Price-drop/Bid-up off air

Bid-up now appearing on normal FreeView channel as well as the PD channel.

Bidup on both Channels 23 and 24 on Freeview, meanwhile on Sky, bid up is broadcasting normally and Price Drop has appeared as well...

How very odd...

Haven't heard any explanation from the presenters - they've probably been doing their slots all the time even though the channnels have been off air!

(EDIT: Screenshop on Sky channel 662 is still showing the white on black apology caption)

Er...dont you think they'd have been a bit peturbed by no-one ringing in with bids / web bidders only??

More likely that they will have had to of been in ready to present incase they fixed the problem. Meaning they will have been paid to do nothing.

Im still getting bid-up on price-drop's channel and no EPG either on price-drop on freeview yet.

Why would they do that? everyone involved would be quite aware that they are off-air, because all they are broadcasting is an apology slide!

Not necessarily, they both come from adjacent studios with the same infrastructure, same computer systems..... could be anything. Perhaps someone triggered off the fire alarm or the estate they are on got evacuated

Also unlike other TV stations it's not just a failure of the TV system that takes them off air - if the systems that does the auctions and takes the calls goes down then they have to close down

Not necessarily, they both come from adjacent studios with the same infrastructure, same computer systems..... could be anything.

Also unlike other TV stations it's not just a failure of the TV system that takes them off air - if the systems that does the auctions and takes the calls goes down then they have to close down

Has price-drop returned to Freeview yet?

13.50 - Not yet

well now...

bid-up.tv is back to normal on freeview and price-drop.tv is playing screenshop with wrong captions (in actual fact, the one it stopped with last nite) 'helath and fitness"

just my luck!

as soon as i post that, price-drop.tv is back to normal, by the looks of things, everything is now A-OK!