MI
Yes, sadly.
The commercial break windows for Eurovision are interesting. Most of them are two minutes, and normally non-commercial channels see some awkward green room banter. However just after the lines close, there's a good 7 or 8 minute window (with the interval act for the non-commercial channels). Do TV stations on the continent really have 8 minute ad breaks?!
Yes, sadly.
JM
JamesM0984
That interval has become far too long in my opinion, though I don’t particularly mind the second interval between jury and televote results.
There is an 8 minute section that can be preempted for adverts but I agree the active voting window goes on forever.
ME
When I was younger, I remember having an analogue cable connection in my bedroom as opposed to a terrestrial aerial and plugged this directly into my tv. Somehow, I managed to tune in to BBC1 & 2, Granada, Channel 4 and 5 with a much clearer picture than my indoor aerial provided. Did anyone else have any luck with this or know how it was possible?
LL
On my B&W set, when I tuned into the rebroadcast, I'd get the home screen with a picture in picture. A friend of mine in the Videotron and Cable & Wireless era used to also get rebroadcasts of Sky One, Sky News and some other pay channels in Southampton. I'd guess from the basic package. This all stopped when VM axed analogue.
London Lite
Founding member
Yes, cable carried a basic UHF rebroadcast. FM radio also.
On my B&W set, when I tuned into the rebroadcast, I'd get the home screen with a picture in picture. A friend of mine in the Videotron and Cable & Wireless era used to also get rebroadcasts of Sky One, Sky News and some other pay channels in Southampton. I'd guess from the basic package. This all stopped when VM axed analogue.
RD
rdd
Founding member
On Virgin Media in Ireland, the analogue cable service was always (except in Cork) carried “in the clear” - albeit on VHF rather than UHF - and could be tuned in by most TVs sold in the Irish markets which had VHF tuners.
While the analogue TV service is in the process of being switched off, afaik the FM radio service is still going.
While the analogue TV service is in the process of being switched off, afaik the FM radio service is still going.
JK
Isn't it right Cork Multi-Channel was considered the best cable system in Ireland in the 80s and 90s? That is what my cousins in Cork say.
On Virgin Media in Ireland, the analogue cable service was always (except in Cork) carried “in the clear” - albeit on VHF rather than UHF - and could be tuned in by most TVs sold in the Irish markets which had VHF tuners.
While the analogue TV service is in the process of being switched off, afaik the FM radio service is still going.
While the analogue TV service is in the process of being switched off, afaik the FM radio service is still going.
Isn't it right Cork Multi-Channel was considered the best cable system in Ireland in the 80s and 90s? That is what my cousins in Cork say.
RD
rdd
Founding member
Well they certainly offered the widest line up- at the time (and up to the introduction of digital) Cablelink were only offering 15 channels on their basic tier. Irish Multichannel offered double that though only in Cork. It was regarded as sort of a double edged sword though as it was much easier to record stuff on VHS with the unencrypted cable in use in the rest of the country whereas Cork viewers, like MMDS customers, had the worry about having the STB on the right channel. I can’t remember if the STBs even had a timer channel change function.
CH
Isn't it right Cork Multi-Channel was considered the best cable system in Ireland in the 80s and 90s? That is what my cousins in Cork say.
It was the best system as regards choice, It also had a reasonable Local TV service especially when it came to sports and coverage of Local GAA and Cork City FC events. However, The actual infrastructure ranged from being excellent to shockingly poor. Customer service wasn't great and it was regarded as being pricey. The company were also paranoid that people were stealing their signal, which quiet a few were.
At the same time, they seemed to constantly go on about paying your bills. They used to break into the HTV Wales service during commercials with this type of thing,
I wouldn't be too happy if I were one of the few companies in Cork that had purchased Advertising time on HTV Wales! To be fair that was a rare enough occurrence.
On Virgin Media in Ireland, the analogue cable service was always (except in Cork) carried “in the clear” - albeit on VHF rather than UHF - and could be tuned in by most TVs sold in the Irish markets which had VHF tuners.
While the analogue TV service is in the process of being switched off, afaik the FM radio service is still going.
While the analogue TV service is in the process of being switched off, afaik the FM radio service is still going.
Isn't it right Cork Multi-Channel was considered the best cable system in Ireland in the 80s and 90s? That is what my cousins in Cork say.
It was the best system as regards choice, It also had a reasonable Local TV service especially when it came to sports and coverage of Local GAA and Cork City FC events. However, The actual infrastructure ranged from being excellent to shockingly poor. Customer service wasn't great and it was regarded as being pricey. The company were also paranoid that people were stealing their signal, which quiet a few were.
At the same time, they seemed to constantly go on about paying your bills. They used to break into the HTV Wales service during commercials with this type of thing,
I wouldn't be too happy if I were one of the few companies in Cork that had purchased Advertising time on HTV Wales! To be fair that was a rare enough occurrence.
CH
As far as I'm aware it was the one feed everyone received.
Did that play out to everyone, or just those late in paying their bills?
As far as I'm aware it was the one feed everyone received.