Bren
12th May 2008, 22:13
Skys stand on Sci Fi Channel
From the NZ Herald site (http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/griffins-tech-blog/2008/5/12/telecom-wont-lock-handsets-sci-fi-channel-update/?c_id=5)
Sky wants the Sci-Fi channel too
Sky TV chief executive John Fellet may have a life-size cardboard cut-out of John Wayne standing in his office and a framed poster for Walk the Line, the biopic on Johnny Cash, but he's a confirmed Sci-Fi fan.
As such, he's fully in support of the petition (http://www.gopetition.com/online/18635.html) that has been launched to bring the Sci-Fi channel to New Zealand (it now has nearly 1700 names).
Fellet says Sci-Fi channel has been on the agenda before when the network holds its regular beauty parade of prospective content providers during which it hears pitches for new channels from all over the world.
The issue to date is that the Sci-Fi Channel has been bundled with another channel Sky doesn't need. If Sky can get access to the Sci-FI Channel on its own, the chances of it coming to New Zealand are much greater. Negotiations continue, at least Sky now knows there's huge demand for the channel here and we know Fellet wants it too!
From the NZ Herald site (http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/griffins-tech-blog/2008/5/12/telecom-wont-lock-handsets-sci-fi-channel-update/?c_id=5)
Sky wants the Sci-Fi channel too
Sky TV chief executive John Fellet may have a life-size cardboard cut-out of John Wayne standing in his office and a framed poster for Walk the Line, the biopic on Johnny Cash, but he's a confirmed Sci-Fi fan.
As such, he's fully in support of the petition (http://www.gopetition.com/online/18635.html) that has been launched to bring the Sci-Fi channel to New Zealand (it now has nearly 1700 names).
Fellet says Sci-Fi channel has been on the agenda before when the network holds its regular beauty parade of prospective content providers during which it hears pitches for new channels from all over the world.
The issue to date is that the Sci-Fi Channel has been bundled with another channel Sky doesn't need. If Sky can get access to the Sci-FI Channel on its own, the chances of it coming to New Zealand are much greater. Negotiations continue, at least Sky now knows there's huge demand for the channel here and we know Fellet wants it too!