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30 June 2001 Power Failure (June 2001)

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JA
Jamez
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_341481.html

A breif summary of what happend
CA
cat
The presenters may not have been informed of it as the people behind the scenes were too busy trying to actually let the viewers see it!!
If the PA have reported it then Sky will have picked up on it a while ago and if they haven't said anything by now then thye probably wont say much.
Perhaps a quick note with the presenter reading over an apology caption, like News24 did.
It all depends how serious it actually is, if it is very serious then they will report it, if it is just a minor tech fault no-one will bother.
BB
BBC Choice
When N24 goes into Talking Movies in 2 mins I'll upload it. I've just had to delete some of my BBC One extended idents for this!! Hpmf! (small hard disk!)
CA
cat
Oh god it's that ITV Election theme advert again!!
Anyway...
Are any channels still down?
MI
Mich Founding member
Steve Naylor posted:
Surely this is quite a major story and somewhere there must be something about it soon. I suspect we'll find out - and why is there noone from the BBC here when you need them (bet they're all running around!!)

Thats the second thing that you said that made me want to quote you, but i've been toobusy catching up! Its good that there's no one here from the beeb it means that they are all at work, and can tell us what happened.
Anyway whats News 24 like now, if there was a powerfailure will they have lost reports etc.? What are UKTV going to say, power problems at TV Centre?!? We all know its half beeb owned but I wouldn't have thought that they would have wanted to shout about it? Also a new record, 1 thread 1 minute 1 subject 5 replies!
IT
itsrobert Founding member
Wait till Nicky S gets here!!
AS
Asa Admin
UKTV still off-air! And I want to see the end of Dibley Smile

Does anyone know what time BBC One are now due to have their next junction (was meant to be 11pm but with a 20 min(?) delay I guess)

Cheers, Asa
IT
itsrobert Founding member
No, all channels are back to normal apart from UKTV i believe.
JN
jnlplj1
we'll have loads of questions for him - but he'll bve really exhausted and want a huge coffee!!

James
MI
Mich Founding member
Martin posted:
stabgely enough the BBC 159 service hasnt been covering it

some service!

Yeah but can they cover it? Have there been any updates of ceefax? And have they got better things to do like sorting channels out rather than sorting out a page that only people like us ever look at? Not criticising, its a good point, just making a point.
IT
itsrobert Founding member
I'm taping overnight BBC ONE/NEWS 24 coverage
MA
Martin Founding member
Uk Gold id back half way through Bottom

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