Comments on: Freeview’s simultaneous Australian launch.

By: N McDonnell

N McDonnell — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:44:02 +0000

Load of nothing, purchased set top HD box no chanel 10 on southern cross.They cannot supply any answers.

By: Vera

Vera — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:09:54 +0000

Hi
First thought was, cool! now I can drop Austar and save some money, yaay. Then when I was told that we would be getting double ups and nothing much else on Freeview I thought… why bother? The free to air channels are going to look very silly with what comes down to a public relations hype. They are missing a real opportunity to compete with pay TV in their own field, but no. Once again it’s just a gimmick. Really, no way will I buy another set top box to watch basically the same stuff I’m watching now with a few extra channels thrown in that are dedicated to sport/news etc. Seriously guys… you have to do better than this.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:59:26 +0000

An amazing 15 channels :-\

By: Shylar

Shylar — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:40:02 +0000

I didn’t realise you guys spelt ‘programme’ without the ‘me’ at the end til I saw that.

Anyway, I KNEW the ad looked familiar. I’m pretty sure an Orange ad used a similar concept, too.

Love the blog =]

By: Quim

Quim — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:22:36 +0000

Absolutelly agree with luis.

By: luis

luis — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:53:12 +0000

This is a shameful rip off of Noah Harris’ ad for Ford

http://www.noahharris.co.uk/projects/ford-fiesta/

But a nasty and cheap copy….

By: Sean O'Brien

Sean O'Brien — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:42:01 +0000

Christ! Only 15 channels! I can only pray the boxes will be as cheap as they’ve become in the UK!

By: ocelot

ocelot — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:09:25 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyFHyLb47Vg

hmmm ?

By: ZanderSchubert

ZanderSchubert — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:22:05 +0000

According to the site, the “fifteen channels (wow!)” are the twelve we’re getting right now (ABC1, ABC2, ABC HD, SBS, SBS News, SBS HD, Seven, Seven HD, Nine, Nine HD, Ten, Ten HD) and the three new SD channels that the commercials are launching next year. In other words, same crud, different tin.

If Aussies are getting digital TV because of the “bonus content”, I’m sure they’ll feel slightly underwhelmed, even now.