This is probably the best thread to share this following article.
I know it’s a hypothetical question but…
A channel cut-off war between Viceland and ABC ME is stupid anyways. We already have most of the Viceland programmes elsewhere. ABC ME providing children’s programmes (non-preschool) on free-to-air and it being available in rural areas as well as metro centres (Looking at you, 10Shake)? Way more important.
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The specific example (viceland vs me) is probably a bit silly but it does represent a difficult decision that would have to be made - cutting the available capacity in half will require both broadcasters to choose which services they would keep/remove
It’s especially difficult when the broadcasters have different expectations around what services they offer
I don’t think it should be a decision putting an ABC channels up against an SBS channel to choose which stays and which goes - the decision on how each broadcaster uses their slice of the available space should be a decision for them alone
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It’s 1986 all over again!!!
Cutting off either Viceland and/or ABC Me is a bit silly. But some shows on Viceland could be moved to ABC Plus.
Jeopardy, for example. A great American game show. This could easily be moved to ABCPlus. At the 7.30pm slot. How many times can someone watch Spicks and specks repeats (as much as i love the show). Viceland can air other niche gameshows from non-English nations