Top Gear Australia to Channel 9

And they are denying that they edited the programme. They say they get an edited version from the Beeb. BBC Worldwide is saying that they provide a 50 minute international version. Nobody is addressing how it got edited down to 41 minutes.
 
And they are denying that they edited the programme. They say they get an edited version from the Beeb. BBC Worldwide is saying that they provide a 50 minute international version. Nobody is addressing how it got edited down to 41 minutes.

Oh wow, really? What a joke. You got a source for that?
 
And they are denying that they edited the programme. They say they get an edited version from the Beeb. BBC Worldwide is saying that they provide a 50 minute international version. Nobody is addressing how it got edited down to 41 minutes.

mediawatch@your.abc.net.au

In case it's a slow news week this week and they want to take a break from sinking the boot into alleged 'news' sources.
 
BBC Worldwide is aware of audience confusion over edits and intends to be monitoring it closely in the future.

What's BBC going to do? If they're not happy can they even scrap the deal and offer the rights to someone else?
 
What's BBC going to do? If they're not happy can they even scrap the deal and offer the rights to someone else?

Not that fast. But i think there is some "keep the integrity of the provided program"-clause in the contract (not unlike radio stations are forbidden to remove the guitar solo from "Hotel California" to make it more airplay-friendly).
 
Nein are getting smashed on their comments page. :lol:

Still, they didn't post my comment. <_<

Holey moley! It's a sea of hate.

The moderators have been busy. It was stuck on 70 comments for ages.

I wonder what their weekly report will look like.

"Well, overall, the comments show that erm... people thought, erm... people are very, erm... they're very... 'passionate'... yes, passionate about TopGear. That's good, right?"

Also, as someone on the TV Tonight comments said, it looks like Ch9 are upscaling the SD version to HD. It certainly didn't look as 'crisp' as it could have.

This may be because the Int version is only SD, but more likely Nine are trying to save money by buying the cheaper SD version. Hmmm.
 
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If its true that Nine paid $19million for the rights for two seasons, then I'm sure that BBC Worldwide would be providing the best version that they can.
 
Channel Nine have decided to stuff around with Top Gear even more.The next episode that will air on Tuesday week won't be S14 Ep2,but S14 Ep4

:rolleyes:
 
Channel Nine have decided to stuff around with Top Gear even more.The next episode that will air on Tuesday week won't be S14 Ep2,but S14 Ep4

:rolleyes:

Need a facepalm emoticon for these situations. This will have to do... :wall:
 
Channel Nine have decided to stuff around with Top Gear even more.The next episode that will air on Tuesday week won't be S14 Ep2,but S14 Ep4

:rolleyes:

WHAT?!?!?

Now THAT is fucked. Oh my god. They have to be doing this on purpose.
 
If its true that Nine paid $19million for the rights for two seasons, then I'm sure that BBC Worldwide would be providing the best version that they can.

Given that Nein are absolute fucking muppets, BBC Worldwide probably didn't even bother offering them the option of HD.

Once TG's ratings begin to plummet - with the TG faithful refusing to watch it on Nein and the mouthbreathing bogans Nein wanted to attract to TG giving up on it after hearing about Nein cutting the guts out of it - expect one of Nein's programming supremos to utter something along the lines of 'that's not gone well'. Hence my earlier comments about seeing TGUK ending up on GO!

Sadly, all I can see is the TG franchise in Australia being arseraped to within an inch of its life. :cry:
 
Channel Nine have decided to stuff around with Top Gear even more.The next episode that will air on Tuesday week won't be S14 Ep2,but S14 Ep4

:rolleyes:


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Channel Nine have decided to stuff around with Top Gear even more.The next episode that will air on Tuesday week won't be S14 Ep2,but S14 Ep4

:rolleyes:

Not only that, but its followed by series 5, episode 1 and the two combined are scheduled to go for two hours. So unless they are reducing the amount of ads, it'll be butchered again.
 
Not only that, but its followed by series 5, episode 1 and the two combined are scheduled to go for two hours. So unless they are reducing the amount of ads, it'll be butchered again.

:blowup:

I knew Nein would do a bad job, but I didn't realise it would be THIS bad. Wilman needs to get on a plane to Sydney and kick James Packer and David Gyngell in the nuts, post haste.

On a slightly happier (!) note, I'm sure SBS are positively glowing in schadenfreude right now.
 
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I don't think James Packer has anything to do with Nine any more. Didn't he sell his share of it to go into casinos instead?

I think he's lurking around somewhere. Senator Stephen Conroy got a nice bollocking on ABC Radio National yesterday for playing a round of golf with James Packer on the day the $250m licence fee rebate to commercial TV stations was announced, so I'm guessing he must still have some sort of involvement with Nein.
 
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