top gear and chanel 9

[Copie]

Originally Posted by Neeek

Don't hold your breath.

And sadly, don't think that by boycotting one show it will hurt 9's coffers either. I typically don't watch 9 at all - didn't really before, as none of the shows they broadcast appeal to me. So I can whinge and stamp my feet as much as I want, but it'll make no difference to them. Same with the majority on this forum who worship Top Gear - won't make a tiny bit of difference to 9.

Just go to finalgear.com, download uTorrent and watch the full UK episodes... just make sure you've got a big hard drive, a fast PC and a big broadband plan!

each episode is usually around 700mb, and at 7 episodes a pop thats 4.9gb, which most plans have that sort of quota. Decent quality and only slightly less then what you see on standard HD tv.

if you want 720 or 1080, then they come up to a few gb in size (hell last spartacus episode i procured was 7.3gb in size)

[Neeek]

Originally Posted by Copie

each episode is usually around 700mb, and at 7 episodes a pop thats 4.9gb, which most plans have that sort of quota. Decent quality and only slightly less then what you see on standard HD tv.

if you want 720 or 1080, then they come up to a few gb in size (hell last spartacus episode i procured was 7.3gb in size)

Yep, SD is about 700Mb. The two HD ones are 1.5Gb and 4.5Gb in size...

[ZC001]

Nine don't care what you think. You don't pay them, the advertisers do. And they have bought TopGear and because it is popular and they think they have bought ratings points.

If you're unhappy now, wait until TopGear Australia hits the screens.
Some fool at Nine thinks a person somewhere wants to see 'Warnie' on tv between text messages. "What were they thinking".
I'll lay money on Eddie Everywhere being the 'celebrity' driver in an early episode. (puke)

[mrbaxr6t]

Originally Posted by ZC001

Nine don't care what you think. You don't pay them, the advertisers do. And they have bought TopGear and because it is popular and they think they have bought ratings points.

If you're unhappy now, wait until TopGear Australia hits the screens.
Some fool at Nine thinks a person somewhere wants to see 'Warnie' on tv between text messages. "What were they thinking".
I'll lay money on Eddie Everywhere being the 'celebrity' driver in an early episode. (puke)

they can think they have bought ratings all they like fact is they should have bought ratings but they stuffed it up. All the shows' older longer running fans are disgusted at the contempt displayed by nein and as a result will find alternate means to watch this great show while the pompous rear end stuffing at nein sit around scratching their heads as to where the SBS ratings went.


On a unrelated topic I seen an ad for top gear on nein and they advertised it as it IS - an episode and the American special I think another 2 hour hatchet job by nein to get ratings - I won't be watching.

[austyphoon]

Originally Posted by mrbaxr6t

they can think they have bought ratings all they like fact is they should have bought ratings but they stuffed it up. All the shows' older longer running fans are disgusted at the contempt displayed by nein and as a result will find alternate means to watch this great show while the pompous rear end stuffing at nein sit around scratching their heads as to where the SBS ratings went.

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I don't understand...You clearly didn't see the ratings top gear got on nine? 1.6m viewers making it the highest rated show since the new ratings season started Feb 7, compared that to the 1m when sbs had TG.

Like it or not, TG is a massive winner for nine.

[Bucknaked]

It's on free to air. What do you expect from something that you get free of charge. I wished foxtel had the rights and made all the whingers pay to watch it. Then I'm sure you'd really have something to complain about. Even when it's free, people still arn't happy :

[Bushbasher]

Originally Posted by austyphoon

I don't understand...You clearly didn't see the ratings top gear got on nine? 1.6m viewers making it the highest rated show since the new ratings season started Feb 7, compared that to the 1m when sbs had TG.

Like it or not, TG is a massive winner for nine.

Everyone might have tuned in to see how 9 handled and presented the show but I bet heaps tuned out before it was over and I would put money on the numbers not being anywhere as good for the next show. Unless they put all the content back in I recon their audience will keep dwindling. I dread to think what they're going to do to Top Gear Australia when it comes back.


