http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Moving giant TV screen 3 metres to cost thousands" en Fri, 22 May 2026 10:16:33 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12499#post-161144 Tue, 05 Aug 2014 10:35:42 +0000 acsimpson 161144@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, getting rid of it would be ideal. They can always hire one of those truck based TV's for Wimbledon if necessary. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12499#post-161112 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 20:42:12 +0000 neddie 161112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The more advertising space the council (&amp; anyone else) provide, the lower the advertising rates become. Laws of supply and demand.</p> <p>Therefore more advertising space is not necessarily going to net the council more money in total. All that will do is further degrade our beautiful city.</p> <p>It's a race to the bottom, don't ya know?</p> <p>Plus, I'm waiting for the first crash outside Lord John's '<strike>Murrayfield</strike>' Gorgie at the massive video billboard. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12499#post-161075 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:34:31 +0000 I were right about that saddle 161075@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the very least they could have the thing go on standby until someone switches it on. </p> <p>It's always surreally bleak seeing the thing irradiating a deserted and windswept Festival Square in winter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12499#post-161069 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:58:34 +0000 crowriver 161069@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have to say I'm with Cllr Mowat on this. Why do we need the darn thing? So advertisers can pump their wares into our subliminal awareness even more than they do already? Just get rid and have a public square with no advertising instead. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12499#post-161063 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:36:55 +0000 wingpig 161063@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote><em>Joanna Mowat said: "We’ve had it for about four years and only Andy Murray’s Wimbledon win really saw crowds watching it."</em></blockquote></p> <p>Not quite true. There were some reasonable crowds, despite the rain, for Murray's non-wins in preceding years, too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12499#post-161062 Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:29:57 +0000 acsimpson 161062@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/bid-for-new-giant-tv-screen-on-festival-square-1-3498170" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/bid-for-new-giant-tv-screen-on-festival-square-1-3498170</a></p> <p>It's not entirely clear but sounds like a plan to replace the existing screen with a massive digital billboard. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12499#post-147509 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:17:14 +0000 cc 147509@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“It ... can be turned on a gear so it can face more of the audience on Lothian Road.”</p> <p>Isn't Lothian Road dangerous enough without the drivers watching telly? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12499#post-147502 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 13:50:21 +0000 I were right about that saddle 147502@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"THE big screen had been due to show Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, but organisers pulled the plug amid fears it could become a focal point for protests."</p> <p>Just as long as they don't slip her in the new foundations as some sort of voodoo curse. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12499#post-147481 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:49:45 +0000 chdot 147481@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/moving-giant-tv-screen-3-metres-to-cost-thousands-1-3361517" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/moving-giant-tv-screen-3-metres-to-cost-thousands-1-3361517</a> </p>