It's not official but the Anime Network looks finished
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CitizenGeek
Guild Member
This is unusual - I thought Anime Network was doing well for them?
Will-O'-The-Wisp
Cardcaptor
Ditto, to CitizenGeek. Guess Anime central's arrival maybe "stole" their viewers?
Will-O'-The-Wisp
Cardcaptor
Hmm, it could be the Channel PropellerTV itself. As far as I know, it's not a very popular channel if you take out Anime Network so they could be closing down and removing what they've got. Just an idea.
Deidara said:
I think Propeller is a public funded channel. I can't see Propeller closing down at all.
It's odd if Anime Network is their highest rated show why remove it? It does'nt make sense. I'd like to know if it was a case of ADV cancelling their deal with Propeller or vice versa?
J_C_X said:
I was talking about the anime network website
I was thinking it doesn't make sense adv would give up so easily.
This isn't some amateur low funded channel like rapture this is a large buisness and a desicion like this wouldn't be made on a spur of the moment so what there planning is beyond me :/
XnickX said:J_C_X said:
I was talking about the anime network website
I was thinking it doesn't make sense adv would give up so easily.
This isn't some amateur low funded channel like rapture this is a large buisness and a desicion like this wouldn't be made on a spur of the moment so what there planning is beyond me :/
I know that I'd just like to see if the deal has been cancelled.
ConanThe3rd
Railgun
Propeller has just lost about 99.9% of it's viewership.
I meen what else did it have? Pretensious Experimental Movies?
I meen what else did it have? Pretensious Experimental Movies?
I don't think anything has been "canceled". ADV probably signed a 6 month contract with Propeller TV and decided that, for whatever reason (ratings, obviously), it wasn't worth renewing. If you remember back to the statements released by the presenters, they made it clear they weren't fired, which suggests that, most likely, AN simply won't exist to employ them past December. I'm a little baffled ADV are yet to release any statements about all of this... It's a bit of a kick in the teeth for the fans who have supported AN since June to let it just fade away without so much as a warning.
Also, the ratings must have fallen fairly drastically over autumn (around about the time Anime Central launched). At AmeCon (which is late August) they were announcing the expansion of Anime Network from just weekends to every week night... It's surprising how it's fallen from grace so rapidly.
Also, the ratings must have fallen fairly drastically over autumn (around about the time Anime Central launched). At AmeCon (which is late August) they were announcing the expansion of Anime Network from just weekends to every week night... It's surprising how it's fallen from grace so rapidly.
Paul said:
Which is strange, I bought the anime special of SFX not that long back it had a feature on the Anime Network.
Well both Hugh David and the guy who runs Propeller claimed it was the highest rated show on Propeller. It seems odd even with the launch of Animecentralm, it has fallen to unexceptable levels to continue. So the way I see it this must have came from ADV not Propeller.
I have a suspicion that they may well have or are in the middle of striking a deal with another channel. As I understand it there is no advertising on Propeller, which means that TAN would probably be running at a loss (unless Propeller paid them for content rather than TAN paying Propeller for a forum). With that in mind a channel whereby they can advertise and take a share of the advertising revenue during their slot would constitute a much better deal. The stint with Propeller could easily have been a proof of concept with which ADV could then propose a deal with other channels.