GM
Nice to hear the music wasn't butchered unlike some revivals that made a come back. It reminds me more of the 2002 incarnation rather than the 1st version.
RO
There's some information about the pilot over at Bothers Bar.
rob
Founding member
Apparently ITV made a pilot of a revamped Play Your Cards Right hosted by Vernon Kay and these were the titles that accompanied it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iwDfT-7_ZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iwDfT-7_ZA
There's some information about the pilot over at Bothers Bar.
IS
A look behind the scenes of Westcountry and HTV News by Westcountry's 'yoof' series 'Anybody Out There?'
SW
As seen in this week's Creamguide, of course. As I said there, Neil McLachlan, who's presenting, went on to host C4's risible youth show Watch This Space which made a big deal about its interactivity so it made heavy use of the primitive mid-nineties internet (until about halfway through the series, when it became more trouble than it was worth and they dumped it all).
Anyway, as part of this interactivity they invited viewers to vote for the presenters on a special show hosted by Dominik Diamond. Neil was announced as coming last, but as soon as it ended they realised Dominik had read out the fake results they'd written down for the rehearsal which were on the same bit of paper, and he'd actually come first. I thought he was rather good, but I never saw him again.
A look behind the scenes of Westcountry and HTV News by Westcountry's 'yoof' series 'Anybody Out There?'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_3KH-pJ2YE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_3KH-pJ2YE
As seen in this week's Creamguide, of course. As I said there, Neil McLachlan, who's presenting, went on to host C4's risible youth show Watch This Space which made a big deal about its interactivity so it made heavy use of the primitive mid-nineties internet (until about halfway through the series, when it became more trouble than it was worth and they dumped it all).
Anyway, as part of this interactivity they invited viewers to vote for the presenters on a special show hosted by Dominik Diamond. Neil was announced as coming last, but as soon as it ended they realised Dominik had read out the fake results they'd written down for the rehearsal which were on the same bit of paper, and he'd actually come first. I thought he was rather good, but I never saw him again.
IS
As seen in this week's Creamguide, of course.
Indeed, although the link in this weeks Creamguide goes to another video by the same person of the beginning of the programme not the feature... well at least it did in my copy
As seen in this week's Creamguide, of course.
Indeed, although the link in this weeks Creamguide goes to another video by the same person of the beginning of the programme not the feature... well at least it did in my copy
RD
Ever heard of an eclipse of a satellite? No me neither.
It seems that this was a rare daily occurrence a few weeks in the year when the satellite signal would get blocked off in orbit. Satellite technology is obviously more advanced nowadays so this does not happen anymore.
Super Channel had to close down for two hours whilst this happened. These two videos show them closing down before and starting back up after, even having the whole closedown sponsored by Philips.
It seems that this was a rare daily occurrence a few weeks in the year when the satellite signal would get blocked off in orbit. Satellite technology is obviously more advanced nowadays so this does not happen anymore.
Super Channel had to close down for two hours whilst this happened. These two videos show them closing down before and starting back up after, even having the whole closedown sponsored by Philips.
VM
You've got to love those incredibly over-the-top 80s technology adverts. That was literally just an advert for the VCR, but of course it featured a businessman laughing maniacally while leaves blew around him in the moonlight, with a TV sitting on top of a pyramid. Just your typical everyday scene.
JA
Much better quality than the TV Ark version- theirs was about 90% black and white, presumably their copy had gone down numerous generations!
IS
No it still happens. Satellite technology has changed but the sun is still shining
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_outage
As the article says they happen around the equinoxes so the next one will be soon.
Here's a predictor of when it affects each satellite for your location
http://www.satellite-calculations.com/Satellite/suninterference.php
The difference now, at least in terms of direct to home services is that the signal strength of the satellites like Astra is so much stronger that some signal gets through. So the average person in the footprint of Astra 2 with their well aligned Sky dish probably won't notice anything. It does cause problems with SNG links, so they won't be used around the times of the outage just in case. They are transmitted at a much lower power on older weaker satellites.
Here's how Dish TV coped with sun outages in the late 90s. Though this isn't the transmission to homes being affected, it's the satellite feed of the channel into Dish's headend (otherwise no one would see the animation!)
Ever heard of an eclipse of a satellite? No me neither.
It seems that this was a rare daily occurrence a few weeks in the year when the satellite signal would get blocked off in orbit. Satellite technology is obviously more advanced nowadays so this does not happen anymore.
It seems that this was a rare daily occurrence a few weeks in the year when the satellite signal would get blocked off in orbit. Satellite technology is obviously more advanced nowadays so this does not happen anymore.
No it still happens. Satellite technology has changed but the sun is still shining
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_outage
As the article says they happen around the equinoxes so the next one will be soon.
Here's a predictor of when it affects each satellite for your location
http://www.satellite-calculations.com/Satellite/suninterference.php
The difference now, at least in terms of direct to home services is that the signal strength of the satellites like Astra is so much stronger that some signal gets through. So the average person in the footprint of Astra 2 with their well aligned Sky dish probably won't notice anything. It does cause problems with SNG links, so they won't be used around the times of the outage just in case. They are transmitted at a much lower power on older weaker satellites.
Here's how Dish TV coped with sun outages in the late 90s. Though this isn't the transmission to homes being affected, it's the satellite feed of the channel into Dish's headend (otherwise no one would see the animation!)
JA
That's a sun outage rather than an eclipse though. And as you can see they only last a few minutes- the eclipses on the Super Channel videos last an hour or two. I believe an eclipse is when the sun is blocked out from the satellite and therefore the solar panels can't get energy and it loses power. I believe modern satellites have some form of battery backup so they still stay online during these now.