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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / Australian Group / August 2008Channel Ten Goes On Australian Idol 2008 Cover-Up Spree
Channel Ten has been accused for an online marketing "cover-up spree", in which numerous fan videos promoting Jeremy Shum for 2009 have been deleted, in order to ensure strong ratings for 2008. This has upset various users, who have vowed to respond by not watching the 2008 series, in lead to 2009 which is expected to be a hit. When a user now attempts to visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mkP0fWg_qc, they are addressed with a legal message which states "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd". YouTube has responded by removing the videos. Neither Channel Ten nor YouTube would comment on the circumstances, in light of a possibility that Australian Idol 2008 may be the last series on national television, following the footsteps of Big Brother. Media critics have also noted Australian Idol's "family-friendly" product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing members of the Hillsong Church in consecutive weeks, once Channel Seven had revealed the Australian Idol Top 12 who admitted to being Christian. On Aug 17, 3:27 pm, nixonhay...@gmail.com wrote: > Channel Ten has been accused for an online marketing "cover-up spree", > in which numerous fan videos promoting Jeremy Shum for 2009 have been [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Seven had revealed the Australian Idol Top 12 who admitted to being > Christian. only mindless drones will watch this drivel. On Aug 16, 10:27 pm, nixonhay...@gmail.com wrote: > Channel Ten has been accused for an online marketing "cover-up spree", > in which numerous fan videos promoting Jeremy Shum for 2009 have been > deleted, in order to ensure strong ratings for 2008. This has upset > various users, who have vowed to respond by not watching the 2008 > series, in lead to 2009 which is expected to be a hit. Ummmm... Someone help me here. Someone is putting up a number of fan videos promoting a certain contestant for 2009, and the AusIdol people are taking them down for copyright violation or the like? Something more is going on here, and I'd like more of the backstory behind this... > When a user now attempts to visithttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mkP0fWg_qc, > they are addressed with a legal message which states "This video is no > longer available due to a copyright claim by Warner/Chappell Music > Australia Pty Ltd". YouTube has responded by removing the videos. OK, but reading this appears to indicate that Jeremy Shum is: 1) Already receiving significant support for a 2009 AusIdol season, and 2) That Shum is already under contract to Warner/Chappell. Or is Shum a 2008 contestant? Any Aussies down there, help us understand this... > Neither Channel Ten nor YouTube would comment on the circumstances, in > light of a possibility that Australian Idol 2008 may be the last > series on national television, following the footsteps of Big Brother. The Idol franchise is on its way out. > Media critics have also noted Australian Idol's "family-friendly" > product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing > members of the Hillsong Church in consecutive weeks, once Channel > Seven had revealed the Australian Idol Top 12 who admitted to being > Christian. So AusIdol is as fixed as the American version, eh? No real shock there... Why risk a champion who is completely unsaleable? Idol is all about control. Not even God can compete with TPTB. Mike On Aug 19, 4:12 am, darkstar7...@gmail.com wrote: > On Aug 16, 10:27 pm, nixonhay...@gmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] > > Mike What has Australian Idol honestly got to cover up anyway? It's all useless nonsense; it's all about control of the mass. I think just as Channel Ten stopped airing American Idol, Australian Idol is the next to go. This "cover-up" spree is just another example of why Australian Idol doesn't deserve a "2009"; so sorry Jeremy Shum fans, but this is it, in my opinion. I'm still unclear as to exactly what is going on here. Unless they have already named the 2009 winner (Shum) and signed him (!!! -- a full season in advance!) and built the entire AusIdol franchise for the next minimum of two seasons around this guy, I don't see what's going on here. Now, knowing the Idol franchise, that's exactly what I think has happened, but I'm just not clear as to what's being put together here, that's all. Mike > Media critics have also noted Australian Idol's "family-friendly" > product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing > members of the Hillsong Church in consecutive weeks, once Channel > Seven had revealed the Australian Idol Top 12 who admitted to being > Christian. > So AusIdol is as fixed as the American version, eh? No real shock > there... Why risk a champion who is completely unsaleable? Theyve done it before, with Casey Donovan > > Media critics have also noted Australian Idol's "family-friendly" > > product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Theyve done it before, with Casey Donovan Who? On Aug 23, 8:30 pm, "Michael" <mich...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Media critics have also noted Australian Idol's "family-friendly" > > product placement is somehow out of line with it's actions in removing [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Theyve done it before, with Casey Donovan > Who? exactly ;-) On Aug 17, 3:27 pm, nixonhay...@gmail.com wrote: > Channel Ten has been accused for an online marketing "cover-up spree", > in which numerous fan videos promoting Jeremy Shum for 2009 have been [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Seven had revealed the Australian Idol Top 12 who admitted to being > Christian. That's not much of an admission. I was baaptised into the catholic church? Am I a christian? |
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