Home › Forums › Ganymede & Titan Forum › UKTV: Dave and Gold among channels dropped by Virgin Media Search for: This topic has 38 replies, 18 voices, and was last updated 6 years, 10 months ago by Ridley. Scroll to bottom Creator Topic July 22, 2018 at 12:34 pm #234833 JawscvmcdiaParticipant http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44915060 Creator Topic Viewing 38 replies - 1 through 38 (of 38 total) Author Replies July 22, 2018 at 1:12 pm #234837 Ian SymesKeymaster Just the link is fine, no need to paste the entire article. July 22, 2018 at 2:59 pm #234843 Mr-StabbyParticipant And then Lister said ‘How did you lose your Virgin TV?’ Rimmer: My What? Lister: Talk to me! July 22, 2018 at 3:59 pm #234844 Stephen AbootmanParticipant UKTV: Just to fill you in – there’s been a gigantic administrative cock-up. Your staff have somehow mistakenly taken us off Virgin. July 22, 2018 at 4:47 pm #234845 HamishParticipant Lister: Dave and Gold, I just want to talk to you about that thing you’re not on. I mean, I know you’re not, you know you’re not, we both know you are not. Dave and Gold: Because I’m not. Lister: Exactly. But if you were, which you’re not, it would mean you were a loser, it would mean you weren’t cool. Dave and Gold: But I’m not. Lister: Exactly. Dave and Gold: So no need to have this talk. Lister: Exactly. Dave and Gold: So go away. Lister: I’m gone! July 23, 2018 at 5:38 am #234864 flanl3Participant Surely BBC could be doing a little more about this themselves since they do own, you know, half of UKTV. July 23, 2018 at 6:14 am #234865 GlenTokyoParticipant It’s Virgin that’s the problem, not the BBC or UKTV. They want to pay less and get more. Doesn’t work like that. July 23, 2018 at 8:38 pm #234896 Dax101Participant I get the impression this could possibly affect the funding of XIII. July 23, 2018 at 11:54 pm #234900 flanl3Participant It’s Virgin that’s the problem, not the BBC or UKTV. Yes, I’m well aware, but I’m more just wondering why the BBC wouldn’t throw their weight around a little more on this issue. Surely they could threaten to cut their channels from Virgin at the next possible opportunity and the whole debate would be done in about three seconds flat. I’m also American, so am probably confused about how that shit works. July 24, 2018 at 1:56 am #234903 Ben PaddonParticipant The BBC are a public broadcaster – they’d receive no end of flack for that. July 24, 2018 at 2:02 am #234907 flanl3Participant Neat. July 24, 2018 at 4:34 am #234913 GlenTokyoParticipant Would be allowed anyway. You pay for the BBC separately to any subscription TV services in the form of your TV licence. A bit goes to Channel 4 I think but the majority funds the Beeb. Even if they are allowed , if they withdrew the channels I imagine a lot of people would think ‘well you can shove your TV licence up your arse’ and it’s all kick off. The best they could probably do is stop developing or withdraw the iPlayer application that I assume is on the Virgin TiVo boxes. July 24, 2018 at 4:34 am #234914 GlenTokyoParticipant Wouldn’t July 24, 2018 at 5:17 am #234918 HamishParticipant “Virgin Media is no longer interested in the audience Red Dwarf attracts.” July 24, 2018 at 8:25 am #234923 Pete Part ThreeParticipant >A bit goes to Channel 4 I think I’ve seen this mentioned before online and I’m not sure where this originated. Channel 4 does not get any of the licence fee. July 24, 2018 at 12:21 pm #234942 LilyParticipant UKTV is jointly owned by BBC Studios and Discovery. BBC Studios is different from the BBC. The BBC isn’t allowed to make profits on anything, so they created a legally separate company that can (formally BBC Worldwide, now BBC Studios). So the BBC can’t do jack shit about this situation, as technically it’s got nothing to do with them. July 24, 2018 at 12:54 pm #234943 GlenTokyoParticipant >I’ve seen this mentioned before online and I’m not sure