GBeebies Talk Trash - TalkTV to close television channel and move 'online only'

PostRe: GBeebies by **poshrule_uk** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:28 pm

Think of the silent majority

PostRe: GBeebies by **Preezy** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 1:56 pm

The strawberry float is linear TV?

PostRe: GBeebies by **rinks** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:00 pm

Preezy wrote:The strawberry float is linear TV?

What everyone else just calls TV.

PostRe: GBeebies by **rinks** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:00 pm

(As opposed to on-demand/streaming.)

PostRe: GBeebies by **Preezy** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:00 pm

rinks wrote:
Preezy wrote:The strawberry float is linear TV?

What everyone else just calls TV.

Oh so the looky-see box in the corner, gotcha.

PostRe: GBeebies by KK » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:23 pm

That's GB News royally strawberry floated, but it'll now be replaced by someone who can actually produce this type of channel properly.

PostRe: GBeebies by **Tomous** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:25 pm

Wonder if they'll try to recruit Andrew Neil....

PostRe: GBeebies by KK » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:32 pm

Having worked with Murdoch in prominent roles before, I'd say that's highly likely.

Can't say I like the name talkTV (sounds like one of those budget cable channels again), but you can see how it fits in alongside Radio and Sport.

PostRe: GBeebies by **Preezy** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:35 pm

KK wrote:Having worked with Murdoch in prominent roles before, I'd say that's highly likely.

Didn't know you worked with Rupert Murdoch, KK :shock:

PostRe: GBeebies by **Oblomov Boblomov** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:36 pm

Oh god, that Julia Brew banana split whatshername is going to end up defiling TV screens across the land, isn't she :dread:

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PostRe: GBeebies by **DML** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:39 pm

rinks wrote:
Preezy wrote:The strawberry float is linear TV?

What everyone else just calls TV.

There would be zero need for the term if people weren't like 'TV, prff, I don't have a TV anymore, I just watch Netflix and such'

THEY ARE TV SHOWS. THEY ARE ALL PITCHED BY THE SAME COMPANIES. YOU ARE STILL WATCHING TV.

PostRe: GBeebies by KK » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:40 pm

It's also just been announced within the last hour that Piers Morgan has got back into bed with the devil and joined News Corp and FOX, with a new weeknight TV show in the UK, US, and Australia (sounds like it might be a simulcast for FOX News, talkTV and Sky News Australia); weekly columns in both The Sun and New York Post; and a book deal with Harper Collins.

Is it me or does it look like he's photoshopped his head onto someone else.

PostRe: GBeebies by **Victor Mildew** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:44 pm

It looks like someone photoshopped the head of a banana split, on to the body of a banana split.

PostRe: GBeebies by **Oblomov Boblomov** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:54 pm

Looks like that app that ages you. I wonder if they matchy-matchy'd on purpose.

PostRe: GBeebies by KK » Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:15 pm

Apparently Morgan's new show won't air on FOX News itself in America but rather on something called FOX Nation.

While being critical of antivax/lockdown fruitcakes on one hand, he's quite happy to saddle up alongside those peddling that rubbish on Sky News Australia and FOX News if it pays well. Hilariously, FOX has a clear vaccination and testing mandate in place for its employees and buildings. One message for TV viewers, quite another in reality.

PostRe: GBeebies by **poshrule_uk** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 4:20 pm

DML wrote:
rinks wrote:
Preezy wrote:The strawberry float is linear TV?

What everyone else just calls TV.

There would be zero need for the term if people weren't like 'TV, prff, I don't have a TV anymore, I just watch Netflix and such'

THEY ARE TV SHOWS. THEY ARE ALL PITCHED BY THE SAME COMPANIES. YOU ARE STILL WATCHING TV.

I have had 'discussions' with people before who were adamant Netflix is not a TV channel. Not in the traditional sense but to me it is.

PostRe: GBeebies by **captain red dog** » Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:26 pm

I utterly despise Murdoch with a passion. Completely hate the man. I won't even call it irrational. He shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of any company, let alone a media network.

However, I think his TalkTV will absolutely kill GB News. He already has a ton of big names signed up. I can see a simulcast of Julia Hartley Brewer and Mike Graham on a morning for example. Now they have Jeremy Kyle and Piers Morgan, the housewives favourites apparently.

PostRe: GBeebies by **captain red dog** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:20 am

So Andrew Neil appeared on Question Time, and I'm sure he has an NDA against him, but he seemed pretty clear that Gbeebies wanted to go the hard right Fox News style, and he didn't want to be part of it.

I can see a bit of hypocrisy there, he has allowed what most would consider to be far right columnists in The Spectator. He has also appeared only on Farage's show since his departure. However, if a channel is too far right for Andrew Neil, and he, kind of, openly speaks about it, I think we can all safely assume the future direction of Gbeebies.

PostRe: GBeebies by **Garth** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 1:21 am

twitter.com/bbcquestiontime/status/1438623382480867334

PostRe: GBeebies by **DML** » Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:08 am

I doubt many housewives are going to hunt Piers down on TalkTV.

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