Is this old Chart online? im trying to figure out how everything was broadcast on that channel, I still cant see how SKY sports Gold get slotted in from 1 November 1995 - Nov 96..
Is this old Chart online? im trying to figure out how everything was broadcast on that channel, I still cant see how SKY sports Gold get slotted in from 1 November 1995 - Nov 96..
No, I have not seen that, so Cheers! Just a shame there nothing on those newsgroup about HTV rebrand
:-(
A former member
Can anyone remember waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1996?
http://www.reocities.com/heartland/4407/uksw.htm Then there's going to be another good month! Yes, on November 1st WBTV : The Warner Channel starts. This could well be quite good, and they say they're going to have Batman : The Cartoon on it. Hopefully, it'll be better than The Paramount Channel, because of course they're both from two big content producers, but the only new thing on Paramount (practically) is Entertainment Tonight.
But it never seem to get off the ground, does anyone know why?
Warner Bros TV wasn't the only station to have pre-publicity and then not launch, Nick At Nite was another. Instead of that they launched Paramount in the downtime of Nickleodeon.
I seem to remember Disney being promised in the very early days of Sky but then not materialising until a few years later.
I have found this but it does NOT match up with original names who bidded.
Quote:
in the meantime, the responsibility for allocating the five British frequencies had fallen to the IBA, and in April 1986, it solicited commercial bids to operate the first three of them. In total, five consortia tendered for the franchise.
- DBS UK comprised a formidable looking partnership between Carlton, LWT, Saatchi & Saatchi, Dixons and Columbia Pictures, promising a new entertainment network, a news and sport service, and Super Channel.
- Direct Broadcasting Limited, backed by Rupert Murdoch’s News International, proposed one channel for families, another offering an improbable mix of news and films, and Sky Channel, the original European cable channel that Murdoch had bought in 1983.
- National Broadcasting Service was supported by Goldcrest Films, the “British are coming!” outfit behind Chariots of Fire and Ghandi that ultimately met the same fate as BSB. It pledged news, sport and programmes for children.
- SatUK Broadcasting, backed by those ubiquitous 1980s tycoons, Tiny Rowland and Alan Bond, proposed channels for films, entertainment and family programming.
Can anyone remember waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in 1996?
http://www.reocities.com/heartland/4407/uksw.htm Then there's going to be another good month! Yes, on November 1st WBTV : The Warner Channel starts. This could well be quite good, and they say they're going to have Batman : The Cartoon on it. Hopefully, it'll be better than The Paramount Channel, because of course they're both from two big content producers, but the only new thing on Paramount (practically) is Entertainment Tonight.
But it never seem to get off the ground, does anyone know why?
I remember the WBTV 'launch' being promoted in the monthly satellite tv magazine heavily before launch, a big deal was made of Lois and Clark, and the listings for the non-existant WBTV channel were carried for several months after it failed to launch. It was due on one of the Astra 1D transponders IIRC?
I have found this but it does NOT match up with original names who bidded.
Quote:
in the meantime, the responsibility for allocating the five British frequencies had fallen to the IBA, and in April 1986, it solicited commercial bids to operate the first three of them. In total, five consortia tendered for the franchise.
- DBS UK comprised a formidable looking partnership between Carlton, LWT, Saatchi & Saatchi, Dixons and Columbia Pictures, promising a new entertainment network, a news and sport service, and Super Channel.
- Direct Broadcasting Limited, backed by Rupert Murdoch’s News International, proposed one channel for families, another offering an improbable mix of news and films, and Sky Channel, the original European cable channel that Murdoch had bought in 1983.
- National Broadcasting Service was supported by Goldcrest Films, the “British are coming!” outfit behind Chariots of Fire and Ghandi that ultimately met the same fate as BSB. It pledged news, sport and programmes for children.
- SatUK Broadcasting, backed by those ubiquitous 1980s tycoons, Tiny Rowland and Alan Bond, proposed channels for films, entertainment and family programming.
I've got to say that the DBS UK package would have been my choice. Having the distribution of satellite systems and the programming under one roof would have been fireproof IMO.
:-(
A former member
I have been informed one of those bid had British Aerospace as the MAIN bidder, so one of those names are wrong...
and the listings for the non-existant WBTV channel were carried for several months after it failed to launch. It was due on one of the Astra 1D transponders IIRC?
