Is it just me, or did not many people notice 7 network go down the other night?

[mattabat@gmail.com]

Hello,
I'm one of those people who didn't notice the 7 network go down the
other night..
Is it an indictment on me or what the 7 network had on at the time that
so many seemed not to notice? :)
It was Blue Heelers that was interrupted, right?

--
mattabat

[The Captain]

You're probably reading the wrong NG for this topic - it has been flayed to
death in AUS.TV, but as this NG is specifically for pay tv, it wouldnt have
rated a mention.

The outage was due to a power loss at Docklands (??) which caused the
nationwide blackout for supposedly 35 minutes. Seven have now accepted
their fate and are advertising a double episode of Heelers next week.

Cheers
Cap

<mattabat@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I'm one of those people who didn't notice the 7 network go down the
> other night..
> Is it an indictment on me or what the 7 network had on at the time that
> so many seemed not to notice? :)
> It was Blue Heelers that was interrupted, right?
>
> --
> mattabat
>

[Firefly]

<mattabat@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1113472265.191672.316950@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Hello,
> I'm one of those people who didn't notice the 7 network go down the
> other night..
> Is it an indictment on me or what the 7 network had on at the time that
> so many seemed not to notice? :)
> It was Blue Heelers that was interrupted, right?

I wouldn't have noticed if every 7 viewer hadn't rushed straight to their
PCs to create their own thread in aus.tv about it.

[BF]

The Captain wrote:

> The outage was due to a power loss at Docklands (??) which caused the
> nationwide blackout for supposedly 35 minutes.


how is it that a power loss in one city affected all the country?
surely they weren't transmitting Blue H from melbourne accros the
country - ads for one are different - and it wasn't a live telecast -
and there was no "back shortly" announcement which surely would be
controlled from individual cities - so what is the real deal about what
happened?

[Noons]

mattabat@gmail.com apparently said,on my timestamp of 14/04/2005 7:51 PM:

> Hello,
> I'm one of those people who didn't notice the 7 network go down the
> other night..
> Is it an indictment on me or what the 7 network had on at the time that
> so many seemed not to notice? :)
> It was Blue Heelers that was interrupted, right?
>
> --
> mattabat
>


Dunno about that, but all digital channels are cactus in
Sydney's Northern beaches except for SBS, as I speak.

Piece of shit technology...

--
Cheers
Nuno Souto
in sunny Sydney, Australia
wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au.nospam

[qwerty]

Noons wrote:

> Dunno about that, but all digital channels are cactus in
> Sydney's Northern beaches except for SBS, as I speak.

Hmm, not where I live on the Northern Beaches. Must be your box.

[Joan]

I agree with qwerty.

"qwerty" <qwerty@qwerty.com> wrote in message
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: Noons wrote:
:
: > Dunno about that, but all digital channels are cactus in
: > Sydney's Northern beaches except for SBS, as I speak.
:
: Hmm, not where I live on the Northern Beaches. Must be your box.
:
:

[Noons]

qwerty apparently said,on my timestamp of 14/04/2005 9:53 PM:

> Noons wrote:
>
>
>>Dunno about that, but all digital channels are cactus in
>>Sydney's Northern beaches except for SBS, as I speak.
>
>
> Hmm, not where I live on the Northern Beaches. Must be your box.
>
>

My box displays SBS OK but not the others and it's broken?
Must be a wog box, then...


--
Cheers
Nuno Souto
in sunny Sydney, Australia
wizofoz2k@yahoo.com.au.nospam

[Anthony Horan]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:25:52 +1000, BF wrote:

> how is it that a power loss in one city affected all the country?
> surely they weren't transmitting Blue H from melbourne accros the
> country

Actually yes, they are. Seven's Melbourne (Docklands) studio is the hub of
all feeds to Australian capital cities.

[hazchem]

Didn't the ratings end up showing that over 600,000 kept watching the
blank screen? Or didn't turn it off at least . . .

I suppose though, if you've only got 5 channels to choose from, a blank
screen is better than CSI: version 20 trillion on Ch9 or whatever else
the FTA channels had on.

[Daran Murphy]

Watched a tape of it. Prime showed 35 mins of commercials


"hazchem" <hazchem.discordia@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Didn't the ratings end up showing that over 600,000 kept watching the
> blank screen? Or didn't turn it off at least . . .
>
> I suppose though, if you've only got 5 channels to choose from, a blank
> screen is better than CSI: version 20 trillion on Ch9 or whatever else
> the FTA channels had on.
>

[Firefly]

Doesn't the code of conduct say 16 minutes maximum per hour? Somebody should
complain.

"Daran Murphy" <obviously@bigpoooond.net> wrote in message
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> Watched a tape of it. Prime showed 35 mins of commercials
>
>
> "hazchem" <hazchem.discordia@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1113604201.734579.125310@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>> Didn't the ratings end up showing that over 600,000 kept watching the
>> blank screen? Or didn't turn it off at least . . .
>>
>> I suppose though, if you've only got 5 channels to choose from, a blank
>> screen is better than CSI: version 20 trillion on Ch9 or whatever else
>> the FTA channels had on.
>>
>
>

[Daran Murphy]

I suppose they were waiting on 7 to come back online....


