Finally! FreeView Explained Clearly!
Comedian Dan Ilic and Triple J TV host Marc Fennell have created the most concise Freeview commercial to date. If you were wondering what all the fuss is about, your explanation is right here…
The clip is part of the duo’s upcoming show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival called Massage My Medium (Or how to save TV in 55 minutes). If the rest of the show is as accurate and humourous as this clip, it should be a winner. You can get more details (and book tickets) to the show here.
UPDATE: So I got Marc Fennell to pitch the show to me, and I thought I’d pass it on to you guys:
The show is called Massage My Medium
Media pundits have been saying that Television is a dead medium. They say that the YouTubes are taking over. They claim that the industry isn’t adapting fast enough to account for pirates, dramatic prairie dogs, and fat kids practicing for their Jedi entrance exams. And we want find out if its true… is the television network really dead?
Dan Ilic (of Beaconsfield: The Musical and Ch 10’s Ronnie Johns Half Hour fame) and Marc Fennell (of here and triple j fame) are doing at show at this year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival.
It’s a show all about television and how its dying. We’re a couple of media junkies ready to rip apart Australian television live on stage then save it. The show will also have a large tech component. It’ll be filled with mashups like this video. We’ll deconstruct genre with the help of a green screen, a video camera and a laptop. See how easy it is to make a Baker’s Delight ad with the audience. Marvel at how Current Affair programs can turn any jovial baker into a national hero or a predatory pedophile or both… The show will also have a live interactive demonstration of bittorrent (in a way that isn’t deathly boring I promise :)
I’m sold. Now all I have to do is make the trip down to Melbourne to see the show…
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Freeview People: To take advantage of all that Freeview has to offer you need to buy a Freeview branded set-top box
Us: What will that enable us to ‘take advantage of’
Freeview People: We will have to get back to you on that.
What a massive cluster f**k
wow this is actually what this new digital tv rollout is exactly about. i havnt seen something this accurate in ages on teh interwebz
LOLs this is EXACTLY right. Pointless having multiple channels from all the networks.
Thanks for posting this.. Marc Fennell (triple J) and I made it for our Melbourne comedy festival show “Massage My Medium (or how to save tv in 55 minutes)” it’s all about the death of the TV networks. Hope to see you there! http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/season/2009/show/massage-my-medium-or-how-to-save-tv-in-55-minutes/
Awesome stuff, sums up my thoughts nicely
I came. I pitched. And then I misspelled the word ‘component’ to gizmodo. there is a special place in hell for people like me
Your right!
This is the most clearest explanation of Free View I have heard.
Good work mate!
lol.
I really hope this is being filmed, something I’d love to see.
The clip can be seen at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9JGdE-p4dQ&feature=channel_page