Re: Bloody football!

From	"J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
Newsgroups	uk.tech.broadcast
Subject	Re: Bloody football!
Date	2026-06-27 20:58 +0100
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On 2026/6/27 15:34:26, John Williamson wrote:
> On 27/06/2026 12:07, Scott wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:11:50 +0100, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:
[]
>>> I tend to watch the 'regular scheduled channels' most of the time
>>> because I know what I am going to find there.  I can't be bothered with
>>> most of the others and also they tend to just have lots of crap.
>>
>> I think you are missing the point here. No-one is suggesting watching
>> a bunch of obscure and niche channels. The suggestion is that services
>> like BBC iPlayer allow you to pick the programmes you want at the time
>> you want them.

JMB99 and I don't want to watch "obscure and niche channels" - at least,
if we do, we're willing to hunt for them. It's the tendency to disrupt
regular scheduling on common/popular channels that we are objecting to -
and the use of "oh, you can find your normal prog. on iPlayer" or
similar to justify the disruption. Why not put the cause of the
disruption (often sport!) on iPlayer and/or the "obscure" channel.
> 
> As long as your broadband is reliably fast enough and your TV is smart 
> enough. In my case, neither is true.
> 
My non-smart TVs work fine.  I get _extremely_ fed up with "press red to
watch ...".
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

Does the pope sh*t in the woods? - John Cleese (2017-4-22 or before)

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Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-17 22:42 +0100
  Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-17 23:14 +0100
    Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-18 06:10 +0000
      Re: Bloody football! liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-06-18 09:46 +0100
        Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-18 18:54 +0100
          Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-18 20:36 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-19 09:18 +0100
  Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-18 08:03 +0100
  Re: Bloody football! jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> - 2026-06-25 01:24 +0000
    Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-25 14:12 +0100
      Re: Bloody football! Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-06-25 15:31 +0000
      Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-25 20:45 +0100
        Re: Bloody football! Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-26 08:12 +0100
          Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-26 12:11 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-26 19:21 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-27 09:49 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-27 20:50 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-27 12:07 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-27 15:34 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-27 20:58 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-27 23:37 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 01:26 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 11:20 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 12:50 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 13:41 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 14:13 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 13:26 +0000
                Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-29 13:22 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-29 12:34 +0000
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-29 14:41 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-29 18:48 +0100
        Re: Bloody football! Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2026-06-28 10:55 +0000
          Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 12:56 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 14:00 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 14:20 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 15:59 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 18:36 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 21:46 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 16:10 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 16:17 +0100

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