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So since 2003 we've had the highs of Ch4 rebranding over Christmas 2004, the glory of the 2s coming back in 2017, the absolute nadire of Oneness, the boredom of over a decade of BBC News essentially looking and sounding the same, ch5 going through however many owners and name changes. Some great channel launches like More4 and ITV3, some piles of garbage like ITV Play. Numerous general election night discussions that at times were more interesting than the results themselves.
In a sense the actual 'presentation' discussions were a nice addition to some of the other real insights provided in and amongst threads. Chats about how the News 24 set was built and revamped, the layout of TVC, oddities of how Classic Emmerdale/Corrie repeat highlighted the changes in ITV in the 80s and 90s. Then some kind fellows posting some long lost music or theme you thought you'd never get to hear clean and in high quality. The awe of some mocks and recreations.
Rota discussion I have to say I find utterly tedious and thank god for many years they were banned to their own threads. Each to their own...
I'll say this - and it's said in the most 'respecful' manner - but it's a shame the site won't be around for a big Royal death because its going to be a massive event.
Anyway, I hope a successor 'franchise' takes over at midnight the day TFV closes, we get a jump on the screen as we switchover to a new service. The fact so many are reading and posting shows that whilst maybe it's a niche interest there clearly is an audience here for a successor to build on.
…and finally
18 years membership here. Crazy! Well over half my life with daily readership and some sporadic posting. I think my biggest scoop was finding an education subsection of the Sky website that had a load of videos and images showing their new studios a week or so before their disastrous 2005 relaunch.So since 2003 we've had the highs of Ch4 rebranding over Christmas 2004, the glory of the 2s coming back in 2017, the absolute nadire of Oneness, the boredom of over a decade of BBC News essentially looking and sounding the same, ch5 going through however many owners and name changes. Some great channel launches like More4 and ITV3, some piles of garbage like ITV Play. Numerous general election night discussions that at times were more interesting than the results themselves.
In a sense the actual 'presentation' discussions were a nice addition to some of the other real insights provided in and amongst threads. Chats about how the News 24 set was built and revamped, the layout of TVC, oddities of how Classic Emmerdale/Corrie repeat highlighted the changes in ITV in the 80s and 90s. Then some kind fellows posting some long lost music or theme you thought you'd never get to hear clean and in high quality. The awe of some mocks and recreations.
Rota discussion I have to say I find utterly tedious and thank god for many years they were banned to their own threads. Each to their own...
I'll say this - and it's said in the most 'respecful' manner - but it's a shame the site won't be around for a big Royal death because its going to be a massive event.
Anyway, I hope a successor 'franchise' takes over at midnight the day TFV closes, we get a jump on the screen as we switchover to a new service. The fact so many are reading and posting shows that whilst maybe it's a niche interest there clearly is an audience here for a successor to build on.
