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A former member
I think I got s one stuff about David frost company London bid I'll look them out in the morning.
IS
There's a fair amount of stuff on C4 made by ITV owned indies
Not that they are indies of course
There's a fair amount of stuff on C4 made by ITV owned indies
Not that they are indies of course
FN
All the bid documents from the 1990 franchise rounds and other franchise bids after that are available for public review at the ITC legacy archive held by Ofcom.
You can arrange viewing of the documents. It's only at their London office and it's only the files that were made available in public libraries for review at the time.
You can arrange viewing of the documents. It's only at their London office and it's only the files that were made available in public libraries for review at the time.
RO
Could a shotgun marriage have been allowed, as what happened, I believe, in 1968 with Yorkshire, or what TVS were hoping for in the 1980 franchise round, where they were expecting a shotgun marriage with Southern, only to end up beating Southern outright?
JA
Yeah, I never thought of that actually. The top 100 shows that were on all the time in the early-mid 00s were originally Tyne Tees, then "Granada Yorkshire" before finally falling under the "Shiver" name- Shiver being one of those ITV owned indies!
There's a fair amount of stuff on C4 made by ITV owned indies.
Yeah, I never thought of that actually. The top 100 shows that were on all the time in the early-mid 00s were originally Tyne Tees, then "Granada Yorkshire" before finally falling under the "Shiver" name- Shiver being one of those ITV owned indies!
BL
Can I just remind you all that post 1992 the commercial PSB companies held licences to broadcast, they were not franchisees. They never applied for any sort of franchise, they did apply for a licence to broadcast. It's an important difference.
IN
No. The parties would have to have formed a joint bid with the share structure as it would be on the first day of broadcasting.
The ITC wouldn't be able to have told a bidder to change its ownership structure at all, it was either acceptable or unacceptable.
Could a shotgun marriage have been allowed, as what happened, I believe, in 1968 with Yorkshire, or what TVS were hoping for in the 1980 franchise round, where they were expecting a shotgun marriage with Southern, only to end up beating Southern outright?
No. The parties would have to have formed a joint bid with the share structure as it would be on the first day of broadcasting.
The ITC wouldn't be able to have told a bidder to change its ownership structure at all, it was either acceptable or unacceptable.
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A former member
I think I got s one stuff about David frost company London bid I'll look them out in the morning.
I was right I do have something about the company
Q Why was CPV-TV disqualified on quality grounds for the ITV London Weekday franchise? They passed on two other franchises yet failed in London.
A : Please find this information attached. Please note that some of the information has been redacted under the following exemptions as set out in the Act.
Section 40. This relates to personal information and one name has been redacted.
Section 44. Section 44 is an absolute exemption under the Act and does not require a public interest test. It applies to information which we hold which is covered by a statutory prohibition. Under section 393(1) of the Communications Act 2003, information that we hold as a result of the exercise of our powers and which relates to a business cannot be disclosed without the consent of the
It was going to fail either way have a read of this gem: http://up.metropol247.co.uk/barcode/CPV%20TV%20Q3.pdf
There wanted News at ten moved to 9pm, While TVAM was to provide the local news.
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A former member
Did anyone else notice how the amount of US programmes dramatically reduced after Jan 1993 and when the new companies started.
Nearly around peak time was dropped, expect for MSW which manged to stay until 1994, while other stuff were shown at weekend afternoons. There was alot more homegrown programmes for the 8 or 9pm slots.
Nearly around peak time was dropped, expect for MSW which manged to stay until 1994, while other stuff were shown at weekend afternoons. There was alot more homegrown programmes for the 8 or 9pm slots.
NJ
sure, but the 25% production outside of the M25 quota was introduced under the 1990 Broadcasting Act, which opened up the floodgates for indies to get programmes onto ITV without having to go through a broadcaster, so rather than getting Granada, Central and Yorkshire to make everything, somebody else could do it C4 style.
There's always been home grown stuff for evening time on ITV, just the current trend consists of Emmerdale and Coronation Street in a current affairs sandwich has become a staple (to such an extent there appears to be little way of ITV getting back out of it). There's nothing wrong with US programming, after all these days its all that props up a lot of digital channels. In 1993 though, with only four channels and BSkyB up and running, even Sky 1 at the time was US programme heavy.
Neil Jones
Founding member
Did anyone else notice how the amount of US programmes dramatically reduced after Jan 1993 and when the new companies started.
Nearly around peak time was dropped, expect for MSW which manged to stay until 1994, while other stuff were shown at weekend afternoons. There was alot more homegrown programmes for the 8 or 9pm slots.
Nearly around peak time was dropped, expect for MSW which manged to stay until 1994, while other stuff were shown at weekend afternoons. There was alot more homegrown programmes for the 8 or 9pm slots.
sure, but the 25% production outside of the M25 quota was introduced under the 1990 Broadcasting Act, which opened up the floodgates for indies to get programmes onto ITV without having to go through a broadcaster, so rather than getting Granada, Central and Yorkshire to make everything, somebody else could do it C4 style.
There's always been home grown stuff for evening time on ITV, just the current trend consists of Emmerdale and Coronation Street in a current affairs sandwich has become a staple (to such an extent there appears to be little way of ITV getting back out of it). There's nothing wrong with US programming, after all these days its all that props up a lot of digital channels. In 1993 though, with only four channels and BSkyB up and running, even Sky 1 at the time was US programme heavy.