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Ideal World channels off air

(May 2011)

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JV
James Vertigan Founding member
Ideal World channel currently showing black screen, Ideal & More and Create & Craft showing still images...

Hope its just satellite uplink problems and nothing serious like another fire.
IS
Inspector Sands
More likely power problems, a tribute to BidUp.tv perhaps? Laughing

What are the still images on 2 of the channels?
Last edited by Inspector Sands on 30 May 2011 12:33am
JV
James Vertigan Founding member
I'd forgotten IW actually has four channels on Sky - deal & More (Sky 668) stuck selling a Bissell 1697E Powerbrush Pro, meanwhile Create & Craft (Sky 671) selling Crafters Tool Kit (176646) Ideal Extra (Sky 651) were selling an EMachines Pentium Dualcore laptop (189431) - don't know about main Ideal World channel as that is only one with blank screen - others all on still images.

EDIT: a set of Arqiva LMC bars briefly appeared on Create & Craft just now so looks like it could be uplink related - Now switched to a white on black apology slide on C&C saying "Service will resume as soon as possible. We apologise for the inconvenience"

EDIT 2: This same caption is now on all their channels
Last edited by James Vertigan on 30 May 2011 12:53am - 2 times in total
IS
Inspector Sands
If there was a problem with the uplink you'd be seeing nothing... no uplink, no picture.

It'll either be a failure at source (eg a power failure) or a loss of the distribution between the studios and the multiplexing/uplink site.
WO
Worzel
Ideal World channel currently showing black screen, Ideal & More and Create & Craft showing still images...

Hope its just satellite uplink problems and nothing serious like another fire.


I would have assumed it may just be power problems, routine maintenance (or maybe they're finally going into the 21st century and going Widescreen!!).

I hope it isn't this all over again... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL_j10mOAtY
IS
Inspector Sands
I would have assumed it may just be power problems, routine maintenance (or maybe they're finally going into the 21st century and going Widescreen!!).

If it was planned they'd have made arrangements for continuing throughout whatever they were doing... just like any other TV stsation.

Incidently, on the subject of Ideal World: http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2011/05/27/13367/johnny_vegas,_tv_shopping_host
DA
David


Vegas is obviously a fan of shopping television. He once spent an afternoon presenting on the excellent Snatch It. A few clips were then used on his disappointing Channel 4 show, 18 Stone of Idiot. I have about an hour of it recorded somewhere, Snatch It I mean, not the Channel 4 programme. They also used Vegas in their idents for at least a few months after his appearance on the channel too.
FE
Felek
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No Ideal World this morning...
SP
Steve in Pudsey
Same caption on all four channels, all saying Ideal World rather than the individual service name
SC
Si-Co
Nice retro caption, I must say!
DA
David
All 4 channels are now showing the same programme. I'm not sure if it is live or recorded.
JB
JasonB
Seems to be back now.

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