Nothing in Rockhampton but I assume that is because it is SCA9 …
Yep, no 9Gem HD on Nine Newcastle.
Seriously? 10 only screwed it up when Lachlan joined the company to destroy the free-to-air rival to his pay-TV empire.
Perhaps if Nine bid rights to afl on 2022 and share it with seven on a lucrative deal. Nine could telecast Saturday Arvo Andy saturday night as well as Anzac Day, Queens Birthday and finals footy.
Doubt any FTA network will ever again pull off what 10 did in the 2002 - 2006 rights agreement whereby they had exclusive rights to all finals games
To be fair ONE HD always rated very average. Only getting a boost from AFL simulcast and a couple of other magazine shows.
ONE was taking viewers off Fox, and was out rating them. So the Murdoch’s do what they do best, buy the competitor and kill them off.
And this saw 10 losibg afl rights and causing the network to lose more money in 2012 with poor ratings and revenue
Exactly and because Ten’s ratings were never blockbuster, of course no one would be watching One HD. Otherise OneHD by Ten was dismal.
All the Nine Network programs in the Newcastle area run from 80 (9HD Newcastle) through 81; 82;83;84;85;88;
The only HD channel showing this morning is still the 9HD/80 … 82 is Gem SD; 83 & 88 Go/SD and 85 still shows up as “Your Money”/SD and a black screen/Blank page.
Very disappointing for a Major Regional Market Nine Network owned Station, broadcasting from the Central Coast/NSW through to the Queensland Border and all points out west.
9Gem HD is now in pure HD, instead of an upscaled version.
It still hasn’t adapted a 9Gem HD logo, but the logo looks much better.
Meanwhile SCA9 Canberra still has a religious channel in the slot where 9Gem HD should be.
Campmeeting doesn’t interest you?
A spokesperson for NINE has told me “the current plan” is for 9GEMHD to operate until the end of The Ashes. Of course this could potentially change depending on audience response.
Yeah, I guess it makes sense for Nine to see how audiences respond to 9GemHD before possibly making the channel a permanent addition to the lineup if successful.
I think that’s just the quality of the Hot Seat repeat.
Looks standard 1080p on terrestrial for me
Yep you were right. Quality on 9HD looks the same as before the change.
I’d be interested in doing a transport stream analysis later tonight to see what the bitrates are looking like!
ONE was smashing the competition