Angling Trust - the TV show!

[Anglers' Net]

Press Release From OnlineFishing.tv

 

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[peterpikefisher]

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Edited February 12, 2009 by peterpikefisher

[poledark]

More money?? £20 to join, £29 to watch the films, do they think we are all made of money?

 

Den

[Elton]

Den,

 

The Angling Trust video is free to view.

[mark barrett]

More money?? £20 to join, £29 to watch the films, do they think we are all made of money?

 

Den

 

 

no they dont Den because its £4.95 a month but you have to sign up initially for 6 months so its less than £30. which isnt a lot at all.

[poledark]

And how many AN "members" would there be if they had to pay £4.95 a month?

 

Wasting my breath I know, but we are in a recession, people are tightening their belts, EA licence goes up, fishing tickets go up, and still we are being asked to put our hands in our pockets for more, more and still more. Perhaps the AT should get out on the bank more and ask the anglers what they think (most have never heard of it), and then ask them for £20............."to safeguard the future of angling"

 

 

My instinctive view of all this? Angling was doing OK before all the "specialists" and those who want to organise us all got in to the act.

 

Sorry Mark, I see no signs of a threat to Fresh water angling, except where certain people have made it their business to raise the subject, and certain others have found it gives them a purpose in life.

 

Den

Edited February 13, 2009 by poledark

[Elton]

Den,

 

I think you may be confusing the two organisations, or assuming that they are linked (or I'm reading it wrong).

 

Angling Trust is the lobbying/conservation/promotion body.

 

OnlineFishing.tv is a totally separate company, making angling programmes to show online, as well as showing some older programmes, such as Passion For Angling. They just happened to make a news bulletin about the Angling Trust.

 

If the TV thing doesn't appeal, I can understand, but anglers are paying a lot more for Sky TV packages these days and then complaining that there are no new angling programmes, so onlinefishing.tv fills a definite niche there.

 

TL,

 

Elton

 

 

 

P.S. I share similar views to you on certain other aspects of your post.

[chesters1]

you can get the odd good (and theres hywel) angling prog on horse and country for free ,saw that jan bloke fishing the other day on there? last week and a spanish prog called (something) peche? for nowt as well ,the soundtrack on the spanish one was broken though just clicks grunts and throat clearing but the back ground noises were ok though.

 

i wish they would drop the sky channel 280 bit though its not f ing sky its free to air we get it we dont have a sky box in the house!!!

http://www.horseandcountry.tv/tv_channel/sky_tv_schedule

 

 

even the old favourite "one man and his dog" (called come bye) and southern steam is alive and well

Edited February 13, 2009 by chesters1

[poledark]

Maybe so MC, but why £20 to "Join"

 

Den

[mark barrett]

And how many AN "members" would there be if they had to pay £4.95 a month?

 

Wasting my breath I know, but we are in a recession, people are tightening their belts, EA licence goes up, fishing tickets go up, and still we are being asked to put our hands in our pockets for more, more and still more. Perhaps the AT should get out on the bank more and ask the anglers what they think (most have never heard of it), and then ask them for £20............."to safeguard the future of angling"

 

 

My instinctive view of all this? Angling was doing OK before all the "specialists" and those who want to organise us all got in to the act.

 

Sorry Mark, I see no signs of a threat to Fresh water angling, except where certain people have made it their business to raise the subject, and certain others have found it gives them a purpose in life.

 

Den

 

 

Den,

 

its two seperate entities. AN is an angling forum for discussing angling matters.

 

Onlinefishing.tv has that aspect, but its principle role is as an online fishing tv cahnnel, and unfortunately these programmes cost money to make and produce. Horse and country though free does require a sky or virgin media box, you cannot get it on freeview so its not free at all.

 

At the end of the day no one is forcing you to join, and yes you are right that people are tightening their belts, but £4.95 a month is absolutely naff all.

 

 

And as Elton quite rightly says it has nothing to do with the AT other than having a programme on its formation on the channel.