Thursday, December 13, 2012

E! Entertainment's erratic scheduling and &^%$ insane bleeping 'a total mad mess' for irritated and confused South African viewers.

South African viewers of E! Entertainment (DStv 124) are highly irritated, confused and angry at E!'s erratic scheduling and the seemingly non-sensical and irritating bleeping and non-bleeping policy they're being subjected to on the fuffy Americentric general entertainment channel.

E! Entertainment, asked at the end of November about both issues and asked again this week, didn't bother to respond with any answers or explanations.

The version of E! Entertainment seen in South Africa on MultiChoice's DStv platform, is a channel feed run from London by Comcast Corp.

"I want to know why E! Entertainment on DStv channel 124 is such a mess?" wrote one viewer to TV with Thinus for instance, echoeing similar comments from other viewers.

"During the mornings I want to watch Big Rich Texas but they're showing the episodes so wrongly in a messed up episode order so there is no continuity. Today was episode 10, but tomorrow episode 2 is showing again. This is a total mad mess and I can't believe that DStv feels so little for viewers that they're messing up to this extend."

Complaints from viewers are similar for the reality show Mrs Eastwood and Co where episodes are apparently difficult to follow. "It's a shame that E! Entertainment is such a mess, and one pays so much for DStv!" writes a viewer.

It's however not DStv who's responsible for the content on the channel, but E! Entertainment in the United Kingdom channeling the content from E!'s TV content hub in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile E! Entertainment's seemingly non-sensical bleeping policy is also creating frustration with South African audiences.

Viewers will fully hear members of the Kasdashian clan use cussing and even the 'F-word" entirely unbleeped in Keeping Up with the Kasdashians. Yet E! Entertainment will non-sensically bleep out other random product names and other references which are actually non-offensive and disruptive to viewers while they watch the channel.