@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23024 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:06:29 +00:00