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Talking of promotion in ads, what's the deal with the BBC (logo and homepage) being quite prominently featured in the Internet Explorer 9 advert? Would Microsoft need to seek permission, could the BBC have been courting for the free promotion?

By Michael

1 reply

779 views

AS 18 Apr 2012 9:04pmAsa

Great TV Themes of the Past, Present and Remixes

Not sure if any of these have already been posted, but if they have, they deserve reposting! 8gXk8y7_qxY Thomas the Tank Engine 20EO4XMBQgM Fringe fcv4HofqNaA Judge John Deed ZVy1btolyoU Waking the Dead t24JtFFm5Q4 The Legend o...

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By JamesWorldNews

145 replies

27k views

MD 18 Apr 2012 7:16pmmdtauk

Manchester's Channel M

The US is a very different market though. I agree with you that it's more about attitude and with the right support I do think regional TV could still perform as part of a national network, but agree with what Ben is saying in that regional TV ...

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By Markymark

12 replies

2,394 views

BR 17 Apr 2012 6:42pmBrekkie

Deal or No Deal and similar shows may be forced off the air

It's Daily Mail rubbish hopefully

Common sense has prevailed:

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By Jon

39 replies

8,984 views

BR 16 Apr 2012 8:39pmBrekkie

BBC NI Titanic Branding

including NEW BBC ONE and BBC TWO IDENTS

Yes these really are lovely. The music is quite good as the copper cut out refers to the metal and the silk soundtrack matching the sunken ship - that concept was the basis for the soundtrack when made after all.

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By denton

33 replies

7,836 views

TV 15 Apr 2012 8:34pmTVnut15

Ocean Finance Television

Closed down

It will be a sad day for television when the colour bars are removed.

By David

5 replies

2,608 views

RO 15 Apr 2012 1:05pmrobertclark125

Saturday Cookbook

Saturdays 8:25am ITV 1

Content was good, set was not bad, editing was terrible & all over the place, as was the camera work, very shakey & unpleasant first thing in the morning.

By CatsFast101

1 reply

1,508 views

FA 14 Apr 2012 7:20pmfanoftv

Watching Ourselves: 60 Years of TV in Scotland

BBC1 Scotland, Wednesdays 7:30pm

Well, why don't BBC Scotland come up with some better ideas of their own anyway? In any case, the lottery quizzes gets about five million viewers and give Scotland a presence on Saturday nights all year round.

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By Paul Clark

14 replies

3,321 views

SW 13 Apr 2012 7:53pmSteve Williams

The One and Only Des O'Connor

I only saw the beginning but heard him mention how familiar he was with the studios and crew.... even though he virtually lived at Teddington Studios for the last 20 or more years of his career

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By Westy2

17 replies

3,847 views

IS 13 Apr 2012 6:40pmInspector Sands

The Secret Life Of Bob Monkhouse

On BBC4

I like the bit where bob said to meg you never saw that coming

By dr7272

8 replies

3,318 views

:-( 13 Apr 2012 6:08pmA former member

The Bill Actor Dies

An inquiry has ruled he committed suicide and had been depressed.

By SatGold

10 replies

13,809 views

MI 12 Apr 2012 9:52pmMichael

Noel's Christmas Presents Online Replacement?

So you may have read this article on The Mail Online in the last couple of weeks. Well yesterday this article turned up on Digital Spy, complete with a video from iwannameet.

By Jon

0 replies

1,110 views

JO 12 Apr 2012 3:11amJon

The TV3 Thread

Very reminiscent of a BBC 1 trailer sting used in the mid nineties.

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By edmund

29 replies

7,093 views

WH 11 Apr 2012 11:03pmWhataday

Pirate TV

I often thought why itv took the bbc2 analogue frequency id thought channel 5 being the bad received channel could use bbc 2 for better reception even if it was only till analogue went off completely

By SatGold

4 replies

1,276 views

MA 10 Apr 2012 1:38pmMarkymark

Last X Factor next year

NEWSPAPER RUMOUR

I think until the new series is close to actually starting then this thread can be closed.

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By Identity

29 replies

16,340 views

CW 9 Apr 2012 6:25pmCharlie Wells

Mini mini series.......

Help needed to name an old tv show

Thank you; that's filled a gap!

By tom75

2 replies

1,063 views

TO 9 Apr 2012 9:38amtom75

Tomorrows World - Astra and BSB

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By SatGold

15 replies

3,748 views

IS 6 Apr 2012 7:21pmInspector Sands

New Wimbledon Studios

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By DanielK

13 replies

3,492 views

DJ 6 Apr 2012 1:05pmDJGM

UTV2 and S2. Anyone remember?

The short-lived Scot/NI variants of ITV2

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By Nigey

26 replies

6,194 views

:-( 6 Apr 2012 6:56amA former member

Transmitter Structure Aircraft Warning Lights

By DVB Cornwall

8 replies

1,816 views

DV 4 Apr 2012 9:46pmDVB Cornwall