Though it was very commonly seen promos on UK based satellite stations in the 1980s, sometimes with dual CET and GMT/BST listings. The old one-channel Sky did it up until 1989, I think, with several others continuing into the 1990s. CNBC Europe still uses it, but only in CET, and *I think* (but couldn't swear blindly) Eurosport.
Eurosport promos are in the twelve hour clock except if there is one mid-coverage and they're taking an international feed, when the time will be in CET and 24-hour clock. Happened a lot during the Australian Open when Eurosport UK 1 did its own thing and Eurosport 2 UK simulcast international Eurosport 1 or 2. I believe this is because the UK team could only opt out on one channel at a time.
Kids channels are now using very precise timings on EPG listings to partially get around new Ofcom rules which took effect on 1st April. Children's programmes of 30 minutes or less may no longer include an internal ad-break. Nick, Disney and most others are now listing a 31 minute programme in each hour, in order to include an ad-break.
Kids channels are now using very precise timings on EPG listings to partially get around new Ofcom rules which took effect on 1st April. Children's programmes of 30 minutes or less may no longer include an internal ad-break. Nick, Disney and most others are now listing a 31 minute programme in each hour, in order to include an ad-break.
Must be why they seem to be showing a half hour show followed by two 15 minute shows most of the time as well.
Kids channels are now using very precise timings on EPG listings to partially get around new Ofcom rules which took effect on 1st April. Children's programmes of 30 minutes or less may no longer include an internal ad-break. Nick, Disney and most others are now listing a 31 minute programme in each hour, in order to include an ad-break.
There was a time many years ago where this was standard practice, particularly on Children's ITV, in that programmes less than 25/30 minutes running/scheduled time could not have an internal break and I think that was the case on CITV well into the 2000s. So it's only been fairly recently it's been changed and now changed back again.
Highlighted the absurdity of that rule and actually strange of OFCOM to reintroduce that when commerial childrens TV production in the UK is pretty much on it's deathbed.
Highlighted the absurdity of that rule and actually strange of OFCOM to reintroduce that when commerial childrens TV production in the UK is pretty much on it's deathbed.
Not totally dead but pretty much there. Think we can trace the decline from when ITV closed the their production facility for CITV programming in 2006.
Think it may also be safe to say that if there wasn't CBBC (and to an extent CBeebies) still making a generous (compared to others anyway) amount of new programming the entire children's TV production sector in this country would be non-existent. CITV makes new stuff on occasion but nowhere near as much as they used to.
Nickelodeon UK hasn't made anything for a long while, Disney occasionally makes something in the UK but its majority content is from its sister channels in the US, and everybody else lives off American/Australian imports.
To be fair, a fair bit gets made for Channel 5 as well, though only for pre-schoolers.
And I think the banning of junk food advertising probably had a fair bit to do with it as well, taking away a large chunk of kids TV's revendue. Within a matter of months of that, CITV (Saturday morning and weekday) had gone from ITV.
And I think the banning of junk food advertising probably had a fair bit to do with it as well, taking away a large chunk of kids TV's revendue. Within a matter of months of that, CITV (Saturday morning and weekday) had gone from ITV.
Yeah but the Saturday morning shows went from CBBC One at around the same time when all that was either relegated to BBC Two or the CBBC Channel (eventually exclusively to the latter). So while it was financial reasons that saw ITV drop their Saturday morning programmes, the BBC relegated them from the main channel as well. Of course they did drop CBBC weekdays on BBC One a few years later.
Just to go briefly back to the listings mags issue - TV Times launched as London only; then it included both London and Midlands programmes for a week or two (during a printing dispute) before it launched a separate Midlands Edition. Then along came a Northern Edition. STV launched with their own "TV Guide" (printed as a broadsheet and published by the Scotsman) and TWW launched with their own "Television Weekly" in two editions - South Wales and West of England - also a broadsheet published by Berrows Newspapers. TV Times added Southern and Anglia editions, Tyne Tees came along with "The Viewer" (published by the Daily News), Ulster published "TV Post", a broadsheet printed by Century Newspapers. TV Times added Border and Grampian editions, Westward appeared with "Look Westward" (a variant edition of 'The Viewer'), Channel TV published their "Channel Viewer" (from the Guernsey Evening Post) and WWN published two editions of their magazine - "Wales (West & North) TV" was in English and "Teledu Cymru" in Welsh. STV took the contract away from TV Guide in the spring of 1962 and gave it to "The Viewer" which then produced three editions - TTT, Westward and STV. Then in 1964 the Midlands went for the Odhams Press "TV World". TV Times kept a Midlands version going - with no listings but some features on BBC programmes and Radio Luxembourg - for a few weeks. In 1968, TV Times was mandated by the IBA to become the listings magazine for the whole of the UK. In 1970, Channel renamed their magazine "Channel TV Times" but it was still a locally owned and printed magazine. It eventually folded after other listings magazines entered the market, although for a time it bravely soldiered on with BBC TV and radio listings as well as Channel and C4. In Wales, when S4C launched, its programmes appeared in "Sbec" which was given away free with the HTV Wales edition of TV Times. It was published by the Western Mail as an A5 magazine. After a couple of years it turned into a broadsheet titled "TV Wales".
In Wales, when S4C launched, its programmes appeared in "Sbec" which was given away free with the HTV Wales edition of TV Times. It was published by the Western Mail as an A5 magazine. After a couple of years it turned into a broadsheet titled "TV Wales".
I think also the Wales edition of the Radio Times had a single page of S4C listings, (to cover the week) but only the channel's BBC productions ?
I think also the Wales edition of the Radio Times had a single page of S4C listings, (to cover the week) but only the channel's BBC productions ?
It was a double page spread which covered all Welsh language programmes on S4C, but none of the English ones ("Rhaglenni Saesneg"). And the BBC programmes had "BBC Cymru" in their billings but the others had no production company.