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New BBC Self Promo

What the BBC stands for programming wise

When I saw this last night, I was really hoping it would lead in to a new look for BBC 1, but sadly not.

By Neil Jones

9 replies

751 views

CU 1 JanCusack

Spoof Oneness ident

Lest we forget...

By rob

9 replies

641 views

FB 1 JanFBC

UKTV Channels in Europe

De BBC voor expats

Its called SER. Simultaneous relay rights ..defined in And the cable fees are fairly lucrative to the BBC ..... When BBC south east at Tunbridge Wells opened a lot if work was done to reinforce...

By ToasterMan

9 replies

688 views

TE 1 JanTechnologist

Happy Birthday Mr Bean

Sunday 10 January

Like most of the commercial TV market, only selected archive material seems to work. Airing copious amounts of it ad-nauseam and randomly doesn't. It has to be cherry picked and preferably wide...

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By Brekkie

76 replies

4,889 views

NJ 2 Jan - 11 JanNeil Jones

Casualty

Returns, set in the height of the pandemic

Being discussed at

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By UBox

35 replies

2,648 views

:-( 2 Jan - 14 MarA former member

Really New Idents

That's comedy Gold, Dave!

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By RSTV

13 replies

858 views

MA 3 Jan - 4 JanMeridian AM

Mytv has closed

That looks like its being aired by the broadcaster, so they are still transmitting it seems. If you can use the search and scan banner and that image doesn't vanish, then that's what they are "showing"...

By RSTV

8 replies

1,533 views

NJ 3 Jan - 4 JanNeil Jones

ITV logo discussion

all the change, and no pudding pops

Up until the consolidation of the ITV franchises, each region had a distinctive brand they had cultivated and refreshed over the years. ITV could have come up with a symbol or icon that would represent...

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By MatthewPrower

29 replies

1,769 views

MD 3 Jan - 4 Janmdtauk

Strictly Come Dancing 2021

The chances of Just the Two of Us coming back are zero.

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By IanJRedman

33 replies

1,790 views

JO 3 Jan - 7 JanJonwo

Correcting the speed of American programmes

Only iPlayer has 50p support I think, and even then only for HD or upscaled HD - the standard SD uploads are 25p only. Fresh Prince has always existed on really grotty standards conversions in PAL...

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By Larry the Loafer

16 replies

917 views

IT 4 Jan - 6 JanIndigoTucker

Educational content on CBBC and BBC2 from Monday

"Biggest education offer in it's history"

CBeebies also started providing content from today.

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By Brekkie

54 replies

9,112 views

JO 5 Jan - 1 FebJosh

Richard Sharp to be named BBC Chair

Congratulations to Mr Chair.

By Omnipresent

8 replies

663 views

DA 6 Jandavidhorman

Jeremy Darroch stepping down from Sky

CEO to be replaced with Dana Strong

Wonder if he is heading to the Ofcom full time chairmanship? The way the media is heading from linear to IP delivery, wouldn't be a bad appointment to have someone whose had a foot for a few years...

By valley

3 replies

322 views

HC 6 JanHatton Cross

ITV production/presentation slides

Split from Happy Birthday Mr Bean

That subtitle font looks like Hebrew, but the font itself makes the characters hard to determine.

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By JAS84

41 replies

2,695 views

EL 8 Jan - 19 Janelmarko

Michael Apted dies aged 79

Best known for the Up series of TV documentaries following the lives of 14 people every seven years

I expect the cameraman George Jesse Turner still has an appetite to continue. He has built up just as much of a bond with the subjects as Apted.

By Johnr

2 replies

288 views

WH 9 JanWhataday

Live Aid 1985 - BBC Camera Quality

What caused the lines on certain cameras

I do recall "disappointment" from the grown ups upstairs, when they came down to our lab to take a look at the prototype that had just arrived from Japan

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By aaron_scotland

23 replies

1,145 views

MA 9 Jan - 10 JanMarkymark

Paul Sinha's TV Showdown

Sort of a TV version of Question of Sport-ish

Hate to say it but Keith Lemon would be a much better fit. I think the problem here is it doesn't quite know if it wanted to be a serious TV quiz or a comedy panel show, and whilst Paul Sinha is...

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By Andrew

56 replies

3,050 views

BR 9 Jan - 31 JanBrekkie

American Broadcast Networks and Affiliates

Playout and Similar Queries

Insertion etc is to SCTE 35 The logo inserter is a little bit difficult to explain but was done as a product about 25 years ago by Snell &Willcox ... in simple terms you define the macroblocks...

By Si-Co

2 replies

303 views

TE 10 JanTechnologist

Pop Idol, Fame Academy et al.

Split from ITV Programming Thread

Oh I used to love the fame academy red button. Two of the best series one bits were... - Carrie Grant ripping into all the contestants the morning after the first live Friday show. They all thought...

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By Jonwo

55 replies

1,261 views

DI 11 Jan - 15 Jandigipal

Freeview capacity

Space available

Thinking about it I suppose it’ll end up being GB News or the new news channel from News UK.

Might be a bit of a bidding war.

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By JexedBack

19 replies

979 views

JB 14 JanJexedBack