26-07-2022, 06:18 PM
A bit late to the discussion, but I am absolutely stunned by the news. I’m still trying to process it.
Maybe someone of you might be thinking the same, but TV Live Forum was a worthy successor to the legendary TV Forum, and it should have stood for a long time. However, health is first, and you have indeed done the right decision to close the forum and focus on your own wellness.
Now more than ever, mental health is an issue that matters us the most, and we need to do the most of caring ourselves and each other. I am sorry for you who suffered the most of the agressive and sometimes unfounded criticism that certain people did against you. These people, as you said in your discourse, should be ashamed of themselves, and certainly accelerated your difficult decision.
I want to thank also David, Ben, Matt and James for doing the best of making the forum stay put during these 16 months. They also deserve our support. Additionally, I want to thank all of the experts which contributed their experience and knowledge during this timespan, and all of the members which made its best to contribute, comment and correct (when necessary) to make this forum an enjoyable place for informed and learning conversation about TV presentation and all the bits in between.
We couldn’t believe during these 16 months we passed through many big moments and headlines in telly history: the roll-out of BBC’s Chameleon branding and the centenary celebrations, the relaunch of Studio B, the appointment of Deborah Turness into BBC News, the restructuring of ITV’s and Channel 5’s evening news, Jon Snow’s retirement, the rebranding of Sky’s entire channel portfolio, the (messy) launches of GB News and TalkTV, two big media mergers, the executive and presenter earthquake going over at CNN, a war, the death of Prince Philip, two Olympics, the Platinum Jubilee, Sam Ryder’s skyrocketing 2nd place in Eurovision and the confirmation of the UK as host nation, the axing of Neighbors, the launch of many new streaming offerings, the passing of many media legends, and the unexpected takedown of TVARK (to which some members replied for quick restoration, patience).
It was certainly an enjoyable and big trip of which I have enjoyed, even if I didn’t take part on many of the conversations. Additionally, we hassled through a forum software change which we eventually embraced; even with the technical problems we had with the original software, this forum survived this lapsus and the software change was seamless. We became used to it, and even if some features didn’t carry over, we went on with the conversation.
To Rob, I wish you the best on your new and existing endeavours, including your TV Live site and podcast, and hoping for a full recovery. To the mods, big thanks for making this place compliant with its remit: TV presentation and discussion. And to everyone else, both to all who I met in this time, and to all who I didn’t have the time to meet you, hoping to see you soon in the case a successor is finally confirmed in the interim.
Remember: all of you, you’re not alone. If you need help, look after for the Samaritans. Don’t let any risk make it too late.
Thank you, god bless, make yourselves strong (without any distinction) and farewell.
(PD: I will stick in here until a few days before the closure.)
Maybe someone of you might be thinking the same, but TV Live Forum was a worthy successor to the legendary TV Forum, and it should have stood for a long time. However, health is first, and you have indeed done the right decision to close the forum and focus on your own wellness.
Now more than ever, mental health is an issue that matters us the most, and we need to do the most of caring ourselves and each other. I am sorry for you who suffered the most of the agressive and sometimes unfounded criticism that certain people did against you. These people, as you said in your discourse, should be ashamed of themselves, and certainly accelerated your difficult decision.
I want to thank also David, Ben, Matt and James for doing the best of making the forum stay put during these 16 months. They also deserve our support. Additionally, I want to thank all of the experts which contributed their experience and knowledge during this timespan, and all of the members which made its best to contribute, comment and correct (when necessary) to make this forum an enjoyable place for informed and learning conversation about TV presentation and all the bits in between.
We couldn’t believe during these 16 months we passed through many big moments and headlines in telly history: the roll-out of BBC’s Chameleon branding and the centenary celebrations, the relaunch of Studio B, the appointment of Deborah Turness into BBC News, the restructuring of ITV’s and Channel 5’s evening news, Jon Snow’s retirement, the rebranding of Sky’s entire channel portfolio, the (messy) launches of GB News and TalkTV, two big media mergers, the executive and presenter earthquake going over at CNN, a war, the death of Prince Philip, two Olympics, the Platinum Jubilee, Sam Ryder’s skyrocketing 2nd place in Eurovision and the confirmation of the UK as host nation, the axing of Neighbors, the launch of many new streaming offerings, the passing of many media legends, and the unexpected takedown of TVARK (to which some members replied for quick restoration, patience).
It was certainly an enjoyable and big trip of which I have enjoyed, even if I didn’t take part on many of the conversations. Additionally, we hassled through a forum software change which we eventually embraced; even with the technical problems we had with the original software, this forum survived this lapsus and the software change was seamless. We became used to it, and even if some features didn’t carry over, we went on with the conversation.
To Rob, I wish you the best on your new and existing endeavours, including your TV Live site and podcast, and hoping for a full recovery. To the mods, big thanks for making this place compliant with its remit: TV presentation and discussion. And to everyone else, both to all who I met in this time, and to all who I didn’t have the time to meet you, hoping to see you soon in the case a successor is finally confirmed in the interim.
Remember: all of you, you’re not alone. If you need help, look after for the Samaritans. Don’t let any risk make it too late.
Thank you, god bless, make yourselves strong (without any distinction) and farewell.
(PD: I will stick in here until a few days before the closure.)