The UTV Ireland Thread

KungPao · 27-03-2015 09:47PM

God I hate this channel.

Watching England now on Chrome with Hola on the ITV player.

Works a charm, but irritating all the same.

27-03-2015 10:15PM

Corrie is on Sunday instead of today, an hour long episode!

bri007 · 27-03-2015 10:27PM

Utv Ireland is dreadful! Wish they left it the way it was

batistuta9 · 27-03-2015 10:45PM

is it utvi or upc's decision to remove & replace utv?

lertsnim · 27-03-2015 10:50PM

UTV's decision.

Infoanon · 27-03-2015 11:14PM

lertsnim wrote: »

UTV's decision.

UPC 's decision - discussed at length in various threads - widely believed to be due to a perceived potential threat of action by another channel if UPC carriage of UTV continued.

LiamHam82 · 27-03-2015 11:50PM

TV3 for a long time has been the worst network to ever exist, I never thought anything could be worse, Jesus H Christ I was wrong.

Where do I start

The 80's style green and yellow is beyond horrible
The announcer saying "On UTV Ireland" after everything. WE KNOW WHAT F**KING CHANNEL WE'RE WATCHING!!!
Ireland Live, sitting on deck chairs holding their ipads which they never use or look at, poor Alison Comyn is wasted on this.
Lovely short videos of Ireland to go with Ireland Live as the ONLY Irish content on 95% British content.

iseegirls · 28-03-2015 01:44AM

Tugboats wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/business/media/utv-ireland-set-to-lose-8m-this-year-as-slow-audience-build-blamed-on-channel-position-31077676.html

its made a good start:rolleyes:

Odd quote in the piece:

UTV is aiming to make the station the most-watched channel in Ireland after RTE 1 by January 2017.

Two whole years away. Not exactly setting the target high. God forbid, if something ever happened to Corrie or/and Emmerdale and they were axed - this channel would be gone completely. They are so reliant on these two programmes that it's critical for them to perform well for this channel to stay on the telly.

batistuta9 · 28-03-2015 05:22AM

Infoanon wrote: »

UPC 's decision - discussed at length in various threads - widely believed to be due to a perceived potential threat of action by another channel if UPC carriage of UTV continued.

utvi are taking all the stick (on this thread anyway) when it's not really their fault then. never actually knew utv (well itv i suppose really) was so popular here

that channel have a 3 in it?

28-03-2015 11:06AM

At least they have their subtitles working correctly on programmes that feature them, as opposed to TV3 whose subtitles are either missing or delayed. On Red Rock, their flagship programme the subs are delayed or missing a lot of the time. Is it a Sky issue or TV3?

icdg · 28-03-2015 12:53PM

Infoanon wrote: »

UPC 's decision - discussed at length in various threads - widely believed to be due to a perceived potential threat of action by another channel if UPC carriage of UTV continued.

I don't buy that for one second, despite the fact that UTV have publicly blamed UPC. Consider that TV3 bought the rights to Granada (now ITV)'s programmes in 2000. If any cause of action had accrued against UPC (or UTV), it would have accrued then. Yet TV3 and UTV peacefully co-existed for more than 13 years thereafter. Surely any legal action would be statute barred at this stage.

UPC and their predecessors carried UTV for nearly fifty years. If UPC are to blame, it is because they saw an opportunity to save themselves a few quid in clearing the rights to ITV's programmes. Or because UTV asked them to. Could be a combination of both.

Infoanon · 28-03-2015 02:04PM

icdg wrote: »

I don't buy that for one second, despite the fact that UTV have publicly blamed UPC. Consider that TV3 bought the rights to Granada (now ITV)'s programmes in 2000. If any cause of action had accrued against UPC (or UTV), it would have accrued then. Yet TV3 and UTV peacefully co-existed for more than 13 years thereafter. Surely any legal action would be statute barred at this stage.

