Comments on: Union sell out http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/02/08/union-sell-out/ A little spot on the web all about me, my work and my life in general! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:50:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Kieran http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/02/08/union-sell-out/#comment-10986 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:21:18 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/02/08/union-sell-out/#comment-10986 I was told by someone who works at the union that removing the jukebox was a condition of installing the system and he's a friend of mine so I've no reason to disbelieve them. It may have something to do with the size of our union - we needed a huge number of TVs so perhaps subTV needed to impose more conditions to cover costs and make a profit etc. Yes, they do allow the union to advertise their own stuff and I never said this wasn't a good idea or that they didn't, but in our case it involves interrupting your pint and removing the choice of music which is what I was objecting to. The idea of sharing visual only ads from outside with the unions own stuff (and that of societies) in order to fund the system sits fine with me. As for the 3 year thing, thats nice, but in our case only for students who arrive in 3 years time - the rest of us have to put up with loud ads in the bar and will have graduated by the time we get the jukebox back. I was told by someone who works at the union that removing the jukebox was a condition of installing the system and he’s a friend of mine so I’ve no reason to disbelieve them. It may have something to do with the size of our union - we needed a huge number of TVs so perhaps subTV needed to impose more conditions to cover costs and make a profit etc.

Yes, they do allow the union to advertise their own stuff and I never said this wasn’t a good idea or that they didn’t, but in our case it involves interrupting your pint and removing the choice of music which is what I was objecting to. The idea of sharing visual only ads from outside with the unions own stuff (and that of societies) in order to fund the system sits fine with me.

As for the 3 year thing, thats nice, but in our case only for students who arrive in 3 years time - the rest of us have to put up with loud ads in the bar and will have graduated by the time we get the jukebox back.

]]> by: Niall http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/02/08/union-sell-out/#comment-10982 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:43:32 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/02/08/union-sell-out/#comment-10982 ours has the noise off, we still have our jukebox as well, so your union is lying to you if they're telling you otherwise. SubTV do give your union a very good deal, and if used properly -- allows your union to advertise their own events as well as showing TV, and SubTV's own adverts. Your union gets to keep the screens and broadcast system after three years, which means that they can use it then however they like, i.e. no more ads. ours has the noise off, we still have our jukebox as well, so your union is lying to you if they’re telling you otherwise.

SubTV do give your union a very good deal, and if used properly — allows your union to advertise their own events as well as showing TV, and SubTV’s own adverts.

Your union gets to keep the screens and broadcast system after three years, which means that they can use it then however they like, i.e. no more ads.

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