Bushbasher

[austyphoon]

Originally Posted by Bushbasher

Everyone might have tuned in to see how 9 handled and presented the show but I bet heaps tuned out before it was over and I would put money on the numbers not being anywhere as good for the next show. Unless they put all the content back in I recon their audience will keep dwindling. I dread to think what they're going to do to Top Gear Australia when it comes back.


Bushbasher

Why does everyone automatically assume that all of Australia has seen the uncut version BBC shows???? I guarantee mainstream Australia don't know of any other version.

I remember SBS responded to protests from fans about the shorten version compared to BBC. This was their response.

With all Top Gear UK episodes SBS shows the BBC international version which is provided by BBC Worldwide who distributes the show. On occasion there are some segments on the UK version of the show which are not cleared for international distribution (usually because of music rights or other international rights issues). SBS always shows the entirety of any episode of Top Gear UK it receives. There was no independent editing from SBS

So no matter how much you ********** and moan, we will NEVER get the uncut footage as it's out of nine's hands.

[mrbaxr6t]

Originally Posted by austyphoon

Why does everyone automatically assume that all of Australia has seen the uncut version BBC shows???? I guarantee mainstream Australia don't know of any other version.

I remember SBS responded to protests from fans about the shorten version compared to BBC. This was their response.



So no matter how much you ********** and moan, we will NEVER get the uncut footage as it's out of nine's hands.

All I want from nein is the international version of top gear uncut - and when advertising the show say what it is not blurt "2 hour season premiere" when more than half the show was a hatchet job on old footage that hardcore fans have seen.

[duaned]

Are you guys getting TG on channel 9 or GO(99)? Just saw the advert here in Newcastle where the show will be on GO! (ch88 Thursday night) so there goes any chance of reasonable bitrate to enjoy the show!

[aussie muscle]

i watch TG on BBC Knowledge (612). anyone know if that's a cut down version? they do have lots of ads.

[last fairlane]

Well I watched TG tonight for a while it was the one about the bus,tug,catering van, fuel truck and the fire engine
it looked famillia to me
so we turned it over then later on we went back and it was the one about
buying cheap cars in the USA so I watched NCIS and TG during the ad breaks
and also got the last 15 minutes of it and it was still in the USA and they were talking about hurricane Katrina thats was a few years ago wasnt it?
anyway so much for new episodes
lost me for good I reckon
John

[Melz]

I think the first hour is new episodes, and the 2nd hour is repeats....

[ltd]

I saw more of Christina Kenneally than I did of Jeremy Clarkson.
BTW, SBS had the international version and channel 9 have edited that to make way for more ads. Pretty poor effort really.

[RG]

It appears they may have listened to you.

TG will now be on GO! Thursday nights too. Less ads there and twice a week. Can't complain now.

[rancidpunx]

Just noticed on the foxtel TV guide that 9 has TG shedualed from 8.30-9.40, seems to be an extra 10mins longer now.

As for the BBC knowledge TG shows, they are edited also. An hour time slot with ads for a program that is originally one hour long.

[Rodp]

Originally Posted by rancidpunx

Just noticed on the foxtel TV guide that 9 has TG shedualed from 8.30-9.40, seems to be an extra 10mins longer now.

As for the BBC knowledge TG shows, they are edited also. An hour time slot with ads for a program that is originally one hour long.

Had to watch it while over a mates place. The news was there, I didn't see a star in a reasonably priced car but I didn't get to watch all of it. It was annoying how many times it broke into adds in the middle of a bit though. Disrupted the flow. My complaints about the adds have only given me a job of burning DVD's for the next 3 months. :togo:

[ltd]

Saw it last night, loved how many Toyota ads were on it. I suppose that's the only way Toyota can ever try to flog their wares as JC isn't a fan (exept for old Hilux's). To quote JC; "If I ever have a bout of insomnia I just look at a picture of a camry and I'm right off."