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It disappeared on Thursday. They blame lack of advertising as the problem.
"Far and away the biggest obstacle to our cash flow was the slowness in which the advertising came in," says founder Mark Shipman, adding, "by the time we finally had the agencies interested, time was running out, hence our decision to come off air."
"We thought it better to take p-rock TV off air to re-group and re-launch with the correct amount of financial backing. We have proved the concept is strong but you can't run a channel on a shoestring budget."
The p-rock founders started the business with no previous TV experience, on a budget of £2,500. By the end of its life, it was averaging 600,000 viewers per week.
Full details of the closure are on their site: www.p-rock.tv (UPDATE FROM THE FUTURE: their website has been taken offline!)
DiScuss: Were you a viewer? Are you unhappy? Did you prefer Kerrang! TV anyway? Do you care?
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to give it it's dues, it did attempt to be different to all the rest and did play a lot of bands that don't get much exposure [King Prawn were on it constantly, for instance], as well as some of the more commercial stuff. but its not really my type of music, but at least it tried to dig a little deeper ::shrugs::
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problem was, most of it looked so poor as a result that the MTV generation couldn't be bothered to get past the slightly shoddy look of a great deal of it and actualy *watch* it
I'm pretty sur eit was one of the first channels to run The Transplants vid before every other place grabbed it tho, so it wasn't all bargin bin stuff...
ollie
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they say on the website they're going to relaunch in the autumn with two more specialist channels, hopefully something thats more to my tastes will be there ;)
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Er, no. Did you actually read the news story?
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thats a good enough reason to axe any television channel in my opinion.
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sean
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thats why i respected P-Rock, it actually took risks and stepped out of the mold that Kerrang / MTV2 seem to be stuck in. the mention of several new channels is a good one, hopefully there'll be something there to appeal to me ;-)
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my idyllic music channel would be .. well there's this guy who's at all the good hardcore/whatever shows in London - mostly at the verge and the swan, i'm not sure if they let him in stinkin' mean fiddler anymore, but anyway, he must have hundreds of live footage of AMAZING bands. i'd love to see them. mmm.
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Dude this suxx ass big time.Yeah you could say i am a little pissed off that your off air.Now the only Rancid vid I get to see is the ONE video showing on kerrang.Now i dont get the chance to see any Distillers,Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards vids that p-rock only seemed to show.Yeah i love Kerrang but I also had a new found love for p-rock.Cos of p-rock I got into a shit load of different bands and music I have not listened to before such as my band of the moment RANCID,shit these guys kick ass,distillers,lars frederiksen and the bastards.
Anyway hope ur back on soon,
CARNY...
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There was no other channel playing songs of this nature and most times had to fight with members of my family so i could just watch it!
Well done p-rock, you introduced some brilliant artists to a wider audience, can't wait for your comeback
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it takes the piss.
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so the whole thing is dead now then? i ain't got digital telly here...
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BRING IT BACK TO BRITISH TV!!!!
(+flicking between Kerrang and Scuzz is slowly rotting my brain)
Sam
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p.s can't moon ska europe help with funds!!!
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save me 4rm the trendys!!!!!!!
peace out! x x x x x xx
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:-(
I used to watch it when i went to my g/f's, used to watch it when mates were round, this damn channel was my life!
Guys, bring it back :-(
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thank you and donate so that p-rock can be put back on
clarke
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Calm down lad, or you'll die of apoplexy
they showed one great anti-american vid on there once though
but apart from that youre right
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grrrrrrr
.....should i turn to suicide
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then it went away again.
the news story was written the first time it went off air, not the second (and last)...
Gahh! Music is poor now!
If it was on TV for as long as it was with no money, surely it wouldnt take too much to get it back on...?
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I can't bear Kerrang! its so cheesy and Scuzz is just metal shit...
I've grown very accostumed to the Old's cool indie on The amp and MTV2 however...
Bring back P-rock...
My taste for punk needs wetting... there is no punk on kerrang and scuzz only shitty punk... no decent underground stufff.....
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their site is on a default creation page atm so maybe theyre building a website??? we can only hope
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the one in particular was by something like At The Drive In....scene from a drive in american restaurant thing....
there were loads of speech bubbles round people heads etc....
maybe someone has got a playlist from p-rock?
p-rock was so cool, not least because they played bad religion stuff...which scuzz does too now..
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did the song go like this "no you're not alone, i know what you're thinking (whoa oh oh) i know how you're feeling (whoa oh oh) believe me (whoa oh oh) you're not alone)
there other stuff is good 2 spesh kiss me diss me!!
neway p-rock shud b brought back on air!!!!
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Franco Un-American by NOFX
It was cool cos it was about the time of the war in Iraq and they were playing this really cool song about not wanting to be an American and that. The video was great too.
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that channel was my life.
please bring it back, i will donate, i will donate as much as possible!!
if you would just put up a valid site and let us know how to donate, thousands of us will!!!
we need it.
it is not resting in peace, it is just losin the battle of ignorance forced on it by all of the selfish, inbred metalheads.
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gimmie an address i will donate!!!
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I miss all the videos that you only saw on p-rock and not on Kerrang and MTV2 etc.
