Damn you Foxtel!

For the third time this week the Comedy Channel has shown a repeat of Conan O’Brien from October. Why? Sure it’s on repeats in the US but why can’t we relive great moments from the trip to Chicago such as the Masturbating Bear skydiving, or other moments I can’t think of? (Originally this argument was better formed and longer, then I checked and found it was being repeated in the US as well.)

Another thing that is annoying me about Foxtel is that The Lab with Leo has been back on since last week, but I only found out tonight while looking through the electronic programme guide. This could be my own fault as when I checked last week to see if it was back on, I stupidly was checking the time it USED to be on, a nice respectable time of 5:30pm Brisbane time. The How To Channel however decided Monster House a show were idiots think up stupid impractical renovations for houses and then go through with these stupid impractical renovations, was better served in this time slot, leaving The Lab at 11:30pm Brisbane time, the time when it used to be repeated as the first run time slot.

Yet another annoyance with Foxtel is the advertising. Why does Pay-TV(lets look at the first part of that term, Pay) have ads? I’ve forked over money to see these shows, why do you need advertisers? And why do you seam to show more ads than the Free-To-Air Commercial stations?

P.S. If you know why Foxtel has ads please tell me, I’d like to know. And don’t just tell me it’s because the operating costs are just too high to be run solely on subscription revenue, because if that were the case I fail to see the point in operating in the first place.