UPC and their predecessors carried UTV for nearly fifty years. If UPC are to blame, it is because they saw an opportunity to save themselves a few quid in clearing the rights to ITV's programmes. Or because UTV asked them to. Could be a combination of both.

UTV blamed UPC, UPC did not deny it, though I can understand the cynicism the fact remains that UPC have never rejected UTVs statement.

29-03-2015 07:46AM

LiamHam82 wrote: »

poor Alison Comyn is wasted on this

+1 on that

Ol' Donie · 29-03-2015 01:42PM

Finally saw something worthwhile on it last night. Sean Locke & Jon Richardson playing at cowboys. Very enjoyable.

Le_Dooner · 29-03-2015 04:20PM

The Germany qualifier on ITV4 has also been blocked for ROI viewers over rights. This takes the fecking biscuit all together. You wouldn't get these problems on Sky! Should be no reason why games shouldn't be broadcast such as the Brazil game today on UTV Ireland. The sooner that channel dies the better. Can watch less now than before it was set up!

brick man · 29-03-2015 04:36PM

If you had Freesat ITV4 is not blocked at all of course when you buy their box you insert a NI postcode

lertsnim · 29-03-2015 06:04PM

Le_Dooner wrote: »

The Germany qualifier on ITV4 has also been blocked for ROI viewers over rights. This takes the fecking biscuit all together. You wouldn't get these problems on Sky! Should be no reason why games shouldn't be broadcast such as the Brazil game today on UTV Ireland. The sooner that channel dies the better. Can watch less now than before it was set up!

All sporting events are blocked on ITV4 for UPC customers. What that has to do with UTV Ireland however is beyond me.

icdg · 30-03-2015 12:16PM

It's been happening since long before UTV Ireland was ever conceived of. There were even programmes which were blocked on their original airing on ITV4 but not their repeat showing on UTV.

Harry Palmr · 30-03-2015 03:47PM

brick man wrote: »

If you had Freesat ITV4 is not blocked at all of course when you buy their box you insert a NI postcode

ITV4 is not a geo sensitive channel so you'll get it regardless of post code (quite anyone would voluntarily submit themevles to the schedules and programmes of BBC NI and UTV is another matter!).

brick man · 30-03-2015 10:19PM

Harry Palmr wrote:

ITV4 is not a geo sensitive channel so you'll get it regardless of post code (quite anyone would voluntarily submit themevles to the schedules and programmes of BBC NI and UTV is another matter!).

I was referring to a Freesat box which a postcode is needed a free to air box of course does not and ITV 4 is available on both

smurfs5 · 02-04-2015 07:47PM

For anyone who wants to watch the ITV Leaders Debate and doesn't fancy a show on trawlermen or CCTV, it's on the BBC News Channel and Sky News.

brick man · 02-04-2015 08:54PM

smurfs5 wrote:

For anyone who wants to watch the ITV Leaders Debate and doesn't fancy a show on trawlermen or CCTV, it's on the BBC News Channel and Sky News.

And RTE News Now as well !

lertsnim · 02-04-2015 09:50PM

brick man wrote: »

And RTE News Now as well !

Only till 9. Then they had to simulcast RTÉ One.

Skid X · 02-04-2015 10:51PM

smurfs5 wrote: »

For anyone who wants to watch the ITV Leaders Debate and doesn't fancy a show on trawlermen or CCTV, it's on the BBC News Channel and Sky News.

Another example of UTV Ireland having no interest in their 'old' viewers who liked to watch ITV programming on UTV, but who no longer have the option.

They seem to be only concerned with people who have never watched UTV e.g by showing old episodes of popular dramas instead of new ones so viewers could "catch up"

It is a mess of a station, pissing off the core audience who watched UTV in the past is no way to run a business.

FloatingVoter · 02-04-2015 11:59PM

Skid X wrote: »

Another example of UTV Ireland having no interest in their 'old' viewers who liked to watch ITV programming on UTV, but who no longer have the option.

