Can somebody clear this up for me? I'm aware TV Forum is marking the end of Pages from Ceefax, but according to the TiVo TV guide, it's on again on Friday night/Saturday morning next weekend. What exactly are we marking the end of if it's still going?
As of next week, BBC Two's downtime will be filled with a barker loop, like BBC HD.
I made a brief mention on Facebook that tonight's Pages from Ceefax would be the last, and I'm surprised by how many (normal) people have commented on or reposted it. Someone's even asked for the VideoPlus+ code...
One question. Why can't BBC1 and BBC2 just have 24 hour schedule, they can play replays of programs during overnight, why do they have to join BBC News and end broadcasting even for very short amount of time sometimes?
Repeats cost money. The BBC doesn't have lots of that at the moment...
As of next week, BBC Two's downtime will be filled with a barker loop, like BBC HD.
I made a brief mention on Facebook that tonight's Pages from Ceefax would be the last, and I'm surprised by how many (normal) people have commented on or reposted it. Someone's even asked for the VideoPlus+ code...
I imagine their going to find it tricky promoting BBC2. "BBC2, your number 1 stop for, erm, well, Coast?"
Luckily, I have to get up at 05:45 tommorow, so I should be able to witness what they are going to do to mark the occasion.
Can somebody clear this up for me? I'm aware TV Forum is marking the end of Pages from Ceefax, but according to the TiVo TV guide, it's on again on Friday night/Saturday morning next weekend. What exactly are we marking the end of if it's still going?
Same on Digiguide, its back at 4am on Saturday 27th.
As of next week, BBC Two's downtime will be filled with a barker loop, like BBC HD.
I made a brief mention on Facebook that tonight's Pages from Ceefax would be the last, and I'm surprised by how many (normal) people have commented on or reposted it. Someone's even asked for the VideoPlus+ code...
I can't give you a VideoPlus+ code for 4:45-6:00 (must be over 6 characters) but for 4:30-6:00 it would be 78667 and from 5:00-6:00 it would be 12385.
Can somebody clear this up for me? I'm aware TV Forum is marking the end of Pages from Ceefax, but according to the TiVo TV guide, it's on again on Friday night/Saturday morning next weekend. What exactly are we marking the end of if it's still going?
Same on Digiguide, its back at 4am on Saturday 27th.
"This is BBC Two" is treated by DigiGuide as a gap in programming and also it can't overwrite an existing programme with nothing - so if the BBC put Pages from Ceefax in the slot and then later cancelled it, it will still show Pages from Ceefax as the old listing. Someone installing DigiGuide fresh and grabbing listings as they are now would see the "programmes start again..." gap.
Look at Russell Howard's Good News on BBC3 the following night when the clocks go back. The BBC originally sent DG listings with an incorrect time (3:20), and the programme is still there even though they've corrected it since.
As of next week, BBC Two's downtime will be filled with a barker loop, like BBC HD.
I made a brief mention on Facebook that tonight's Pages from Ceefax would be the last, and I'm surprised by how many (normal) people have commented on or reposted it. Someone's even asked for the VideoPlus+ code...
I tried VideoPlus, years ago, just once - it recorded everything
except
the programme itself...
Probably some obvious human-error explanation for it, like the VCR was left in the wrong mode -- no idea though; long time ago. After that, went back to the manual approach of 'hit record and just leave it running', I think.