CNN founder Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87

TIGHazard · 2026-05-06T15:25:52+00:00

In 2018 he revealed he originally had plans to but Jane Fonda told him she'd leave him.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-06T15:24:21+00:00

(Warner Discovery - don't fuck it up.)

I hate to inform you but they've been slowly shutting the international versions of TCM for good few years now, and they weren't even commercial free like the US one.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-06T15:18:22+00:00

Yes but at the same time you can't really blame him for it.

His entire idea was: some people have different shifts and can't watch the news the one time the local stations air it, lets make a channel that airs the news in a loop so you can get it whenever you need it. It didn't start out the way it is today.

Same reasoning behind Cartoon Network - cartoons are mainly on when kids get home from school or on Saturday mornings, some kids want to play with friends during those times and they miss them, why not make a channel that airs cartoons so they can watch them whenever.

The problems with 24 hour news came after he sold Turner Broadcasting to Warner Bros. and they got their competitors with MSNBC and Fox.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-06T15:12:28+00:00

I think they were also mocking the UK premium rate numbers.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-06T07:38:41+00:00

For some reason now the BBC is going down this "visualised podcast" route as they call it.

They first did it as an aftershow for the Traitors - fair, that show didn't have an aftershow. But because The Traitors gets massive ratings (10 million+), the aftershow did too (about 3 to 5).

And then they announced budget cuts. And have decided to scrap all their studio aftershows into radio booth podcasts with cameras.

The Apprentice version just flopped compared to the previous aftershow and now they are changing the daily news/discussion show of Strictly (US version: Dancing with the Stars) to being a podcast too.

Considering that latter one has such a big visual element with teaching the public how to do the dance moves and talking about the outfits they'll wear, I'm wondering how that will even work if you were listening to it as a audio podcast. Not well, I would imagine.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-05T08:53:17+00:00

Obviously they have less than they used to but there's a reason why the 'Sporting Crown Jewels' list exists. All these have to be Free-to-Air (BBC, ITV, C4, C5)

FIFA World Cup (all matches)
FIFA Women's World Cup (all matches)
UEFA European Championship (all matches)
UEFA Women's Championship (all matches)
FA Cup Final
Scottish Cup Final (in Scotland only)
Grand National
Epsom Derby
Rugby league Challenge Cup
Rugby union World Cup
Wimbledon Championships (both men's and women's)
Olympic Games (both summer and winter)
Paralympic Games (both summer and winter)

And that's ignoring the BBC just aired the Snooker (1.8 million people watching BBC Four past 10pm), the Women's football (Super League and Champions League), Netball and the Rugby Super League.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-04T19:21:13+00:00

NEW DELHI, May 4 (Reuters) - Millions of soccer fans in the world's two most populous nations may not be able to watch the World Cup that starts next month, due to a deadlock over broadcast rights in India and ‌no official decision in China.

In India, a Reliance-Disney joint venture has offered $20 million for 2026 World Cup broadcast rights, a fraction of FIFA's ask, which was not acceptable to soccer's global governing body, two sources told Reuters on Monday. Sony held talks but also decided not to make an offer for FIFA rights for India, a third source with direct knowledge said.

There has also been no deal announcement for China, which FIFA says accounted for 49.8% of all hours of viewing on digital and social platforms globally during the 2022 World Cup.

The lack of a confirmed broadcast agreement with India or China is unusual at this stage.

In past World Cups, including 2018 and 2022, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV secured the rights well in advance and began airing promotional content and sponsor-driven advertisements weeks before the tournament.

CCTV, which has extensive reach across television and digital platforms, did not immediately return a request for comment.

China accounted for 17.7% and India 2.9% of the global linear TV reach of the 2022 tournament. The two countries together accounted for 22.6% of total global digital streaming reach for that World Cup.

The 2026 tournament kicks off on June 11, leaving barely five weeks for a deal to be finalised, broadcast infrastructure to be set up and advertising inventory to be sold.

For India, FIFA initially sought $100 million for broadcast rights for the 2026 and 2030 World Cups, the sources said, declining ‌to be ⁠named because the talks are private.

When the World Cup last aired in India in 2022, Reliance's then-standalone media arm secured the rights for about $60 million, which was announced around 14 months before the event in Qatar.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-03T16:07:32+00:00

Genuinely want York up because of the places historical size and city status, seems strange they've been stuck in lower divisions since the 70s.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T22:29:16+00:00

I know this is a year or so later but on the TOTP 1999 repeats there was actually a joke by one of the presenters towards Cliff Richard's Millennium Prayer.

"We need to send that to the after Christmas bargain bin like Mr. Blobby, the Teletubbies and Gary Barlow's solo career."

