TV Forum

TV Home Forum

Topics created in January 2016

This site closed in March 2021 and is now a read-only archive

8 to 14 year olds

Well, I go away for the weekend and come back to find this thread has resurfaced with pages of posts. It seems to be descending into a combination of denial and arguing, instead of constructive debate....

1 2 3 4 ...9 10 11

122 replies

10,533 views

CW 21 Jan - 7 FebCharlie Wells

Events leading up to ITV Oct. 2002 rebranding

Rather similar to YTV's "ITV in the heart of your region" stuff, and YTV did also run promos with separate YTV/TTT branding in 1994/5 for a while with no channel name mentioned (that said Tyne Tees...

1 2 3 4

By Maaixuew

36 replies

4,431 views

TT 24 Jan - 28 Janttt

When did ITV start becoming known as ITV?

AKA "when did 'Independent Television' fall out of use?"

To be fair to him this was during 2008 at the height of ITV troubles, He did state the PSB was valued at £40million and ITV provide the local/national news, CITV and a few other bits n bobs for that....

1 2 3 4 ...7 8 9

By Night Thoughts

97 replies

10,526 views

:-( 24 Jan - 1 FebA former member

ITV Handovers pre Thames/LWT

Thanks.

3 replies

642 views

NL 24 JanNe1L C

Thames/Carlton Takeover 1992/3

New Years Eve/Day

You have to look at this in the context of the BBC News Television Centre vs BBC Current Affairs Lime Grove merger under Birt. Breakfast Time (and Nationwide, and I think 60 Minutes) were made by...

1 2 3 4 ...7 8 9

By Maaixuew

105 replies

12,088 views

NG 24 Jan - 30 Jannoggin

Did the loss of Thames result in a decline of standards?

That's them. Owned by the same company as The Daily Mail. They pioneered self-op video journalists, although I seem to remember stories about lots of their cameras going walkies in the first few weeks

1 2 3 4 ...12 13 14

By Maaixuew

161 replies

15,453 views

IS 25 Jan - 16 FebInspector Sands

Channel 5 - New Look Feb 11th

HD Freeview Launch - Page 31

Sky go still has the 5 in the circle on its offerings from channel 5 catch up not the new one

1 2 3 4 ...28 29 30

358 replies

65k views

PE 27 Jan - 27 Febpeterh

All New Sunrise on 7 (Australia)

New set, New features, New Graphics from Feb 1

I'm afraid its 5.00am ET, to be exact...

1 2 3 4

37 replies

4,747 views

SN 27 Jan - 3 FebThe SNT Three

Albion Market

Remembering a rare Granada flop after it ended 30 years ago

Albion Market never had a great time slot in the first place, it went out at 7pm on Friday and Sunday, within months Sunday slot went to 6pm. LWT and TVS Hated the series, and in 1986 moved both...

By robertclark125

10 replies

3,079 views

:-( 28 Jan - 30 JanA former member

Channel 4 Plastering of Copyright Year.

Split from Channel 4

Yeah. Probably.

By AlexEdohHD13

5 replies

1,282 views

AE 30 JanAlexEdohHD13

Sir Terry Wogan - RIP

There was a tribute at Proms in the Park on Saturday .... see here …….. BBC.CO.UK 12-Sep-2016 @ 12:58

1 2 3 4 ...9 10 11

By DVB Cornwall

128 replies

22k views

DV 31 Jan - 12 SepDVB Cornwall

Late 80s Credits

Think Aston 3 did the disappearing top line trick on rollers - where the top line of text at the top of screen would sometimes cut off rather than cleanly rolling through. Either Aston 3 or Ryley....

1 2

22 replies

2,360 views

NG 31 Jan - 1 Febnoggin

Vera

Plot

It's - not - real -

By Geoffsroberts

6 replies

923 views

FB 31 Jan - 4 FebFluffy Bunny Feet