UKTVG2 -> DAVE, When did that change?

standbyme

I thought there was a new channel as i noticed in the telly guide that repeats of Whose Line is it Anyway were on, but then i notice that a lot of the programming is similar to UKTVG2 & thought what? what & who the hell is DAVE?

If i may ask so politely,

byte

It replaced UKTVG2 on Monday or Tueday.

Apart from the name, I don't think much else has changed.

standbyme

Strange all the same to call it DAVE

But if you come across BEN, whoa keep away!

dulpit

Changed on Monday... Quite a bizarre name as well...

What's Ben??

Edit: Found it, looks like they have a huge budget there... Seriously, who'd watch that station?? Like 8 people or something??

slumped

I'm guessing that DAVE was chosen as David is the patron saint of England and is one of the most common English names.

Same as renaming TV3 as Paddy I suppose.

Imagine all stations like that!

101 Liam
102 Sean
103 Paddy
104 John
106 Rupert
107 Rupert +1

etc!

S

squire1

They called it "Dave" in reference to what Trigger calls Rodney in Only Fools and Horses.

It is a temporary as far as I know, some season of comedy is on at the moment.

John mac

slumped wrote: »

I'm guessing that DAVE was chosen as David is the patron saint of England and is one of the most common English names.


S

Patron saint of England is George! David is Wales.

I think its just a marketing ploy to get people talking about it.:)

slumped

John mac wrote: »

Patron saint of England is George! David is Wales.

I think its just a marketing ploy to get people talking about it.:)

oops!

TheDriver

Ben, thats some load of oul rubbish, how the hell do they pay their TP rental. Then again, I was shocked at how many people watch True Movies

standbyme

squire1 wrote: »

They called it "Dave" in reference to what Trigger calls Rodney in Only Fools and Horses.

It is a temporary as far as I know, some season of comedy is on at the moment.

Heh, that was never temporary with Trigger, much to Rodney's annoyance, he still called him that through the series
But great to see the rpts of Whose Line is it Anyway with McShane, Stiles & Mochrie as i cant stand that Tony Slattery.

slumped wrote:

I'm guessing that DAVE was chosen as David is the patron saint of England and is one of the most common English names.

Same as renaming TV3 as Paddy I suppose.

Imagine all stations like that!

101 Liam
102 Sean
103 Paddy
104 John
106 Rupert
107 Rupert +1

etc!

Dont forget Mickey & Johnny!

AFAIK BEN's a christian channel, but i only looked at it for 2seconds before switching over.

L1011

Its not a temporary rename, its been called that as "everyone knows a Dave"; and was part of a rebrand for the channels launch on DTT in the UK.

grimm2005

yeah, apparently the guy in charge said "everybody knows a bloke called Dave" which i guess is true
Still dosn't make it any more clear as to why that makes sense; their new tag line is "the home of witty banter"

dulpit

John mac wrote: »

I think its just a marketing ploy to get people talking about it.:)

Sounds about right, a lot of people are talking about it...

MACHEAD

John mac wrote: »

Patron saint of England is George! David is Wales.

There's Lovely !