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"ABC 360": good name or bad name?

AnonusAnonus
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It's the name for a sports-centered cable channel that took over truTV's channel space after ABC Warner was forced to divest ESPN for antitrust reasons. I gave it that name because I thought it sounded appealing and compact. But is it a good name?

I'm wondering if anything else would work. If I should concoct something like I did "Reakt" (which I derived from the Russian word "reaktsiya").
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  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I think ABC 360 is a fine name
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I was worried about running into confusion with Anderson Cooper 360º on corporate sibling CNN, but I could always make him change his show's name.

    And the network (along with the entire ABC Sports unit) uses green as its main color, which I worry would add to confusion with the Xbox 360!
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Why would people confuse a TV channel with a game console?
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Because on-air presenters for the network's siblings might just refer to the channel as "360," which in and of itself sounds like a channel position.

    (I was thinking of how at some point, the 2012-2014 ABC News channel, ABC News Equator, eventually drops the "ABC News" part from most references, but keeping the "ABC" in "ABC 360" probably makes more sense)
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    That didn't really answer my question, I don't think...

    Isn't context important?
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    Well, yes

    I dunno, I just worry that "ABC 360" isn't memorable or catchy, nor is it something ABC can really "own"

    Something with a "viv" or "vit" root feels like it would work better, at the risk of sounding ridiculous

    But Sony already uses "Vita"
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I'm currently running "wide" and "world" through Google Translate trying to find translations from which to derive names
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I've got it.

    ABC Victo!
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    (Not "ABC Sports Victo," I want to position the name "Victo" as simple and catchy)
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Cool!
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    I'm worried it sounds dumb though.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    It doesn't to me...
  • AnonusAnonus
    edited 2016-11-01 20:24:47
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    So yeah, "Victo": good name or bad?

    My mother says it sounds too much like "victim"...though I derived it from "victory" (as in "the thrill of")
  • AnonusAnonus
    I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat
    She suggested I use "Vik" instead
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