cbs2newengland 71 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Am I the only one who sees a close parallel between diginets and early cable TV? Nope, because I called it earlier in the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbs2newengland 71 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 As more and more of these channels come into existence, and available channel space is depleted, especially if a repack occurs, ATSC is going to have to move into an MPEG4 compression scheme. Not a big fan of PAL like effects due to compressions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVIntheDesert 183 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Oh yes, another digital subchannel focused on a type of show(s) and in this case, game shows. I guess stations don't care about 24/7 weather coverage on TV anymore. I thought WeatherNation TV would catch fire like other digital subchannels, but I guess not. It's still struggling to capture affiliates as of this post and right now, I don't know if 24/7 local weather coverage on a digital subchannel can survive anymore, since most have dropped it for either Antenna TV, Me-TV, etc. KPHO and the rest of the Meredith chain sure love their weather subchannels. Even though they sure as heck don't know how or when to schedule those awful mandated "E/I" kids shows (it's 3:30 on a Sunday afternoon, and KPHO 5.2 weather is showing E/I. How inconvenient). Not to mention Sinclair is slowly adding WeatherNation to their stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glimmer 240 Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 http://variety.com/2015/digital/news/fremantlemedia-hits-on-buzzr-youtube-channel-with-classic-game-show-reboots-1201429965/ Expected launch date for Buzzr TV is May 31; the YouTube channel will be producing mini-editions of Family Feud, Password, Body Language and Celebrity Name Game, some of which may air on the TV channel as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl19ga114sc105 3 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 Thought I bump this thread, as Buzzr launched June 1st, 2015. I'm impressed with it being true to its word and airing all classic game shows even in prime time. It's awesome to see the Richard Dawson Family Fued on the air again, and my personal favorite, Press Your Luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1367 Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 My favorite is Card Sharks. The one question is when is Buzzr going to air The Price is Right (Cullen or Barker). It would be nice that Buzzr can update is program schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'm enjoying Match Game '78 and Tattletales (the shows on when I'm home and awake...). Some of the contestants on the show were clueless - one recent episode went 0-0 through both rounds and the "champ" won the tie breaker 1-0... Tattletales was interesting in the first episode I caught: panelists were Bill Cullen and his wife, Allen Ludden and Betty White, and Chuck Woolery and then-wife Joann Pflug: including Bert Convy (the host), there were 5 game show hosts on the program at one time (although Chuck hadn't started Wheel of Fortune when this show was taped/aired. My favorite line was from Betty White: When asked "if a high school girl asks for the pill, would you approve her getting it?", to which Betty answered "Yes, you should give it to her, and he pill also..." This was back in early 74... J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 670 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 My favorite is Card Sharks. The one question is when is Buzzr going to air The Price is Right (Cullen or Barker). It would be nice that Buzzr can update is program schedule. From what I've heard, no plans for TPIR right now, so as not to dilute the Drew Carey version on CBS - though they have no issue with the Monty Hall version of Let's Make A Deal... I'm guessing it's two things: - Early half hour shows often gave away fur coats (from Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills); After Bob Barker became an animal rights activist, he didn't want the episodes aired (and thus Drew Carey still reminding everyone to have your pets spayed or neutered...) - Other episodes are an hour long; so far they're sticking with half hour programs right now. Also, they do include the in-show promotions/ads. The only thing I've seen "replaced" is the "Mark Goodson/Bill Todman" with the Fremantle Media ending... I give the network a big thumbs up! J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrknowitall526 108 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 From what I've heard, no plans for TPIR right now, so as not to dilute the Drew Carey version on CBS - though they have no issue with the Monty Hall version of Let's Make A Deal... I'm guessing it's two things: - Early half hour shows often gave away fur coats (from Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills); After Bob Barker became an animal rights activist, he didn't want the episodes aired (and thus Drew Carey still reminding everyone to have your pets spayed or neutered...) - Other episodes are an hour long; so far they're sticking with half hour programs right now. Also, they do include the in-show promotions/ads. The only thing I've seen "replaced" is the "Mark Goodson/Bill Todman" with the Fremantle Media ending... I give the network a big thumbs up! J GSN stopped airing TPIR years ago, maybe 10 or so. There was some sort of a disagreement with carriage rights and such, so they stopped altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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