where this originated. Channel 4 does not get any of the licence fee. S4C get a bit, but Channel 4 funds itself. My bad. July 24, 2018 at 2:59 pm #234947 Pete Part ThreeParticipant Well, that’s alright, then. July 24, 2018 at 3:59 pm #234950 flanl3Participant formally BBC Worldwide As this is G&T, and I’m already confused enough already, I have to ask if you meant to say formerly. July 24, 2018 at 4:00 pm #234951 flanl3Participant I’m so confused that I’m using already twice. July 24, 2018 at 5:00 pm #234952 LilyParticipant >As this is G&T, and I’m already confused enough already, I have to ask if you meant to say formerly. Yes I did. Curse my reliance on spell checkers that can’t distinguish two similar words with entirely different meanings. July 24, 2018 at 5:03 pm #234953 Ben SaundersParticipant I once wrote an essay in which I referred to 666 as the number of the -beats-, multiple times. Since beats is a word I never noticed July 24, 2018 at 5:57 pm #234956 Quinn: Clochebusters World ChampionParticipant This is why you get someone else to proof read your work. You know what it is meant to say so don’t pay as close attention. July 24, 2018 at 6:21 pm #234959 Taiwan TonyParticipant What were you writing an essay about that you needed to reference 666 the number of the beast? July 24, 2018 at 8:11 pm #234965 DaveParticipant Iron Maiden? July 24, 2018 at 8:24 pm #234967 Ben SaundersParticipant I honestly don’t remember. My dad did proofread it for me, after I printed it out, then promptly made fun of me, so I never handed in the beats essay. Not Iron Maiden anyway. July 24, 2018 at 8:42 pm #234970 Bargain Bin HollyBlocked I always run my writing work through a text-to-speech system, not really for beneficial purposes more so to satisfy my ego but its caught misspellings sometimes July 24, 2018 at 8:53 pm #234971 Ben SaundersParticipant At first I thought you were saying you dictated your essays to a computer to satisfy your own ego, a bit like Rimmer, but that’s actually quite a good idea. Would surely take ages for a 4500 word essay though, don’t know if I can be bothered July 25, 2018 at 12:18 am #234976 HamishParticipant Not a 666 word essay? August 5, 2018 at 10:07 pm #235617 DaveParticipant This article has some interesting figures on how UKTV are losing out as a result of the dispute. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/aug/05/viewers-turn-to-freeview-after-virgin-media-uktv-dispute August 5, 2018 at 10:14 pm #235618 Bargain Bin HollyBlocked Well shit August 11, 2018 at 11:46 am #235850 LilyParticipant Looks like it’s been sorted out – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45154707 “The new agreement increases the number of catch-up hours available, with customers on the top-tier Full House plan gaining access to “significantly more” boxsets, the company said. It also adds access to HD versions of Dave and Gold for customers on the cheaper Virgin Mix plans.” August 11, 2018 at 1:26 pm #235851 Dax101Participant This certainly helps fund a new series… just wish i could be more happy about the prospect of Doug making new Red Dwarf. August 11, 2018 at 6:08 pm #235859 Bargain Bin HollyBlocked I hope Doug pushes for 8 episodes instead of 6 like the last series, also that he can get a special crossover made with Taskmaster or something. Up next on things probably not going to happen: The movie August 11, 2018 at 8:35 pm #235869 bloodtellerParticipant Can’t Task Won’t Task August 11, 2018 at 9:01 pm #235871 Ben PaddonParticipant Back in the Red, it seems. August 12, 2018 at 6:54 am #235884 flanl3Participant Zapped Dwarf August 12, 2018 at 8:20 am #235886 DaveParticipant QIeeg August 12, 2018 at 8:41 am #235887 RidleyParticipant Dave Lister: Future Life is Smeggish Author Replies Viewing 38 replies - 1 through 38 (of 38 total) Scroll to top • Scroll to Recent Forum Posts You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In