Channel 6's quiz

L1011

Channel 6 has a quiz show on now - definately making it a worthwhile addition to the package :rolleyes:

Now, they're taking even less calls than your average closed-down-by-Ofcom-and-icstis scam channel in the UK, and so far both callers I've heard have sounded like kids (including one where he called out "Mam! Turn down the TV!").

Is this even legal on TV here? Channel 6 is, of yesterday, no longer licenced in the UK at all, so it can't try to claim that its legit under Ofcom rules. If it was legal I'd have thought ITV1 Ireland, erm, TV3 would be relaying The Mint...

DMC

I saw a bit of this at lunchtime.... is it a kind of audience measurement tool? If so...

You can't aim this sort of thing at kids, really.... but as you said, whats the BCI to do?

flogen

I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't be legal, assuming there actually are prizes to be won and the cost of calls or texts is clearly stated etc. (bills payers permission spiel!)

I mean, if it was illegal wouldn't the likes of premium rate numbers for Your A Star and so on be illegal too?

DMC

I think the point here is, does "ask the bill payers permission" have any weight in Irish law, when it is a game of chance?

flogen

DMC wrote:

I think the point here is, does "ask the bill payers permission" have any weight in Irish law, when it is a game of chance?

I'd assume it does; I mean if someone is notified of the rules (it's a quiz, so technically their success is based on their ability, of course they would have to say that not every call will be successful) then it's their decision, so if the bill payer is made aware of what they're paying for and the odds they have of getting something in return then that's their problem... the burden isn't on the channel to prove that each caller has bill payers permission as that would make it impossible to operate.

Obviously they should have some kind of 'over 18's only' type warning on it too

Of course, given that it is a kind of game of chance can it be described as gambling, and if so does it have a licence?!

watty

RTE and TV3 have been running "quizzes" (which is only a legal loophole, they are draws) for years.

It is a cheap dishonest money spinner to catch the most guillable and ofter poorer segments of society.

Premium numbers, minimum connect time etc.

It's a legal loophole in UK and Ireland, anyone with the brian in gear can see they are draws as the dog could nearly pick the right answer.

"Three barks, Ok phone quick... "

Also with four questions they are quite happy for you to phone four times

Elmo

Either my last post was deleted or I didn't post it for some tech reason.

(It's call pressing the submit button )

I would assume that C6 is an Interactive quiz show rather then a gambling game show.

But I will have to watch to find out. It can be as bad as the mint and quix night live. Can it? Who hosts it?

lostexpectation

this would more of its 33% Irish programing... the lowest common denominator ****e to fill the time quota ****e.

superdudeman007

I get Sky so I haven't seen Quiz6 but if it's anything like any of the other "interactive quizzes" that take up most of the Sky line up, as long as they say "Once we've got 10 of you on hold we'll answer one of you at random" they can do whatever they want.

Read the small print on the bottom of the screen on any of those shows - all those big words basically mean you can't win.

There are so many of those shows on Sky and with most of them you can see that it's a fix, with "callers"' answers pre-recorded and played every few minutes. They often play the wrong ones. One show the other night was looking for words that fit in to "Fire _____", eg Fire truck, Fire blanket. One "caller"'s answer came up as "Fire Karate Kid".

Elmo

I have seen this show. :rolleyes:

Surely it would be better to come up with a show that has a competition line on it and other things happening other then the presenter calling out the number again and again and reitterating the clue.

With Quiz 6 you call in with the answer to a question. They ring you back if you get it right (but thats out of a few people who have also got it right) then you have to go over to their jackpot screen and match 3 CIRCLES to get the jackpot. If you don't get the 3 circles you get the total amount from the board. Generally around 70euro.

But yes its a total con.

Can anyone tell me if the show on FTN ever gives out the right answer? ADD THE NUMBERS.

superdudeman007

I don't understand why Channel 6 don't put Quiz6 on at night. More people are willing to phone in after midnight - that's why TV3 shows infomercials and ITV show The Mint. How else would TV3 sell so many V-slicers that don't actually slice???

flogen

superdudeman007 wrote:

I don't understand why Channel 6 don't put Quiz6 on at night. More people are willing to phone in after midnight - that's why TV3 shows infomercials and ITV show The Mint. How else would TV3 sell so many V-slicers that don't actually slice???

I'm just making a guess (because I haven't seen the licence) but maybe it's part of the contract they have with the BCI, that they have to put original/home produced content on during certain hours, like the daytime... putting it on at midnight would mean they have to make another programme to fill the same gap...

superdudeman007

I think that licensed TV channels have to show 8 hours of programmes a day. That has to consist of entertainment or shows they produce themselves. Quiz 6 counts, but showing teletext pages or a test card doesn't. They broadcast Quiz6 because they can fill up the required amount of programme time, and make money out of programmes as well as advertising.

Elmo

I think that licensed TV channels have to show 8 hours of programmes a day. That has to consist of entertainment or shows they produce themselves. Quiz 6 counts, but showing teletext pages or a test card doesn't. They broadcast Quiz6 because they can fill up the required amount of programme time, and make money out of programmes as well as advertising.

Channel 6 have a 25% quota to produce, as far as I know. But really can they call this entertainment surely the licence could be taken of them for quiz 6.