Although, P-rock did play Avril Lavigne once, they played 'Complicated' but they had put it under 'S8ter Boi' which was hilarious.
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I Spent A Hell Of A Lot Of Time During My School Time Watching P-Rock And Watching That Got Me Through School When It Comes To Kerrang! And Scuzz They Just Cant Compete To P-Rock, I Really Really Miss The Channel And Hope It Gets It's Ass Back On Air Soon
Peace, Mike.
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Without p-rock tv the british ska and punk scene isn't really catered for by any other channel. We need some sort of gateway to new ska and punk or the genre will stagnate and die.
Support your scene!
Thank You
It's 3 years on in March 2006, and I still feel empty and deppresed flicking between Kerrang, which is descending into a cascade of blink 182 sum 41 avril lavigne greenday shite, and scuzz, which is climbing further up the arse of ridiculous metal like slayer and bloodwish.
I loved p-rock, I was 9 years old when it was first played, and had it not been around I would be listening to the crap above instead of pennywise, millencolin, farse, whitmore, spunge, King Prawn, NOFX, the distillers, finch and rancid, mostly bands that didn't have a pot to piss in and were played only on P-rock.
P-ROCK WAS THE FUCKING BOLLOCKS, if you are reading this, then thank you for good taste!!!
P-rock Welcome home to Sky 361
Hey guys,
I was young when I strated watching p-rock tv and it was it pi**ed me off so badly when it went off air, it had awesome vids adn p-rock was able 2 kick kerrang and scuzzes asses all the time. In 2003 when it went off air I was on a mission to try and get it back and I have managed to get funding alot of funding. so lets bring p-rock home. I will keep u p-rock ass kids updated, l8r
P-rock welcome home to sky 361
Hey guys just 2 let u know the cahnnel will be arriving in at 363 not 361 as that slot is being used.
Thanks
wow
Wow, so the channel is coming back?!
When when when?!
You guys got me into bands such as The ataris, homegrown, spunge and kingprawn. it was actually listening to homegrown's "you're not alone" that made me think of P-rock and my google search brought me here. I hope you guys a fucking right and it's coming back! wow, so stoked!
If you guys come back, i'll gladly advertise you on my profile on suicidegirls.com. There's lots of people on there that would like you channel and the music you offer.
woo to the crappy, but brilliant, home made videos! woo to p-rock tv!
(the p-rock.tv website isn't up. do they have a new one or something?)
p-rock Coming home in Fall 2006
Hey guys, wow its been a fast few months and I've been trying 2 give u guys an update, okay the rock so far; we are almost there, our new website is ready to go, new, better and awesome features. P-Rock tv 363 is BIGGER and BETTER than before, yes same kind of bands and music everything stays the same, however this time we are going 2 out do kerrang and scuzz with our interactive way of working, this time you guys choose all the mucis tell our computer what 2 play, the channel has a few big sponsors, which help, a little way still to go. also we need a few people 2 do re-search for us, so any any1 wants 2 help, post a comment back and we will email u asap. Thanks guys and lets bring P-Rock home a day in Fall "6pm on Sunday" Dont worry u guys will know when it comes.
Keep chilling guys and I wil keep u all updated.
screw you
you are a twat, p-rock is a class channel that never played lavigne unlike kerrang which deserves to come off the air. It actually played some proper music and grass root punk revival. go screw yourself you ignorent hick!
research
If the offers still open I'd like to help.
is p-rock really coming back???
hey guys just wondering if what i see here about p-rock coming back is actually true???? i had almost forgotten about it until i saw all these messages posted. some of the songs i used to watch on that channel ive never seen since so id be over the moon if it was confirmed it was coming back!!!!!!!!
If it is..........where?????and when???????
The final few hours until P-Rock'in Launch
Hey P -ROCK Fans,
Okay we're all ready to go all we need is our fans...
We are having a launch week to which all fans of the channel will be able to appear on the channel, if
you want to be apart of the cahnnel launch and to have
your pic added to the channel for launch week, under
the downtime p-rock'in on fan club. Send your Pics to kingrockportboi@yahoo.com and when the channel goes live you guys will be first to know about it and when the NEW website comes to town.
The Best top 20pics will appear on the channel during launch week, its been a hard year getting this far, its worth it.
Keep P-ROCK'IN
The P-Rock and CRM Team
The final few hours until P-Rock'in Launch Part 2
Okay Okay, lets start the votes,
What first Vid do you wanna see?
Farse (Vote no 428)
OR
Buck-0-Nine (Vote no484
Call 09013 247 666... get voting
The P-Rock & CRM Team
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just wondering if someone is taking the piss when ye said prock was coming back cos im seeing no sign of it at all.whats going on???????
P-Rock Launch ON HOLD
Okay people,
The reason why P-Rock is not yet live, we need funding for the Ofcom licence, at this time, the P-Rock team feel we need more time before we put such channel on air. Help support the P-Rock Launch.
The P-Rock & CRM Team
Help!
Does anyone remember the name of the band and song, That was a video on p-rock, it was like, some woman with wings i think? walking over a bridge, and through a city, and she cut herself. And at the end i think she walked into the sea
It's been bugging me for about 4-5 years!
Anyone?!

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