Chiggy Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 FALSE ALARM - SEE LAST POST You have probably heard the bad news by now .......but in case you havent Virgin 1 is moving to Sky Channel 121. Virgin 1 is thus destined to become just another Star Trek channel. Every week night was a happy time for DS9 fans and now that is gone. Each episode had around 210,000 UK viewers. Well it looks like I`ll just have to settle with those midnight showings of TNG on BBC2! Do you think DS9 will pull more viewers in the UK now it is with Sky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloane31 Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Ooh, I didnt know :( That's really not fair, there should be something on freeview for fans Wasn't that the point of Virgin buying the rights in the first place?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiggy Posted February 14, 2008 Author Share Posted February 14, 2008 I think Virgin are in for a shock. The reason why the attracted so many viewers was because they offered shows which were not available on other UK terrestrial channels. They marketed themselves as the 'the new home of Star Trek', a clever marketing ploy because they knew that they were exploiting a niche. Since every other Sky channel is showing Star Trek there is no niche to exploit. They will probably get even less viewers on Sky, silly really when you consider advertising generates the majority of revenue for the channel. I feel a little let down by Virgin, since I watched every episode of Star Trek they aired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbb Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 DS9 has a strong following so it is unfortunate. I prefer TNG myself but DS9 had some very good stories, the dominion war in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloane31 Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 That's true Virgin are in for a shock. They really don't realise they have created a big following for themselves. :( Looks like it's back to the DVD's again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiggy Posted February 16, 2008 Author Share Posted February 16, 2008 FALSE ALARM ;D It is only the sky channel number that is moving up. Virgin 1 will be staying with Channel 20 on Freeview. I hope no one has taken to the bottle? You may be of been just a little premature! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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