Comments on: November 22 for 72?

By: cam

cam — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:27:47 +0000

David, Kim Williams revealed on Media Week that Nov 24 would be the date for both GO and 7(2) starting on Foxtel cable, two days after 7(2) launches.

By: cam

cam — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:00:29 +0000

David, it appears Kim Williams has confirmed that both the new 7 and 9 channels will be on Foxtel cable Tues Nov 24, 2 days after 7(2) launches on Sun Nov 22. GO on ch 129, but no confirmed number yet for 7(2).

By: David Knox

David Knox — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:15:43 +0000

Well it doesn’t even exist yet, plus there are issues for Seven SD on Foxtel already. So it’s hard to see this year.

By: cam

cam — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:48:10 +0000

David, your best guess for the start of 7(2) on Foxtel cabel? This year or not until early 2010?

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:50:30 +0000

Jim, what i find amusing is that people like yourself, think that its just the way it is, and nothing can be changed.
Your the reason that government, large companies and others get away with sh?t that they do, no i dont think my comments alone did much, others on this site had said similar things about channel 7 not us alone did anything, and you think some exec at 7 dont have the office boy/girl check this and other sites,
probably advertisers, dcbde, other media even rival tv stations were wondering when. i bet even channel 7s own staff were, most of us were wondering when, but seemingly not you
never did i make this personal, but you have

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:04:23 +0000

TVfan,
7HD will similucast the 7SD channel from what I have seen in the advance guides for nextw eek I assume this is so they can prepare the second digital channel, similar to what Nine did?

But I had a look in the TV week guide today and next week they have a movie listed on 7HD in primetime, Disney’s Hercules, I think it’s a Tuesday or Wednesday night, can anyone confirm if the movie thing they’re doing on 7HD will still continue?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:02:02 +0000

O yeah, forgot about the night cap! Too long ago to remember! But still, it was a 7HD program, which gives hope that 7 do invest in aussie productions for its multichannels. Hopefully though it’d be a scripted program as it’d prob have a better chance at survival in the long run.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:10:02 +0000

Aus Open is all on the Anti Siphoning List so can’t be multi-channeled yet. That’s what FTA want.

This is Your Laugh was after The Night Cap.

By: tvfan

tvfan — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:04:32 +0000

Just checked the tv guide and it looks like from next week channel 7 is stopping showing different content on 7HD. It will just broadcast the same content from the 7SD to 7HD.
Can someone confirm this ?

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:59:23 +0000

great choice. Ch9 had a huge bookcase filled with great shows that we all wanted to see, and now have the chance. Ch7′s bookcase might be smaller, but i’d say the programs are way better! Commission a great aussie program for a Wednesday night staple, bring back all those ‘niche’ US programming that ch7 think dont have large appeal, and the channel could give GO! a run for its money. Also, launching right at the end of the year will help, as they wont be directly under the spotlight ratings wise. Even if it does overtake GO in audience share, its not going to happen in an instant, so letting it build over summer will make for an interesting Feb!
So is the Aussie Open as a whole on that anti-whatever list, or can some of it be shown on a mulichannel first? I wonder if this years open will be in HD?

i think its possible ‘ch72′ will commission aussie programming, or at least An aussie program . 7HD was the first commercial mulitchannel to commission its own program with This Is Your Laugh wasn’t it?

By: noblet turtle

noblet turtle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:11:16 +0000

7 plus 2 = 9?????

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:54:56 +0000

If it is to be similar to Go that is really diappointing. Multichannelling was supposed to deliver more choice and a greater variety of programmes to viewers. We do not need another channel that will show almost exclusively American programmes, almost all of which have already been screened elsewhere. At least with One, Ten has sought to do something different, although at the moment it is full of sports no one in this country is interested in. SBS’s new offerings are pretty pathetic, but that’s really the government’s fault. As for the ABC, things were looking promising, but now we’re told all three channels will broadcast children’s programmes for much of the day.

By: bette streep

bette streep — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:53:50 +0000

There has been much speculation about why Seven has procrastinated with it’s second channel – the popular theory was that they were just waiting to see what TEN and Nine did and then go with whatever rated best.

TEN decided on the riskier all sports station and Nine played it very safe and just whipped out sitcoms from the past and shows that target the teen market exclusively.

No surprise that Seven has decided to go the “GO!” route. It’s cheaper than ONE and will give them the added 2-4% to really kick the other stations out of the stadium!

I for one would love to see shows like Ugly Betty, 24, Boston Legal, 30 Rock, Arrested Development, Golden Girls, Murder She Wrote etc – and this sort of programming will definitely give GO! some competition!

By: Guy

Guy — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:37:00 +0000

Great news that it will be a bit of an entertainment channel. Love also they are putting disney stuff on there. I wonder if they will get Kyle XY, Secret life of an American Teenager and Greek?

Also it will be fantastic to finally see Ugly Betty. I just hope they start off where they finished. I bet we will also see repeats of our favourites like Housewives, Greys, Prison Break, Heroes, Hopefully the final season of Stargate Atlantis as well.

By: bindi

bindi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:57:46 +0000

if they have access to younger disney shows i hope they replay the cartoon “gargoyles”, this was one of my favourite cartoons as a child, i would love to watch it again.

By: bindi

bindi — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:36:31 +0000

i wanna see prisonbreak season 1, stargate atlantis season 4 and 5, ugly betty, samantha who, reaper, king of the hill and anything else they have the rights to that i can’t think of. do they have the rights to anything else that hasn’t been really announced or advertised? i remember seeing that they had the rights to kyle xy ages ago, if aired on foxtel but maybe they could re-run it?