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A question about ITV pre 1968

That grossly over simplifies UHF frequency planning. The origins of which for the whole of Europe go back to a conference in Stockholm in 1961, and the PSB allocations at most transmitters today,...

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By Ne1L C

177 replies

5,398 views

MA 4 Apr 2019 3:10pmMarkymark

Could UKTV be scrapped?

To allow concentration on a Netflix rival...

The BBC and Discovery have agreed their terms: Good Food, Home and Really will go to Discovery, with the remaining channels being taken over by BBC Studios. Discovery will also launch a worldwide...

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By nwtv2003

123 replies

10,446 views

WO 1 Apr 2019 12:26pmWoodpecker

This Time with Alan Partridge

Monday at 9:30pm on BBC One

He has now posted the studio layout including Victor's bathroom and Patrick's Kitchen/Dining Room. Richard also did the set for This Time, by the way.

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By Whataday

322 replies

13,719 views

WH 31 Mar 2019 4:30pmWhataday

Blockbusters to be revived by Comedy Central

Dara O'Briain to host.

I added the new theme to Charlie Wheeler's recreation and it works pretty well: More of Charlie's fantastic creations can be found here: This one deserves a special mention, making ingenious...

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By rob

165 replies

11,532 views

WH 28 Mar 2019 9:51pmWhataday

Lorraine Kelly escapes £1.2 million tax bill

ITV hire her to play "Lorraine Kelly" rules judge

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By Whataday

67 replies

3,449 views

CW 26 Mar 2019 11:52amCharlie Wells

Blue Planet Live

With a combination of split phase mains, local 110v, transformer generated 220v, plus a 110v genny there is an awful lot that could go wrong if we are not careful.

By fanoftv

7 replies

514 views

CO 25 Mar 2019 4:51pmcommseng

Trade Test Transmission

Why the blank screen?

Particularly because it gave us an extended look at the BBC Cymru Wales version of the globe, which stayed on screen while the interval piece, Tros y Garreg was playing, rather than cutting to a 'follows...

By TV Times

10 replies

765 views

CL 25 Mar 2019 10:05amClosedown

Happy 18th birthday

What, the wife, two boys and business? I'm not sure I've been here quite the full 18 years, but I know I've been a member for a fair chunk of them. And it's generally been entertaining, but occasionally...

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By A former member

39 replies

1,580 views

GE 24 Mar 2019 1:03amthegeek

FOX UK Rebrand

New look for the channel brings it in line with international variants

Some companies are fully owned by Virgin, some are partially owned, and others just licence the Virgin brand. A list of what Virgin owns, or part-owns are listed on the Wikipedia page:

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By orange

16 replies

2,361 views

KE 22 Mar 2019 5:46pmkernow

Cbeebies wins Channel of the year

The days of getting a brand new episode of Play School every day seem a long way away!

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By A former member

14 replies

923 views

SP 21 Mar 2019 9:56pmSteve in Pudsey

CBeebies: refresh

Where the hell did you hear that? As far as I knew, it had simply been a few years and they decided to refresh.

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By A former member

37 replies

3,841 views

JA 20 Mar 2019 8:23pmJAS84

Poor technical quality of TV ads

Yes, very much so. If fact the technical standards for commercials were set down by the ITCA. I have a copy of issue 2 and very interesting reading it makes too, it even goes down to recommended...

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By Markymark

14 replies

711 views

BL 16 Mar 2019 12:35pmbluecortina

Stv off air again is Itv also?

Black could mean all number of failures. A logo gives confidence the circuit is still up, and the 60 second clock shows it's not on a freeze (or at least gives the transmission controller 60 seconds...

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By A former member

17 replies

1,627 views

TV 16 Mar 2019 8:08amTVEngineer

Tokyo 2020

Olympic Games ...

You're completely right! My bad, I'm not good with remembering names… Here's what I'd like the OBS to take inspiration from. This look for the European Championships was so nice!

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By DVB Cornwall

12 replies

1,260 views

QN 14 Mar 2019 8:51amQuatorzine Neko

That's TV Scotland page

The gift that keeps on giving

A tv show that was on STV 2 Peter and Roughie's Football Show has returned to That's TV Scotland. Not too bad by That's TV but it's only taking out 30 mins of the 15 hour news block

By Curto21

10 replies

899 views

CU 12 Mar 2019 10:28pmCurto21

Michael Jackson: Leaving Neverland

Controversial film airs 21:00 6 & 7 Mar on C4.

I'm finally catching up with the show, as I haven't finished it, I don't want to comment on the allegations. However, it is being shown commercial free on All4.

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By JamesM0984

42 replies

2,518 views

LL 10 Mar 2019 12:24amLondon Lite

Alex Trebek has cancer

US long running gameshow Jeopardy! host diagnosed with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer

And Catchphrase, and Chain Letters (which never even got beyond pilot stage in the US), which were much less successful than Strike it Rich or BB (the latter of which did get a fairly respectable...

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By RDJ

22 replies

1,141 views

TT 10 Mar 2019 12:22amttt

Gameshow discussion

Anything not worthy talk in here

I’ll continue: please don’t start pointless threads without even bothering to contribute. Thread closed.

By TriPiece

3 replies

323 views

AS 9 Mar 2019 9:47pmAsa

Magenta Devine has died

Network 7 & Rough Guide host

Still better than Amanda Abbington on the current Vodafone for Business radio ads. (VF have always been very good at business prevention though)

By Whataday

7 replies

1,003 views

MA 9 Mar 2019 5:53pmMarkymark

Non-English channels

A thread to discuss non-English channels

Please don't create threads just for the sake of it. I'm sure if there's any presentation related discussion to be had on one of these channels someone will create a thread which at least begins with...

By OF992

5 replies

460 views

CW 6 Mar 2019 8:40amCharlie Wells