They seem to be only concerned with people who have never watched UTV e.g by showing old episodes of popular dramas instead of new ones so viewers could "catch up"

It is a mess of a station, pissing off the core audience who watched UTV in the past is no way to run a business.

...and people who never watched old UTV would be limited to imaginary people who exist in some 2 channel land last seen down the sticks in the early 1990s. I know, West Limerick was poorly served back in the days before dishes.
There'll be a few shills along defending the "channel" but in reality, it's dead - bent stats and planted newspaper stories won't bring a dead dog to life.

smurfs5 · 03-04-2015 12:47AM

Skid X wrote: »

Another example of UTV Ireland having no interest in their 'old' viewers who liked to watch ITV programming on UTV, but who no longer have the option.

They seem to be only concerned with people who have never watched UTV e.g by showing old episodes of popular dramas instead of new ones so viewers could "catch up"

It is a mess of a station, pissing off the core audience who watched UTV in the past is no way to run a business.

I know Twitter isn't wholly representative but the Leaders Debate was trending No.1 in Ireland before it had even started!

Replacing it with shows you'd expect to see late at night on Discovery or Dave is baffling. Would they really have rated much better?

It does seem like the bosses don't care about the previous UTV audience who had a routine and a loyalty to certain ITV programmes. The entire schedule has been messed with and it's a complete mess - reruns of flop ITV shows from years ago being shoved into primetime, endless repeats and it all smacks of amateurish management who are out of touch with their audience and don't understand their audience. There's hardly anything worth watching on the channel. The Irish TV landscape is extremely poor as a whole I think.

Infoanon · 03-04-2015 07:58AM

Skid X wrote: »

Another example of UTV Ireland having no interest in their 'old' viewers who liked to watch ITV programming on UTV, but who no longer have the option.

They seem to be only concerned with people who have never watched UTV e.g by showing old episodes of popular dramas instead of new ones so viewers could "catch up"

It is a mess of a station, pissing off the core audience who watched UTV in the past is no way to run a business.

Its a no win situation for UTVI, if they did show the leaders debate there would have been complaints about UK election coverage and by not showing it theres complaints as above.

marbless · 03-04-2015 11:26AM

I'm a UPC customer.

Phoned UPC last night about UTV.

Was told UPC is at the mercy of UTV on this, and UTV will only let UPC broadcast UTV-Ireland.

Was told UPC has tried to pass on multiple complaints from subscribers but can't get a reply from UTV.

Asked why UTV is still available to Sky customers.
Was told UTV will soon be removed from Sky menu.

Asked why UPC, despite a recent price hike, hadn't informed customers UTV would no longer be available.
Was told UPC had no legal obligation to do this - it was up to UTV. Pointed out I have a contract with UPC, not UTV.

Told I should contact UTV.

Infoanon · 03-04-2015 11:53AM

marbless wrote: »

I'm a UPC customer.

Phoned UPC last night about UTV.

Was told UPC is at the mercy of UTV on this, and UTV will only let UPC broadcast UTV-Ireland.

Was told UPC has tried to pass on multiple complaints from subscribers but can't get a reply from UTV.

Asked why UTV is still available to Sky customers.
Was told UTV will soon be removed from Sky menu.

Asked why UPC, despite a recent price hike, hadn't informed customers UTV would no longer be available.
Was told UPC had no legal obligation to do this - it was up to UTV. Pointed out I have a contract with UPC, not UTV.

Told I should contact UTV.

You were told a few porkies....UTV will NOT be removed from Sky or any other FTA Satellite system and UTV have stated in writing that UPC pulled UTV.

icdg · 03-04-2015 04:57PM

Indeed it would be impossible to do so without removing it from Freesat for people in Northern Ireland. It's just not technically possible.

Meanwhile UTV NI will be producing a Northern Ireland leaders debate on 28th April. It'll also be shown on STV and ITV, but will UTV show it on their own southern service?

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