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rob
Founding member
Just a quick note to say how sorry I am to see the site closing Mike. You, Martin and Asa have worked so hard on the site over the years, and it must be heartbreaking to have to shut down.
Your site was one of the first I visited when I discovered the internet almost 10 years ago. It was a very valuable resource, and I hope your material can be put to some use in the future.
Thank you Mike for keeping my thirst for TV presentation alive, and all the best to you.
Rob.
Your site was one of the first I visited when I discovered the internet almost 10 years ago. It was a very valuable resource, and I hope your material can be put to some use in the future.
Thank you Mike for keeping my thirst for TV presentation alive, and all the best to you.
Rob.
:-(
A former member
I certainly echo Rob's sentiments above.
PM already in your inbox, Mike.
PM already in your inbox, Mike.
ED
I think he should share some of videos to TVARK.
Unfortuantly I have heard there are no plans to suppy other sites with content at the moment. For the time being keep looking on the homepage
A message from Mike from The TV Room home page:
"It is with great regret that I announce that after just over ten years online, The TV Room will close later this month. Unfortunately, maintaining a site of this size as a non-profit operation is no longer sustainable. To deliver the service that the majority of visitors want would require sponsorship. In spite of various attempts over the years, I have not been able to secure the required financial support. I'd like to thank the many people that have contributed to the sites over the years - greatly appreciated not only by me but the thousands of people that visit the site each week. A special word of thanks to Martin Anderson and Asa Hicks whose help with graphics and software has been invaluable. Finally, thank you to everyone that has visited the site down through the years. It's been fun!"
"It is with great regret that I announce that after just over ten years online, The TV Room will close later this month. Unfortunately, maintaining a site of this size as a non-profit operation is no longer sustainable. To deliver the service that the majority of visitors want would require sponsorship. In spite of various attempts over the years, I have not been able to secure the required financial support. I'd like to thank the many people that have contributed to the sites over the years - greatly appreciated not only by me but the thousands of people that visit the site each week. A special word of thanks to Martin Anderson and Asa Hicks whose help with graphics and software has been invaluable. Finally, thank you to everyone that has visited the site down through the years. It's been fun!"
I think he should share some of videos to TVARK.
Unfortuantly I have heard there are no plans to suppy other sites with content at the moment. For the time being keep looking on the homepage
Last edited by edmund on 3 February 2010 6:11pm
PT
Sorry to see it go. Along with Richard Bell, Andrew Wiseman's 625 site and TV Ark, it has been one of the original pres sites. The TV Room Plus site has been particularly useful.
NW
Very sad news, Sorry to hear you're pulling the plug on the site Mike, but given your reasons I can totally sympathise with you, I can imagine how much hard work a site can take, in terms of time and finance.
But you've provided an excellent resourceful TV pres site, which is quite lacking on the Net these days, especially as TV Room has been round for such a while.
But you've provided an excellent resourceful TV pres site, which is quite lacking on the Net these days, especially as TV Room has been round for such a while.
BE
I will miss the TV Room
I contributed a little while ago with loads of Schools clips. One of the best TV pres sites around.
I contributed a little while ago with loads of Schools clips. One of the best TV pres sites around.
BH
BillyH
Founding member
It's been quite heartbreaking over the last decade to see the demise of TV pres sites like this. When I first got the internet in 2000, there were absolutely loads and you could pretty much find any clip you wanted on at least one of the sites, even if it was low-quality RealVideo. Over the years though we've lost most of them, with Java TV, APFS, TV & Radio Bits and of course Asa's TV Home being some of my most missed, and now that's joined by The TV Room.
I suppose with the advent of youtube they've become a bit of a dying breed, but even so I will miss the site immensely. As others have said it was one of the first ever sites I found, and many hours have been spent in the past trawling through all the pages. Best of luck for the future!
I suppose with the advent of youtube they've become a bit of a dying breed, but even so I will miss the site immensely. As others have said it was one of the first ever sites I found, and many hours have been spent in the past trawling through all the pages. Best of luck for the future!
PA
Just echoing what other people have put- TV Room has been a tremendous resource and one from which many, many people have taken great pleasure. (I can only hope that the materials can be used elsewhere.) Thank you to all concerned- another loss, and a particularly major one, from the presentation of UK television history on the internet.
RW
Robert Williams
Founding member
As others have said, this is very sad news and a great shame that The TV Room has to close.
The loss of the site, and the others before it that BillyH mentioned, seems to be indicative of the way the web is going, away from structured, authoritive websites like The TV Room, and towards 'Web 2.0' and 'user-generated content' (though I hate both of those terms). YouTube is all very well, and there are some great clips of old continuity up there if you search them out, but all it can offer presentation enthusiasts is a bunch of isolated clips. What it cannot provide is an overview of the subject for anyone interested in tracing the development of television continuity right the way through the ages, from the 1950s to the present daym and I think The TV Room is really the last remaining site that offers that in any great detail - not just the video clips and the image galleries, but also the commentary that goes with it.
The loss of the site, and the others before it that BillyH mentioned, seems to be indicative of the way the web is going, away from structured, authoritive websites like The TV Room, and towards 'Web 2.0' and 'user-generated content' (though I hate both of those terms). YouTube is all very well, and there are some great clips of old continuity up there if you search them out, but all it can offer presentation enthusiasts is a bunch of isolated clips. What it cannot provide is an overview of the subject for anyone interested in tracing the development of television continuity right the way through the ages, from the 1950s to the present daym and I think The TV Room is really the last remaining site that offers that in any great detail - not just the video clips and the image galleries, but also the commentary that goes with it.