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Sky TV Network 30th Anniversary

On 5th Feb 1989 sky become fully uk forced.

Here is part one:

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By A former member

16 replies

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:-( 23 Apr 2019 11:01pmA former member

MSkyNBC

Comcast-ifying Sky News

I like the look, but feel that the logos could be bigger.

By penguin_kevin

3 replies

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BL 7 Apr 2019 11:54pmBlewbatt

Sky News from a Submarine

Pioneers

Oh i didn't stay long enough then.

By JamesWorldNews

4 replies

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SL 18 Mar 2019 7:03pmShaun Linden

Sky News picture quality on Virgin Media

Not even Sky News SD is as bad as this on Sky and Freesat. 704x576. However, welcome Virgin viewers to how bad the PQ is for those of us who watch on Freeview.

By brioalex

9 replies

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LL 11 Mar 2019 12:51pmLondon Lite

AnsweredSky News themes

1998, 2001

Wow, thanks Rob! That 2001-2003 theme is just great, I have to say. A remix of that could easily work today - it sounds so full of energy. Much better than what it was followed by and what we have...

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By Woodpecker

12 replies

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JR 25 Feb 2019 3:04pmJRY

BT and Sky reach wholesale agreement - Part II

BTTV Viewers to get Now TV with a plus.

Isn’t it that technically they are selling the Now TV packages but the channels will be available within the BT TV EPG. The second announcement talked about a ‘deeper’ partnership and that...

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By DVB Cornwall

12 replies

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UK 4 Jan 2019 11:02pmUKnews

Sky to sponsor Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio

Programme to run WITHOUT commercials as a result

I have to admit there is something very odd about Murdoch owning Virgin radio with a breakfast show sponsored by Sky.

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By DVB Cornwall

23 replies

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JM 21 Dec 2018 1:51amJamesM0984

Satellite Wars Part 2

Last year there was a thread that looked at first ep of Satellite Wars, It seems the other two parts have turned up: PART 2 - Bazaar Television PART 3 - Dreaming In French

By A former member

0 replies

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:-( 19 Dec 2018 9:13pmA former member

Identify the correct year for the Pres.

Main LIST P61

When did BBC 2 start using the first coloured ident? Wiki put in a ref to TV room but there never claimed it was2nd december 1967 so once again some one is making up facts. Here it is from 2013:

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By A former member

836 replies

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:-( 29 Nov 2018 12:12amA former member

Sky One

They did that with an episode of Friends too. The actual scene had a line cut out on C4, which was included in the coming up clip.

By James Vertigan

8 replies

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VM 6 Nov 2018 3:54pmVMPhil

Heart TV & Capital TV Leave Freesat

And possibly Sky too...

I expect Heart and Capital TV will have got reasonably good ratings on Freesat, for the last few months at least, given that they were the only remaining mainstream music channels left (following...

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By Bennyboy1984

16 replies

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KE 19 Oct 2018 6:13pmkernow

AnsweredBBC Slides on Sky

Thanks Rory. Looks very nice

By Josh

9 replies

549 views

JO 14 Oct 2018 11:15pmJosh

What is Sky Insider HD

Not quite. It just shows advance previews of upcoming shows every now and then. A bit similar to Sky Atlantic VIP.

By Bennyboy1984

2 replies

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AJ 11 Oct 2018 7:22amAJ

Is the Sky Q box worth it?

Yeah same here and you couldn't record Pages From Ceefax either during BBC2's downtime either so that had to be a manual record too.

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By aerolyto

29 replies

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RU 6 Oct 2018 5:09pmrussty_russ

Sky News Business Australia closing

Being replaced on Foxtel by a channel called Your Money on October 1st

Or they went to Ark Television Concepts in Sydney who perhaps took their inspiration (whether off their own back or instructed by the client) from AJAM.

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By stuartfanning

25 replies

2,546 views

JA 3 Oct 2018 5:49pmJamesypoo

BBC Text on Sky

You're lucky My mother can just about change channel on her telly, although lots of 22, 33, 44 etc instead on 2, 3, 4 etc I'm still struggling to get her to able to select iplayer programmes, she...

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By A former member

12 replies

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MA 24 Sep 2018 9:21pmMarkymark

Sky News 2007

The theme that never was

I do have a few Sky News themes, I will look around and see if I can find one

By Woodpecker

1 reply

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AE 9 Sep 2018 4:16pmaerolyto

BFBS. A question

Sky Sports outside UK and ROI

Ah yes, I'd forgotten that !

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By Ne1L C

40 replies

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MA 5 Sep 2018 1:38pmMarkymark

New from Sky News

Mark Austin to Anchor Sky News at Six

This is a welcome development. It has missed the more heavyweight authoritative likes of Andrew Wilson and Jeremy Thompson in the early evening 6pm slot.

By JamesWorldNews

4 replies

1,238 views

:-( 3 Sep 2018 7:27pmA former member

Sky Travel Ident

1993 clean

Does anyone know if this ident from Sky Travel exists without the voice-over?

By JasonB

0 replies

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JB 3 Sep 2018 11:43amJasonB