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Costs of setting up an FM or AM radio station

It has to make enough money to be viable which happened seemingly in the case of leicestershires oak fm which closed last Thursday suddenly and without any warning thereof

By Maaixuew

7 replies

3,034 views

PE 2 Aug - 3 Augpeterh

ITV Box Office

Launching next year with Chris Eubank Jnr fight.

Interesting anomaly during the free fight a few days ago. TV Player on AppleTV required registration to watch ITV Box Office for the event, whereas TV Player on Android TV did not, was presented completely...

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By Rex

134 replies

16,428 views

DV 3 Aug - 31 Jan 2018DVB Cornwall

Crimewatch with Jeremy Vine and Tina Daheley

Very disappointed to read that Crimewatch has been axed. Don’t know if I’m that surprised considering the way they’ve treated the programme since Kirsty Young left. Roadshow format to continue:...

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By VMPhil

118 replies

11,186 views

KN 4 Aug - 17 Oct 2017knack

BBC Presenation for Rio 2016

Idents, stings and menus......

Almost nine and a half hours of BBC Rio highlights are now on offer on iTunes here …….. ITUNES.APPLE.COM 24-Oct-2016 @ 20:07

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By A former member

86 replies

9,540 views

DV 5 Aug - 24 OctDVB Cornwall

Premier League rights 2019-22

190 matches to be offered as Virgin Media complaint halted.

Only a small number would go for foreign satellite and I've only ever see one place do streaming. I remember walking around a west London suburb many years ago looking for a particular match on Sky...

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By DVB Cornwall

19 replies

2,834 views

PC 7 Aug - 10 Augp_c_u_k

BBC Sitcom season.

Part of 60 years of the television sitcom.

LOL! How ridiculous.

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By A former member

232 replies

13,641 views

VM 8 Aug - 10 OctVMPhil

Newzoids - back for a new series

Split from ITV Programming Thread

I still don't think it matched the standards of Spitting Image, or even 2DTV. I do hope they've upped their game this series though and don't just rely on having Jeremy Corbyn singing a Taylor Swift...

By A former member

2 replies

294 views

LL 9 AugLarry the Loafer

Channel 4 & BT Sport to show Lakeside Darts

They have had breaks the last few years when BBC/BT Sport have shared the rights, usually in the early rounds they don't have any but the later rounds they had breaks after 2 or 3 sets but less frequent...

By rob

2 replies

1,250 views

TL 12 Aug - 15 Augtoby lerone 2016

Test idents for the ITV 1989

Partly because there was disagreement over the provenance of the video, partly because 8 of the posts in these 4 pages are by you.

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By A former member

44 replies

4,755 views

BA 14 Aug - 18 Augbilky asko

ITV have recommissioned Blankety Blank

David Walliams to host

I dont think paul was happy with the ITV series either. Just to note, it went out at 18.30 on a saturday night, nearly ALL the junctions during 6-7pm on Saturdays are filled with promos

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By Square Eyes

120 replies

10,348 views

:-( 14 Aug - 25 DecA former member

US Open tennis on Eurosport

Including Eurosport Player issues

I think because of the rankings battle, that could see Murray overtake Djokovic by the end of the year or early next year, there is a perception that UK viewers would prefer a Wawrinka win tonight....

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By dvboy

60 replies

5,220 views

DV 15 Aug - 11 Sepdvboy

Why are we still stuck with teletext-era style subtitles?

Is it just a case of it ain't broke, don't fix it?

When I watched 'This is BBC One HD' with the subtitles on, they were the same as the BBC One London (BBC London News) subtitles.

By davidhorman

5 replies

1,216 views

AE 18 Aug - 20 AugAlexEdohHD13

Blaze - new Freeview channel from A+E Networks

Launches Tuesday 20th September

Yup they're probably linking to this playlist file

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By VMPhil

60 replies

13,748 views

RE 18 Aug - 12 Novremlap

MTV Live channel moves on Virgin Media

This information is all readily available on the Ofcom website.

By HarryB

6 replies

679 views

VM 18 Aug - 19 AugVMPhil

Deal or No Deal axed

This 'Sell or Swap Live' thing next Friday appears to be an onair pilot with a view to a full series next year

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By rob

77 replies

6,393 views

TV 19 Aug - 24 DecTVMan

Pictures, what pictures

No on screen images

In the hope that someone wouldn't pointlessly reply to it and therefore would die of its own accord? Oh well, maybe not.

By Leedslad

7 replies

948 views

AS 22 AugAsa

Trevor Baker.

For those who lived in the Southern/TVS region, it has been reported that Trevor Baker - 'Trevor the weather' - has passed away at the grand old age of 94. Trevor was a very, very popular news...

By bluecortina

0 replies

264 views

BL 22 Augbluecortina

How did ITV regions cope during this Granada strike

They were, though whether they were paying attention all the time, to all regions enough to catch a failure 'manually' within 30 secs I don't know ? Remember the ROCs monitored several ITV regions...

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By robertclark125

45 replies

4,698 views

MA 23 Aug - 27 AugMarkymark

Premier League Show (BBC Two)

Split from The Sport Thread

Leicester city's ground local to me is one of countless others done this way as well.

By toby lerone 2016

10 replies

345 views

PE 24 Aug - 1 Seppeterh

Being Mavis Nicholson: TV's Greatest Interviewer

BBC One Wales, 9pm

And what a wonderful documentary it was. Plenty of old clips and lots of touching tributes from her famous interviewees and friends It's now on the iPlayer:

By Whataday

1 reply

420 views

WH 25 Aug - 26 AugWhataday