"Firefly" <brightlight@nite.com> wrote in message
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> Doesn't the code of conduct say 16 minutes maximum per hour? Somebody
> should complain.
>
> "Daran Murphy" <obviously@bigpoooond.net> wrote in message
> news:kzX7e.12458$5F3.7857@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Watched a tape of it. Prime showed 35 mins of commercials
>>
>>
>> "hazchem" <hazchem.discordia@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1113604201.734579.125310@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>> Didn't the ratings end up showing that over 600,000 kept watching the
>>> blank screen? Or didn't turn it off at least . . .
>>>
>>> I suppose though, if you've only got 5 channels to choose from, a blank
>>> screen is better than CSI: version 20 trillion on Ch9 or whatever else
>>> the FTA channels had on.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Brissie]

On 15 Apr 2005 15:30:01 -0700, "hazchem" <hazchem.discordia@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Didn't the ratings end up showing that over 600,000 kept watching the
>blank screen? Or didn't turn it off at least . . .
>
>I suppose though, if you've only got 5 channels to choose from, a blank
>screen is better than CSI: version 20 trillion on Ch9 or whatever else
>the FTA channels had on.

People were waiting for it to come back on

[Brissie]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:25:52 +1000, BF <BF@BF.com.au> wrote:

>
>
>The Captain wrote:
>
>> The outage was due to a power loss at Docklands (??) which caused the
>> nationwide blackout for supposedly 35 minutes.
>
>
>how is it that a power loss in one city affected all the country?
>surely they weren't transmitting Blue H from melbourne accros the
>country - ads for one are different - and it wasn't a live telecast -
>and there was no "back shortly" announcement which surely would be
>controlled from individual cities - so what is the real deal about what
>happened?

There was 'Back shortly' annoucnements or advertisiments on most
regional stations - but all the 7 network owned stations (Brisbane,
Sydney, Melbourne, Adeladie and Perth) had nothing, because everything
is handled out of Melbourne (and Sydney if Melbourne is down - but the
transfer of broadcast failed to work that night). It comes out of
Melbourne into the local city, and then beamed from there. Local city
broadcasts are beamed to Melbourne, beamed back to the city, and
transmitted over the air.

That's why early last year when Brisbane's transmitter went down, we
had nothing for 30 minutes. Then for the next 3 hours we got Channel 7
Sydney.

[Rod Speed]

Firefly <brightlight@nite.com> wrote in message
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> Doesn't the code of conduct say 16 minutes maximum per hour?

Not anymore.

> Somebody should complain.

If you do, you'll be told to go and fuck yourself
in appropriately bureaucratic language.


> "Daran Murphy" <obviously@bigpoooond.net> wrote in message
> news:kzX7e.12458$5F3.7857@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Watched a tape of it. Prime showed 35 mins of commercials
>>
>>
>> "hazchem" <hazchem.discordia@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1113604201.734579.125310@f14g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>>> Didn't the ratings end up showing that over 600,000 kept watching the
>>> blank screen? Or didn't turn it off at least . . .
>>>
>>> I suppose though, if you've only got 5 channels to choose from, a blank
>>> screen is better than CSI: version 20 trillion on Ch9 or whatever else
>>> the FTA channels had on.
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

[Firefly]

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Firefly <brightlight@nite.com> wrote in message
> news:gw%7e.12714$5F3.10768@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>
>> Doesn't the code of conduct say 16 minutes maximum per hour?
>
> Not anymore.
>
I see that you're right. It's actually less.

[Rod Speed]

Firefly <brightlight@nite.com> wrote in message
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> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>> Firefly <brightlight@nite.com> wrote

>>> Doesn't the code of conduct say 16 minutes maximum per hour?

>> Not anymore.

> I see that you're right. It's actually less.

Nope, it aint specified in minutes per hour anymore.

[Firefly]

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Firefly <brightlight@nite.com> wrote in message
> news:ltr8e.14426$5F3.5592@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote
>>> Firefly <brightlight@nite.com> wrote
>
>>>> Doesn't the code of conduct say 16 minutes maximum per hour?
>
>>> Not anymore.
>
>> I see that you're right. It's actually less.
>
> Nope, it aint specified in minutes per hour anymore.
According to Section 5 of the current code of practice it is.
http://www.aba.gov.au/tv/content/codes/commercial/Documents/CodeofPractice-July2004.pdf

The exact figures are detailed in S5.7
"5.7 In any hour, each licensee may (provided that the averages in Clause
5.6 are satisfied)
schedule the following amounts of non-program matter:

5.7.1 between 6.00pm and midnight outside election periods - up to 15
minutes per
hour, but with no more than 14 minutes scheduled in any four of those hours;

5.7.2 between 6.00pm and midnight in election periods - up to 15 minutes per
hour,
plus one minute per hour of non-program matter that is political matter,
provided
that the licensee supplies to Free TV Australia for public release an hourly
summary of political advertising and other non-program matter in respect of
each
day in which this additional minute has been utilised;

5.7.3 at all other times - up to 16 minutes."

[Mr.T]

"Brissie" <brissie@zwallet.com> wrote in message
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> People were waiting for it to come back on

Anybody who watches a blank screen for 40 minutes waiting for a TV show to
come on, doesn't really need to get a life, they should just give up now!

However there is no proof anyone actually did.

MrT.