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Where does it say ICW were at fault? More to the point where does it say ICW should be banned? Surely if the scheduling problem is fixed then OFCOM have no issues.

It doesn't specifically say ICW were at fault, but they're the ones that have been punished by having their programming taken off the air, whilst MyChannel slaps the wrists of one of their employees and goes on with its business.

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Where does it say ICW were at fault? More to the point where does it say ICW should be banned? Surely if the scheduling problem is fixed then OFCOM have no issues.

It doesn't specifically say ICW were at fault, but they're the ones that have been punished by having their programming taken off the air, whilst MyChannel slaps the wrists of one of their employees and goes on with its business.

The interesting point here (for me) that OFCOM will go to the show producers if the fault is their end and will say so in these reviews ( I read them as part of my job, hence how I knew it was coming up.) So for me it seems that OFCOM had no issues with ICW and that either MyChannel have used it as an excuse to get shut or some other reason.

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Where does it say ICW were at fault? More to the point where does it say ICW should be banned? Surely if the scheduling problem is fixed then OFCOM have no issues.

It doesn't specifically say ICW were at fault, but they're the ones that have been punished by having their programming taken off the air, whilst MyChannel slaps the wrists of one of their employees and goes on with its business.

That wasn't OFCOM's decision, though. The decision to remove the ICW programming was just MyChannel's way of making sure they never made the same error again.

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For those that that are interested, here's OFCOM's official ruling on the whole MyChannel debacle. http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/...b208/obb208.pdf

 

Dam that is pretty stupid, It's like putting a porno on and blaming the porno. Why ICW is being made the scapegoat I have no idea. I wonder if ICW could sue Mychannel for damages?

 

What would the damages be in this case? It is clear ICW isnt at fault so I am not sure what the damages would be? I am asking as I may just misunderstand, not to shit stir. It appears they have been treate very harshly but I dont think it will impact their business in a huge way will it? Maybe I am being a bit naive about it all.

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It should be noted that this show aired at 5am and the cut off was 5.30am for any swearing.

 

Channel completely at fault, lucky to not be handed a huge fine and ICW have been cut to make it look like they have took a stern decision with Ofcom, but in reality - so the program doesn't need to be checked by the "Head of programming" and its a token sacrifice to avoid the fine. Unbelievable that a company to control standards can have such double standards.

 

How anybody couldn't see that they are the only ones to blame and they tried to show their stance by removing the program they messed up on, speaks volumes for the standards ofcom work by. Unbelivable

 

Damages to ICW would be simple, loss of earnings, equivilent to unfair dismissal, damage to reputation, and obviously dependant on the contract they had signed there could be more.

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Its clear ICW arent to blame but its also clear nobody is blaming them. My Channel have admitted it was their cock up and got off lightly as a result. ICW havent been treated failry but I can only assume the contract wasnt a brilliant one otherwise they would have much better grounds for complaint for, as you say, unfair removal from the channel. There has been a lot said online that would probably jeopardise any potential case.

 

Regarding reputation and loss of earnings, nobody has blamed ICW although I understand it would still potentially impact reputation but I dont think it would have much impact on their earnings. Again, I might be totally naive or taking some things forgranted as I am not in the know in terms of ICW inner workings.

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That is what they can go for, there isn't any certainty it would be upheld or they would win, but while they aren't being blamed they are the only people losing out due to somebody else's negligence, the channel messed up and unfairly (and with unjust force) and negitively impacted ICW's business for their mistake.

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The channel never paid us and we didn't pay them. I just saw it as a opportunity to increase brand awareness that could in turn make us money from other anvenues. I worked out a deal when we moved to 9.30 were if I could get a sponsor for the show we would keep all that money. I had several pretty big companies interested but put a halt to them when we got pulled from the air. The things about this situation that really don't sit right with me are the fact they never even hinted that we might be pulled from the air, never mentioned why we were in trouble and let us believe it was for the 9.30 slot. They even went as far as to tell us to keep making episodes, we made a further 8, to make 8 episodes takes a great deal of time. We were left in the dark right up until the phone call telling me we were taken off the air. I wasn't interested in suing them initially all I wanted was them to publicly apoligise to us, that would have been enough for me. Since ofcom released thier newsletter with the details of what went down it hit afew major media sites that people from channels read that in turn could deter them from even opening talks with us. If we had talks with a channel we could explain to them but getting those meeting now will be harder and it isnt exactly the best way to open the talks. We have had interest from two other channels about the same size as MyChannel but its not something at this time im interested in persuing at this time. At the very least now im gonna sit down and have a word with a lawyer.

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Those things are what I meant when saying I might be taking things forgranted. I am assuming the TV wouldnt have much impact on attendance but never factored in sponsorship, etc. Its clear how much their mismanagement of the situation and the relationshipwith ICW has impacted Mark's potential revenue streams.

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