Wednesday, September 20, 2006

NDTV 24*7 on Comet Cable

The Indian english news channel NDTV 24*7 has been launched on Comet Cable as a replacement for Fashion Tv. This would mean that Fashion Tv has got the boot from Comet Cable. This is not a channel that people will miss much though.

We hear that Comet was testing NDTV and Nick before replacing Fashion Tv. If that is so then is Nick available on Comet Cable? Is Nick being telecast for 24 hrs or being interchanged with another channel.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

NDTV sucks. It's all very India specific news, like all these people freaking out about problems I don't understand. At least half-naked women have a universal appeal

Anonymous said...

What the hell does blogger mean that this is not a channel that will be missed much? If you think that - you and your market researchers should be sacked for incompetence. Idiots.

We want our FTV! Not all of us a Sinhala Buddhists who are afraid of beautiful women.

I reiterate that there should be a proportionate deduction for unilateral alteration of contractual terms.

Anonymous said...

What Mr SK Dutt of Bangalore (some random jonny interviewed on NDTV) thinks of the Indian economy is as appealing as the prospect of watching paint dry... on a bus stand... in Maradana... at 1pm.

Getting rid of Fashion TV just shows how comet is pandering to the lowest common (and I mean common) denominator who wish to impose their narrow minded views on the rest of the population. Does comet feel that the Sri Lankan public isn't mature enough to choose what they want to watch. Surely it is technically feasible that comet can selectively block FTV for the sake of the more sensitive (read: gay! gay! gay!) viewers who wish not to view some of god's finest creations and leave the rest of us in peace to ogle said creations.

Frankly the removal of the channel without consulting viewers is what pisses me off... I love Fashion TV it's a great channel, after work there's no better way to relax than to watch drop dead gorgeous women parade infront of you in lingerie.

Get FTV back on Comet or at least give us the option of having it or not.

Anonymous said...

I agree with Sophist. How did you form the opinion that Fashion TV is unimportant to viewers?

I got cable because of Fashion TV. And I'd like a refund if you're going to take this off air permanently.

Anonymous said...

The loss of fashion TV is a sign of the repressed and pathetic situation our beloved country is in.

Clearly comet cable does not have the will or the desire to satisfy their customers since they seem to have caved in to what THEY seem to think is common consensus.

You are also leaving yourself open to lawsuits. We figured that your brave claim of upgrading your service to digital was bulls%$t, but taking away a channel that we've already paid for is going to get your anus into court.

Anonymous said...

Frankly I was under impression that you couldn’t afford the charges of FTV and that’s why it was "temporarily" off the air. Cos this does happen to you'll very frequently.

Your marketing research is as crap as your customer care... It’s a good thing for Comet that there is no alternative yet...

Anonymous said...

As Sophist said "I WANT MY FTV!!!!"
And the audacity to replace it with NDTV???? Are you raving mad? Thats like marrying Charlize Theron and divorcing her for CMC woman in the orange jacket that comes to take away the orange bins on the big smelly green truck! Bad enough your music channel (save VH1!) is all indian music, and your sports channels are saturated with indian cricket, indian hockey and more freaking indian cricket! And the basis? Would you like it if you came home after a tiring day and your chilled beer in the fridge had been replaced with haliborange??? Inflation is sky rocketing, rush hour is hell coz half the roads are closed to 'protect' VIPs (Very Incompetent Politicians), taxes on cigarettes and alcohol is absurd, wives get more headaches than nuclear physicists, and the only form of relaxation - FTV - is now taken off the air!!! As SOON as a competing entity enters the cable TV market, just WATCH your numbers drop, whether your competitors HAVE or HAVENT FTV on their lineup, purely for your utter lack of respect for consumer loyalty, i hope your revenues dwindle and then your nightmares will be tormended with the eerie whispers ... "Fff..... Ffff... FTV .... Midnight... HOTTTT...." and you will suffer an aneurism. And not a single leftist will grieve for you. And when you're out at a cocktail party where all the wives are 200+ pound pycherderm-like matriarchs and u see the men gritting their teeth and downing ultra-expensive scotch due the absolute lack of aesthetic beauty from their lives, DARE NOT introduce yourself as a member of COMET staff.

Anonymous said...

Please get FTV back on air there's bugger all to do in SL as it is.
It's also the only thing that keeps me from divorcing my wife and losing her fortune. So for the sake of my health and wealth please bring the damn thing back or else I'll have to resort to fantasizing that I am with Anarkali as opposed to Adriana Lima

Anonymous said...

this is crazy,
I was just about to get a connection and now..
noooooo way.... will wait for CBN SAT to return

Anonymous said...

Was it on this condition that you avoided getting shut down? Or did you just not pay your subs? Either way, see what happens to your customer base the moment another player comes into the scene.... Bring back FTv!!!!

Anonymous said...

We want our FTV!

I heard that FTV went off the air becuase some monkey in the government thought that the curves were not suitable for our straight asses. What a load of crap! We love the curves, we want the curves, if King Kasyapa could get them painted in his dungeon, we need the modern version in our pad, 24x7..!

Only NuDeTV 24x7 can, and should, replace FTV. Nothing less.

Anonymous said...

Meth thats a beauty! Yes, anarkali vs. midnight hot is kinda like a Hiace Van vs. a Range rover.

And yes, if there are frescoes of naked, very ...bountiful.. women in sigiriya and all that, why the double standard with the odd thong? Thongs are they way forward. Its streamlining a garment to save raw materials to ensure sustainability of clothing for future generations.

Anonymous said...

Is it because it reminds politicians how ugly their wives are?? Well...is it?

Anonymous said...

NDTV is a completely useless and irrelevant channel- and it's meant for Indian audiences and frankly I doubt anyone other than some news buff who doesn't care what they're watching so long as it's news. Calling for a replacement pronto!If not FTV which I don't much for something else please!