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(February 2009)

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JF
JamesyFish
Hah! For the first few minutes of BBC World news we had the Cbeebies DOG.. and we currently have no bbc four DOG... doesn't this always happen with the CBBC DOG on BBC Three
AL
altrus
This hardly merits its own thread.
DB
dbl
Where could he have posted it, then?
DA
David
altrus posted:
This hardly merits its own thread.


I disagree. More of this kind of thing on TV Forum, please!

This thread could have done with a cap though.
DE
deejay
BBC Four & Cbeebies and BBC Three/Choice & CBBC have always shared transmission 'chains' and for a long time have shared facilities too. It doesn't happen very often that the wrong dog goes out. The more usual problem, certainly in the early days, was that BBC Choice and Four would go out on the CBBC and CBeebies EPG positions. This posed far more of an editorial problem because the later it got, the more adult programmes went out in the Children's section of the EPG!

It's possible I suppose that the DOG generator got 'stuck' and even if the automation system was chucking out commands to change the dog it decided to stay with the CBeebies one.
NW
nwtv2003
deejay posted:
The more usual problem, certainly in the early days, was that BBC Choice and Four would go out on the CBBC and CBeebies EPG positions. This posed far more of an editorial problem because the later it got, the more adult programmes went out in the Children's section of the EPG!


Still happens on Virgin Media, they basically 'unblock' the blank screen on BBC3 and BBC4 during the day to show CBBC and CBeebies, and same again with CBBC and CBeebies showing BBC3 and BBC4 in the evenings.

ISTR they had a massive problem on the first night of CBBC and CBeebies, Choice and Knowledge weren't available, and the announcers had to apologise for this.
JO
Joe
Quote:
Still happens on Virgin Media, they basically 'unblock' the blank screen on BBC3 and BBC4 during the day to show CBBC and CBeebies, and same again with CBBC and CBeebies showing BBC3 and BBC4 in the evenings.

You get a blank screen, do you? How novel.
NW
nwtv2003
Jugalug posted:
Quote:
Still happens on Virgin Media, they basically 'unblock' the blank screen on BBC3 and BBC4 during the day to show CBBC and CBeebies, and same again with CBBC and CBeebies showing BBC3 and BBC4 in the evenings.

You get a blank screen, do you? How novel.


I meant, the opposite, we get CBBC all day on BBC3 (Ch106), CBeebies all day on BBC4 (Ch 107), but VM used to have them blanked out during the day.
PE
Pete Founding member
I don't get that. Sure its not a problem with your box / headend?
JO
Joe
No, neither are black at any point of the day for me. I think before I got my new Samsung box, they were still unblanked.
PE
Pete Founding member
so neither of you have the virgin media logo with "this channel isn't on air atm" on screen?

what boxes did you have before the samsung? some ancient ntl pace lump?
SC
SCBNI
Hymagumba posted:
I don't get that. Sure its not a problem with your box / headend?


My box also shows CBBC and CBeebies on BBC Three and BBC Four during the day. And the other way about at night obviously.

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