Dear Bob, in regards to this message to Niels Petersen.

 > >> This one calls itself Briz-31

 > HC> Aha, and it differentiates itself from regular commercial telivision

 > NP> It's operating on a temporary licence dunno much else, I don't watch 

 > NP> I runs under the Umbrella of RTV Renaissance Television. their motto 

 >  CH31 Sydney is now off the air,


Aha.

 > having run for 11 years on their "temporary" licence.


Aha, obviously somebodys definition of "temporary" is a bit lax.

 > The replacement won't transmit (if it ever does) until 2005.


Which is a while off, if as you say, it happens at all.

 > How hard would it have been to provide another channel?


That is a verry good question.

 > I assume that Public Access TV in Oz is about to go the way of free  
       > eductation,


Aha.

 > Medicare,


Aha.

 > and the rest.


One should never assume or presume anything, i certainly intend trying to
prevent that happening.

 > Thank you,


Indeed.

 > Johnny Shitface.


Over my dead body Johnny Shitface.

 > RTV was only part of the story.


Good to read.

 > CH31 *daytime* ran under Renaissance TV which was fairly-well
organised      > showing old unwanted (by commercial stations) series
and old movies.


Yes RTV is very well organised if completely unoriginal and apparently
proud of it and borring as hell in parts.

 > All the crap no open else wanted.


Aha, crap is right.

 > I watched Victory at Sea again.


How many times?.

 > The rest was a shambles of mostly ethnic programs for overseas (in
foreign   > language with some Emglish) plus genuine public access.


Aha, aimed at any specific demographic?, here its seems it is aimed
directly at the University students.

 > We had the anarchists,


Aha.

 > amateur producers,


Aha.

 > short films,


Aha.

 > a vegan cooking program,


Aha, we have something like that only ours also seems to be a bit of a
devout god botherer as well.

 > something indescribable (Blokes World) that seemed to promote
motocross and  > prostitution,


We had that show i think, for all of about 5 minutes, i suspect one of this
states tragically large number of Family First or Christian Democrats
Voters happened across it while they were looking for either 77 Sunset
Strip or Benny Hinn

 > standup comedians,


Aha.

 > a medical program,


We have one of them too, i think ours comes from DWTV.

 > and god only knows what!


DWTV's Lifestyle shows?.

 > I actually watched it fairly regularly.


And the alternative is?.

 > Blokes World was a hoot compared to Rove,


I would not know i never got to watch it, although i suspect you are right,
i suspect it had more intestinal fortitude then anything any commercial
telivision station would touch with a fourty foot pole.

 > and the rest was wonderfully spontaneous,


Aha.

 > anmateurish and stuffed up.


I dont particularly like amaturish and stuffed up, did you get Syncity?, i
Hate that shows hosts.

 > All you needed was a video camera and something to say,


And it does not even have to be Original?

 > and they'd give you a time slot of your own.


Which is great exept the something should be original IMO which IMO it far
too often is not.

 > Admittedly the signal was bloody awful,


Yep.

 > the wog-TV was a waste of space,


IYO.

 > the levels were always wrong,


Aha.

 > but it was interesting!


Yes it was.

 > Which is more than you can say for the programming-crap TV serves up
in      > 2004.


Amen, anyway ttfn.

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