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History Launch Quiz Call was launched as a standalone participation television channel in August 2005 on the Freeview and NTL platforms, and launched on the Sky Digital platform shortly afterwords. The show encourages viewers to enter by calling a premium-rate telephone number or for free via their website. On 22 April 2006, the channel made its dbut on analogue terrestrial television when it aired overnight on Five. In June 2006, Quiz Call had a slight revamp. They replaced half of the original set with a purple and gold themed set. This set was used mainly as their set for use when broadcasting on Five. The graphics also changed at this time. On 6 August 2006, Quiz Call gave viewers a unique opportunity to win a brand new car. Callers who got through to the studio had their name put into a bowl and at the end of the broadcast the person who was selected was called back live on air to answer a question. The car was won by Tracy from Newquay. On 1 September 2006, Quiz Call celebrated its first birthday with a 41 Hour Marathon Live Broadcast giving viewers the chance to play for a jackpot of 100,000 by guessing a 4-digit combination. Sale On 19 October 2006, Channel 4 announced they would be selling Ostrich Media and announced the sale of Ostrich Media to iTouch Media on 3 November 2006. The sale included the Quiz Call channel, its slots on NTL and digital satellite, as well as the company's back room technology including its customer relations management capability. The deal did not however, include the slot on Freeview, and since 15 November 2006, Channel 4 used the space to broadcast Film4+1, and subsequently Channel 4+1. The loss of the slot on Freeview had reduced the broadcasting hours from 12:00 - 03:00 to 19:00 - 01:00. During this time, the channel maintained a position on Freeview as it was shown on Ftn, between 22:00 and 01:00. This agreement ended on 1 January 2007. Sky EPG slot closure Quiz Call withdrew from the Sky EPG on 1 January 2007. Viewers were at first greeted by a caption stating Quiz Call will be back in mid-January this was then replaced by a test card with the Quiz Call logo and information stating that The service has now ceased. The channel was removed from the EPG soon afterwards. Return as Five show Subsequently in 2007, Ostrich Media was commissioned by Five to produce a run of Quiz Call to broadcast as a programme within the late night/early morning slot on the channel and sister channel Five USA. This arrangement saw Five - which had trialled a run of Quiz Call before switching to The Great Big British Quiz in 2006 - drop TGBBQ and revert to using Quiz Call as their late night quiz provider. On a number of occasions in 2008, Quiz Call has switched from Five to Five US because of live sport being shown on Five. The cash amounts decreased enormously from sometimes the highest cash amount being 2,000 and then dropped to 500. Removal of the show On Thursday 10 September, presenter Liz Fuller announced that Quiz Call would end on Five on Saturday 12 September 2009 after a run of almost 3 years. The decision to end Quiz Call came after Five signed a deal with NetPlay TV to broadcast Live Roulette on Five three nights a week; these broadcasts, which were made possible due to the relaxation of the rules regarding such broadcasts on UK terrestrial TV, replaced Quiz Call in the schedule. The official Quiz Call website states that the show intends to return at an unspecified point in the future. Show format A grid or table of money amounts is shown on screen. Behind each amount lies an answer to the main question. The main question is normally given in a clue word with associated answer. For example Films 'M', Black____ or Things That Are Red. A possible 10 - 18 answers are available with numerous outcomes but only the answers on the grid/table are correct. The top prize answers worth 1,000, 2,000 and 3,000 were generally difficult but not totally unheard of (such as Marge Simpson's necklace, The headlights on the 'KITT' car from Knight Rider or the seats in the House of Lords - other answers were easier and would be fairly well-known such as 'a postbox') ,The host will take calls at random for callers to answer the question, and if it corresponds to an answer on the grid/table they will win a cash prize shown that is available. Around half way through the show, when the presenters swap, the cash considerably drops. for example, the top answer that was worth 3000 drops down to around 500-750, and the smallest answer of around 100-250, drops to around 25-50. Various situations will happen during the show as to how much is available, such as