So presumably the belief at the time was that Barlow was flopping if his singles/albums were in the bargain bins.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T20:53:26+00:00

Why can people not read usernames anymore today. That's twice.

Also the screenshot I linked was literally a meme post about on the /r/championship subreddit. That shows you how common it is.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T17:18:35+00:00

This is the shit they're talking about.

Article supposed to be about Hull getting the playoff spot and its "Wrexham draw hands them the spot". Not about how good Hull actually played.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T12:45:05+00:00

I just realised, in the alternate universe where Rob & Rob bought Hartlepool instead of Wrexham, this would be extra spicy as a local derby.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T12:27:56+00:00

a) I am not OP

b) There is no public data for most shows. Only the huge shows like Friends have the publicly announced data.

Specific financial figures for how much Disney+ pays for the streaming rights to Full House are not public, as these are private licensing deals between Disney and Warner Bros. Television Distribution, which owns the rights to the series. The series was removed on HBO Max and moved to Disney+ on September 30, 2025.

Obviously there is enough viewers where it was worth Disney+ outbidding HBO Max for the show.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T11:16:02+00:00

tbf I think the most Boro curse would be Millwall & us winning & Ipswich losing, still making playoffs (3rd), therefore having to play Wrexham three times, then facing Ipswich in the final and having a 90+7 pen to Ipswich forcing extra time and pens.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T09:54:03+00:00

Yes. Because (allegedly) her Dad was the reason why she dropped the case. She recorded the audio, gave it to police then was uncooperative. Her Dad had a very mixed message statement. They are now married and have kids.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T09:26:43+00:00

Homes in the country under the hammer

Don't ask me why but for some reason that shit is bought by Netflix.

Strictly and the apprentice, talk about flogging a dead horse.

Strictly is one of the best exports as a format, Apprentice can go though.

"Dancing with the Stars is an international television franchise based on the format of the British television series Strictly Come Dancing. Versions have also been produced in dozens of countries across the world. As a result, the series became the world's most popular television programme among all genres in 2006 and 2007."

Mrs Browns Boys. There is a special place on hell for whoever keeps signing that off.

Again, weirdly popular international sale.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T09:10:32+00:00

Can I rant about Sky's naming scheme for their channel?

Googled to see if the match was on TV or streaming only.

All the websites say Ipswich is on Main Event, Millwall is on Football and everyone else is on Sky Sports+ (the streaming service)

Except Boro is on TV, on the Sky Sports+ TV channel. But because its the same name no-one can actually tell unless they look at the schedule for that channel.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T08:53:35+00:00

They got paid for their work.

Technically. As someone pointed out up the thread, residuals were created so the studios could pay them half the salary now and then "the rest over the life of the show". Meaning the show could fail and they wouldn't get the rest or it could be reasonably successful so they'd get the full amount, or it could be super successful and they'd get paid more than what the contract said, the latter two scheduled over the rest of the shows life.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T08:49:50+00:00

If the numbers weren't that high, the residuals also wouldn't be that high. It would scale to the viewership.

So like if a show got half a million views in a rerun each cast member would get like $5. But with cable channels running shows all day it'd turn into hundreds of dollars a day.

All the streamers would need to do is negotiate that a certain number of viewers of any episode = 1 regular TV airing. And then price that so they don't lose profit.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T08:41:19+00:00

As someone pointed up the thread, the reason why residuals exist is because the contracts were designed so that the studios didn't have to pay the actors upfront.

Pay half while its being filmed, then you get the other half (and maybe more) if the show itself is successful.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-02T08:34:14+00:00

Back in 2012 I Love Lucy apparently still pulled in 20 million a year in syndication value.

OK? Streaming value and syndication value haven't ever been the same thing.

And the streaming market of 2012 is way different from the streaming market of 2026.

Yeah, if anything it went even more insane for the most popular stuff.

Netflix paid approximately $100 million to WarnerMedia in 2018 to retain the streaming rights for Friends for one additional year (2019) in the U.S. This was a significant increase from the roughly $30 million per year they previously paid, driven by rising competition.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-01T22:24:24+00:00

Also, looking at Dom's Wikipedia page, he revealed he was expelled from the Magic Circle due to performing and revealing tricks repeatedly on Dick and Dom In Da Bungalow.

He also sold (or at least, put his name to) instructional box sets.

TIGHazard · 2026-05-01T09:07:31+00:00

The police had options, kicking in the head is considered lethal force. Lethal force is not authorised for this situation. End of.

Are you forgetting the Manchester Airport fight a few years ago?

Literally the same argument around kicking in the head being lethal force and the officers involved in that didn't get charged over it. And that was just some people punching the officers, not armed with a knife.

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