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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This is the official answer I got back from Granada.
After the recent acquisition of GSB by ITV, PLUS ceased broadcasting at
5pm on Monday 1st November.
You will be pleased to know that some of your favourite PLUS programmes
will be found in the future on ITV3.
We would like to thank all our viewers for their loyalty and support
over the past 8 years.
Regards,
Sophia Ellis
Presentation Co-Ordinator
Granada Sky Broadcasting
Could this be the start of the decline of Sky? I used to watch Plus a lot and ITV3 is not the same, it also claims to be on 24 hours when it turns into a shopping channel at 1.00am! The Discovery channel seems also to have lost the plot, so why should I give Sky �19 a month when I can have freeview? and if I subscribe to Top up tv I can have uk gold for �7.
We have had Sky then Sky+ for a long time. Now Plus is no longer tranmitting Sky will soon be discontinued. As usual it is the top executives who have made money out of the deal with no thought for the viewers. So my disabled friend has lost all his classic sitcom viewing and TV is now the bottom of the barrel. Obviously those at the top of Granada are complete ***** without even common courtesy to give the viewers a message and an apology. What do others think?
Richard.
My disabled mother watched every day series like wycliffe, murder she wrote, taggart, PD james etc - she loved these programmes - and apart from the original ITV/BBC channels she watched Granada Plus almost exclusively. Now it is gone she is stopping her subscription to sky. I feel desperately sorry for her and disgusted with those responsible who clearly have no thought for the viewers - I also agree with other respondent views about the flat and dull american fare being touted. Lets have the decent progs back and not this ITV3 rubbish!
I was dismayed and angry at the sudden un announced demise of Plus. I really looked forward to my Saturday morning lie ins watching old Corrie. Also used to enjoy the old sit coms when I was on a day off.
Why was no notice given about this. I also thought ITV3 was a brand new channel. There was no mention during all the expensive advertising for ITV3 that this would be at the cost of losing Plus.
Whoever made this decision - it was unwise. If they scrap UK Gold that's it - the end of my subscription. I remember when UK Gold introduced UKG2 - it's nothing like UK Gold - dire I think sums it up!
Old Telly - you're right UKG2 is pure garbage and after seeing Granada Plus was gone - you can imagine my delight at finding I now had been given UKG2 + 1 - I need that like a hole in the head and I'd be up for a petition too - and som would my 70 year old parents who watch Granada Plus and UKGold only
I emailed thru the link on the GSB website and received the same stock reply the others got. So I replied back saying that I could have read that on the website and I expected at least the courtesy of a personalised reply. The person replied to me again, saying that the staff working on the PLUS channel hadn't found out until 4.30pm on the day that their channel was shutting down and she was only allowed to give the official answer.
I agree that all mention of ITV3 in advertising never specified it was at the sake of PLUS, but I don't think the Sky rumour mentioned above is correct. Sky customer services told me they didn't find out until 4.30 on the day - half an hour before PLUS went off air.
We are seriously considering stopping Sky when our first year's subscription runs out as PLUS was the only decent channel on it.
ITV 3 is rubbish - supposed to be for the over 35's yet seems to have endless showings of who wants to be a millionaire. Bring back the programmes which used to be shown on Plus - especially the Classic Crime shows from the 70's (how about a Channel for the over 40's?)
Let's hope UK GOld isn't next ...
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