double, triple, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and even 10 the money, extra answers, instant wins or jackpot amounts. Since the shows relaunch on Five, it was revealed on 8 August 2009 that they had given away over 8 million in prizes and 650,000 had been given away in 2009, and on the 27th August 2009, it was revealed 710,000 has been given away to 1930 winners so far in 2009. In 3 weeks or so, Quiz Call has given away 60,000. Controversy On 24 September 2006, Quiz Call admitted to The Sunday Times that they had manipulated games by blocking callers from taking part for periods of up to 40 minutes. Under headlines of aked profiteering, Quiz Call said that on these occasions, it charged thousands of callers a standard 75p premium line fee knowing that it would give them no chance to answer the prize question. At the culture, media and sport committee, held on 28 November 2006, representatives from Quiz Call admitted that one instance of people being put on hold did occur and that the producer responsible no longer works for Ostrich Media. Quiz Call, which once offered a 100,000 jackpot, admitted that the shows producer was responsible for deciding how long callers had to wait to enter the games. It admitted that Quiz Call had been caught out cutting corners, in using its own staff to pose as prize winners, clutching 3-foot cheques in an on-air promotion, though there was no suggestion that any employees had been playing or winning the games. The BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours broadcast a segment on Quiz Call on 10 October 2006, who were contacted by listeners who had been barred by the channel. One listener, Mari Hamilton from Aylesbury who used the on-air name 'Luna', contacted the programme to say that they were blocked by the channel after winning a number of cash prizes using the free web entry option. Quiz Call was removed from TV screens as part of Five's review into all its premium rate phone calling quiz programmes in March 2007, it returned on the evening of 30 March 2007. At least one independent individual has estimated Ostrich Media to be drawing more than 23,000 per hour of the show being on air, or around 100,000 per evening based on the new legal requirement to show the number of calls received in any particular minute. Cost to enter Calls cost 1 per entry from a BT landline, which is not a guarantee for entry to the show (about 300 entries per minute with 2 answers per minute approx). Calling from other landlines may cost more and calling from a mobile costs considerably more. A low cost entry is available through the website which uses a standard rate 0845 number instead. Quiz Call presenters Presenters who have hosted the show include: Liz Fuller Debbie King Kay Little Vicky Letch James Callow Derek Gibbons Z Christien Chris Hopkins Kait Borsay Keith Price Russ Spencer Chris Park Pollyanna Woodward Nikki Cowan Suzanne Cowie Alan Ennis Ruth Frances Lawrie Jordan Paul Hendy Steve Hyland Alex Kramer Carol Machin Sean Macintosh Charlie McArdle Abi Pethullis Cat Porter Craig Rowe Mike Mason Lottie Mayor Carmel Thomas Kirsty Duffy Gemma Scott Liz Summers Mark Rumble For the last week of the show, 4 of the 7 presenters who were working for Quiz Call at the time presented. The 3 that did not present were Russ Spencer, Pollyanna Woodward and Keith Price. The presenter for the last 3 shows were as follows. Thursday - Liz Fuller and Kait Borsay, Friday - Chris Hopkins and Chris Park, and on the final show, Saturday - Liz Fuller and Chris Park. References ^ MediaGuardian (free subscription required) ^ "Quizcall Homepage". http://www.quizcall.co.uk. ^ Sherwin, Adam MPs condemn phone-in game shows as tantamount to fraud Published by The Sunday Times on November 28, 2006. Accessed December 2, 2006. ^ Swinford, Steven. TV quiz sets callers a costly question. Published by The Sunday Times on September 24, 2006. Accessed December 2, 2006. ^ Quiz channel bans by the BBC for the BBC Radio 4 programme You and Yours, broadcast October 10, 2006, retrieved October 10, 2006 ^ QuizCall Con External links Quiz Call Clip showing examples of Quiz Call solutions (YouTube) Categories: Five television programmes 2005 in British television 2005 television series debuts 2009 British television programme endings 2000s British television series Phone-in quiz shows Television channels and stations established in 2005 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2007 Defunct British television channels We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Wafer Check Valve Manufacturer , Butterfly Valve Wafer Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Crane Wafer Check Valve.
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