Price Drop has dropped off the air

AN

Ant 17 March 2006 11:33pm

And they're simulcasting Speed Auction...

What's going on?

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JB

JasonB 17 March 2006 11:35pm

Any chance of the 3 channel's playing out their background music clean tonight?

NJ

Neil Jones Founding member 17 March 2006 11:36pm

Now airing speedauction.tv complete with DOG on bid.tv.

Still stretched piccie though.

JU

juice 17 March 2006 11:37pm

I have to agree with Beeb2.

This looks more like a facility evacuation more so than being forced off the air.

EDIT: Price Drop TV gas just gone to a stretched 4:3 output

JU

juice 17 March 2006 11:39pm

In fact, the infomercial now showing on Price Drop was on speed auction tv about 30 mins ago, so could they be looping the same VT on Price Drop as the one they are broadcasting on the other two, albeit some 30 mins behind?

NJ

Neil Jones Founding member 17 March 2006 11:43pm

juice posted:

All this seems very bizarre. I can't really see anything to point to a failure at their studios as such, nor can I really see any issues at the tx point. It also seems like odd behaviour for an OFCOM related issue to be at the centre of this.

Like we saw when the Viacom channels fell off the air a few weeks back due to power problems, anything can happen to the systems when the power comes back.

In this case it looks like the systems may have returned in such a state that the only thing they can do with them is pump out TV Warehouse (live or otherwise) and now, as things stand, pipe one channel's output across the three shopping channels. Until some technical bod can get in to get the systems out of whatever state they're in and back to normal, there's not a lot one can probably do.

BA

Bail Moderator 17 March 2006 11:50pm

I doubt sit-up is going bust, nor anything terminal at the 3 stations, the only people in the SellyTelly world with any stick at the moment are Vector Direct.

JU

juice 17 March 2006 11:57pm

I don't think that Sit Up TV is going bust, and I don't think they have been pulled either.

I think this is either due to an evacuation at their facility, or a very serious gallery/equipment failure

SE

Square Eyes Founding member 18 March 2006 12:51am

This is no bad thing. It gives us chance to experience the health benefits of juicing once again with Jack Le Lanne.

MMmmm, and healthfhull, AND HEALTHFULL.

MO

moo 18 March 2006 12:54am

I would much rather watch the TRUE CERAMIC PRO action, and how it is not like ANY OLD ceramic straightener, it's a TRUE CERAMIC PRO straightener.

Or, that bi-directional step thing.

EDIT: 5 POSTS!!!

JU

juice 18 March 2006 1:21am

Looks like a major power cut has caused tonights issues, and the channels should be back tomorrow.

IS

Inspector Sands 18 March 2006 2:18am

juice posted:

The aspect ratios on all the channels seem to be all over the place and changing at a whim.

Who would be controlling this output?? Surely if there were power issues at the main output gallery, they wouldn't be able to transmit these infomercials??

With both Bid up and Price drop the transmission controller is in the same room as the studio gallery. However, it takes a lot less power to broadcast a tape or server than it does a studio with cameras and lights and everything else needed for a live studio based TV channel

(March 2006)