Extreme Sports channel balls up

[weaselboy]

Just enjoying Destination X, Angle vs Anderson is about to start and Extreme Sports end the show because its 12.30 and they need to show endless boring clips of men riding motorbikes around a muddy field in Dartford.

Extreme Sports first TNA ppv outing has been most irritating.

[foxy]

The on screen guide says that Destination X started at 22:00pm and finishes at 1:30pm. Maybe this dirt bike programme is the reason for the extra 30 mins.

[Legion]

My on screen guide says Dusk to Dawn is now on until 1.30 and has no mention of Destination X coming back on

[foxy]

I'm on Virgin so i don't think they do the live on screen guide like Sky do.

[Nickybojelais]

I recorded this (so I can forward through the crap!) and had my suspicions that something was wrong when I looked in my planner and saw it had completed the recording of the show just after 12:30, pleased I checked on here before settling down to watch it and getting P O'd about it.

Why is it channels mess up such a simple things?

[Above Average]

So, will the rest of the PPV actually get shown? Not best pleased.

[Legion]

I Don't blame the channel.

I blame 'WCW' and the fact they have obviously decided they dont give a toss about their UK fan base by taking the PPVs away from Bravo and dumping them on either useless backwater channels or, if they still are, on that stupid pay as you go BT thing.

[Above Average]

Mar 26, 2010 20:15:57 GMT -5 Legion said:

I Don't blame the channel.

I blame 'WCW' and the fact they have obviously decided they dont give a toss about their UK fan base by taking the PPVs away from Bravo and dumping them on either useless backwater channels or, if they still are, on that stupid pay as you go BT thing.

Stick with the devil you know and all that eh?

Bravo 2 may have had 1 hour of adverts, but a) it was earlier in the week and b) it actually SHOWED THE PPV!

[TheDarkestKnight]

TNA really needs to get a grip with it's PPV situation in the UK. I mean TNA has a big fanbase in the UK so you don't want to go mucking them about with rubbish like this.

[Above Average]

Got to wonder what channel we're getting the PPV on next month eh?

Will Bravo 2 take them back?

[Legion]

Do we even know why they took the PPVs off Bravo to start with?

[Bram wants to 'urt you]

At a guess, money. Moving to BT Vision which was on a pay as you go service (as I understand it) likely meant that TNA got a block payment from BT which would be irrespective of how many PPVs the service actually sold. It's a franchise deal of sorts: you pay me a set amount for my product, and then the possibility is there for you to make a fortune, but only by selling x number of the product. If and how you sell that many is entirely in your hands, I've got my cash so it's up to you to recoup your investment.

Oh and plus I can also deny any responsibility for how things pan out.

Angry TNA UK fan: Hey Ironfist, you said we'd be getting our PPV's from MuppetChannel inc, yet they show them at 3am with a zillion commercials, cut them off halfway through the main event and superimpose Batman style "BLAM!"s over the chairshots. I'm not a happy camper. What you gonna do about it, brother?

IronfistWrestlingCorps: So sorry, Angry TNAFan. You need to take this up with MuppetChannel. I provided them with the PPV's uncut, complete and ready to go. They're the ones who decided how and when to edit and broadcast them, go and take it up with them because I'm busy. <whistle's nonchalantly and goes back to counting the huge pile of cash received from MuppetChannel Inc.>

[Above Average]

Mar 27, 2010 4:18:59 GMT -5 Bram wants to 'urt you said:

At a guess, money. Moving to BT Vision which was on a pay as you go service (as I understand it) likely meant that TNA got a block payment from BT which would be irrespective of how many PPVs the service actually sold. It's a franchise deal of sorts: you pay me a set amount for my product, and then the possibility is there for you to make a fortune, but only by selling x number of the product. If and how you sell that many is entirely in your hands, I've got my cash so it's up to you to recoup your investment.

Oh and plus I can also deny any responsibility for how things pan out.

Angry TNA UK fan: Hey Ironfist, you said we'd be getting our PPV's from MuppetChannel inc, yet they show them at 3am with a zillion commercials, cut them off halfway through the main event and superimpose Batman style "BLAM!"s over the chairshots. I'm not a happy camper. What you gonna do about it, brother?

IronfistWrestlingCorps: So sorry, Angry TNAFan. You need to take this up with MuppetChannel. I provided them with the PPV's uncut, complete and ready to go. They're the ones who decided how and when to edit and broadcast them, go and take it up with them because I'm busy. <whistle's nonchalantly and goes back to counting the huge pile of cash received from MuppetChannel Inc.>

Sad but true.

Is it being replayed at all? Is replayed the right word?

[Michael Coello]

From TNA's site:

UK FANS: TNA Wrestling is aware that there were problems with the broadcast of "Destination X" on Friday night in the United Kingdom on Extreme Sports. We are working with Extreme to rectify the problems. We apologize for the inconvenience.

[Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie]

thanks for telling me that they were even showing it, was taping something else and was just flicking through my favourites on sky, and lo and behold it was showing it

THANKS A LOT
;D

thankfully i already d/l it so i can watch it after (i get a soundcard, that it )

[Above Average]

I saw it was being shown from 11pm last night... clashing with WrestleMania.

Is there another showing?

[dpg]

At least they've apologised. From what I read Bravo didn't want to pay more money for the PPV's, extreme sports did. TNA doesn't exactly print cash, so they had to switch.

[comahan]

From the UK’s Extreme Sports Channel:

Extreme Sports Channel apologises to the UK TNA fans disappointed by the broadcast of TNA - Destination X on Friday 26th March, which was inadvertently cut short as the result of a data entry error in our scheduling system.

We’re committed to broadcasting TNA programming for its many loyal UK fans and we take our responsibility to our viewers seriously. We are conducting a full review to investigate how this error occurred and will take measures to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

There will be full repeats of Destination X on Wednesday 31st March at 21.00 BST, on Saturday 3rd April at 23.00 BST and Sunday 11th April at 23.00 BST.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused to TNA fans who tuned in on Friday and we hope to see you all again for Lockdown in April.

[dpg]

Well, they seem to want to sort it out, good on them.

[Quote the Tozz, Nevermore.]

Yay! That means I can watch it all now. ;D