Everyone and their dog, and their sister's parrot, having problems with premium interactivity this month

Ok this afternoon it’s Channel4 reportedly screwing up with it’s Horse Racing show.

Gah.

I have to admit I’m getting Eckohgate-fatigue. Are you?

Link: BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Channel 4 admits new phone error

Channel 4 has pulled phone-ins from its coverage of the Cheltenham Festival after discovering a problem on its horse racing show The Morning Line.

About 100 people were charged for calling a competition after lines had closed, chief executive Andy Duncan told a House of Commons committee

I am in about three minds with all this. One mind is despairing for the industry. Another is thinking it’s absolutely ridiculous that these media companies have got themselves into this state with their aggregators and service providers. Another is thinking what the hell are normobs (“normal mobile users”) thinking.

I’m going to have a chat with some friends and see. In the office today people were commenting on the ‘rip off I’m a Celeb phone lines’ (courtesy of the splash in today’s Sun newspaper) as though it was second nature — and always the status. We shall see.