Thanks must go out to Andy for this beaut!
Hope he doesn’t mind that I’ve taken some of his brilliant words;
Brilliant. Just noticed this while channel flipping. M-Net are going to start showing repeats of popular shows… based on load shedding schedules. So, Eskom takes you down – fear not, because the latest episode of the late 30s hormonal housewives or whiny promiscuous doctors is just a channel-click away.
I think this is a sterling idea if you are a TV loving obsessive surfing type of person. Mnet hasn’t really been at the forefront of pushing the envelope in technological developments and different sorts of viewing (in my opinion). But this is a refreshing move for them that I can recognise is necessary.
However you know its coming, I think that people seriously need to let the TV thing go. Maybe we should be using this load shedding to recover our innate need to communicate with people we don’t usually communicate with. So my thoughts? Get over it, have a cup of Rooibos tea, light up a candle and talk to your family.
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March 19th, 2008 at 9:28 am
My pleasure… send some of that server crashing traffic of yours my way
March 19th, 2008 at 9:47 am
Dunno about server crashing! But hopefully you get some sort of “mini-spike”. Instead of the Digg-effect maybe we can call it the “rocks-effect”!!! hahahaha. Or, maybe not.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:04 am
Yeh, keep the TV switched off. Read, talk and listen to music (on the mp3-player or iPod if the no power). This country needs bridges build through communication between the diverse cultures and TV is robbing us of that opportunity – mostly anyway bad news and depressing stuff on why not too live here. I love this country and its diversity. Let talk! Dialogue from which solutions to crime, HIV/Aids, corruption, economy, etc will flow.
March 20th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Read between the lines! MNET is creating another dud channel and will pump advertisers with fake date in order for them to buy advertising space on a channel that shows recycled material! Another money making scheme from a company that has been monopolising pay TV with content that would never survive if there was real competition.
March 20th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Read between the lines! MNET is creating another dud channel and will pump advertisers with cooked statistics (viewer-ship) in order for them to buy advertising space on a channel that shows recycled material! Another money making scheme from a company that has been monopolising pay TV with content that would never survive if there was real competition.
March 20th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Read between the lines. MNET is creating another dud channel and will pump advertisers with cooked statistics (viewer-ship) in order for them to buy advertising space on a channel that shows recycled material. Another money making scheme from a company that has been monopolising pay TV with content that would never survive if there was real competition. Poor media buyers will be bombarded with ‘opportunities’ to have their products visible to the masses that are plagued by Eskom’s madness. I am laughing so hard.
March 25th, 2008 at 9:27 am
I love this idea. I dont even watch a lot of tv, but think this is good planning.
In the UK, on their freeview channels they have a “+1″ system. Meaning you can watch channel4 or channel4+1 (the same programming an hour later).
March 25th, 2008 at 10:44 am
I love this channel – I’ve already caught up on the beloved prison break and greys anatomy that were missed, compliments of Eskom! I say well done M-Net!