Unprofessional attitudes at a certain TV channel

Jun 14, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,

Over four years ago I approach Dr. Roth at the Guyana Learning Channel with some samples of 3D animations that I’ve personally produced with the intention of getting to produce educational animation for the Learning Channel for a fee. Dr. Roth and some staff of the channel looked at the video and were appreciative of it and one of them was surprised that it was produce here.
Amazingly I was told that I could only get twenty five thousand dollars for the ninety seconds ad which takes approximately eight days to produce and they prefer if I could take the same ninety seconds ad and extend it into a five minutes infomercial because the staff is comprise of University Graduates and she would have to explain to her bosses why she has to pay so much when she have highly qualified people working there. Years after our brief meeting, the Guyana Learning Channel is still showing animations dating back to the 1980’s and many emerging talented animators in Guyana cannot get the exposure or opportunity to showcase their talent in Guyana.
Sometimes whilst looking at their regular 8 o’clock movie at night in the midst of the movie it will stick and a guide will replace the movie for sometimes half an hour or even more and when the movie resume the time that the movie was stuck is deleted so, upon looking at the movie you are at loss of what you’re looking at or the exciting part of the movie is lost. I have to hear groans and complaints from my entire household because no explanation or apology is issue. I recall whilst working at the CNS CH-6, a staff by the name of Bibi use to play the movie to its entirety before airing to ensure that the movie is without faults. Perhaps they should explore that avenue instead of getting people/families disappointed/angry almost every night.
Many nights you looking at a movie and the name of the movie on display is different and I’m wondering if there’s a monitor in the control room of the Guyana Learning Channel. What are the taxpayers paying for? Apart from that, when the channel was launched during the PPPC era, everyone was under the impression that its sole purpose was to air educational programs and on Saturday gone I noticed a Government program showing that had nothing to do with education and the programs keep repeating and on Sunday it continues.
I believe on Tuesday another Government program was added to the already two programs that were being replay in the hour. Many things could be said by the PPPC when they were in power and using the NCN channel to promote themselves but I cannot recall them being so brazen to use the Guyana Learning Channel to promote themselves and what is being displayed presently!
Editor, incidentally my observation are not confined to that channel alone. Many programs are being automatically cut off before the end could be seen especially the games show of the TVG and you are at loss to who the winner is or you have to guess. I’m wondering why the advertisers are advertising on that channel especially when viewers are tuning to another channel just to avoid disappointment.
Sometime the programs just have one minute to finish off and it’s cut off. Are the operators doing that for fun? Wouldn’t it be better for them to find a more appreciative program instead of continuing that daily nonsense? Looking at the local call-in shows is another amusing way of wasting time. Almost all the shows have the same concept. Host/Hostess introduce the program, give that to the advertisers, call each advertiser and advertise/promote their products/business, play song, play ads, host/hostess sends greetings to family, friends, advertiser, advertiser families, and selected staff of (advertiser) business and elaborate on the service you will get. Finally they allow people to call in and give their greetings.
The only differences if that they play different songs and the host/hostess is different on the programs but basically, all the programs are the same. Why can’t they give some facts/history about Guyana or concentrate on making programs about Guyana? It just shows the attitude we have in Guyana.
Sahadeo Bates

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