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15th anniversary of 'C-Day'

Although I presume most advertisers just cropped their international 4:3 adverts to 14:9 until widescreen/HD was more widespread. And of course the majority of digital channels took years to go widescreen...

By Maaixuew

1 reply

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VM 1 JulVMPhil

Should itv choice launch in UK as itvs 7day catch up channel

With channel 4 and 5 having 24/7 channel catch up and 5+24 should itv add its own?

Well that didn't take much...

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By Wee-Pea-Moo

22 replies

2,494 views

LL 1 Jul - 2 JulLarry the Loafer

UKTV's Alibi gets a new look

You may have stumbled upon my two remaining redeeming features.

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By rob

19 replies

3,373 views

MI 1 Jul - 12 JulMichael

Jon Stewart's final 'The Daily Show' run

I watch it in my browser by using an extension called 'Modify Headers'. An icon should be added to your toolbar, click on it to open and then follow these instructions: 1. Under 'Select Action',...

By House

9 replies

1,923 views

VM 1 Jul - 3 JulVMPhil

Sky living: no more DOG in certain shows or error?

It'll be a DOG on/off command in the automation system attached to the pres template, so could be that they're in the process of migrating to the style used on the other Sky channels where it's...

By Nathan

5 replies

916 views

RA 1 Jul - 3 Julradiobloke

TV Player +

extra channels coming soon

TV Player is owned by SimpleStream Group. TVCatchup is owned by Catchup TV Ltd.

By dvboy

5 replies

1,372 views

LL 2 Jul - 3 JulLondon Lite

BBC cuts jobs / Charter renewal

1,000 people may leave the BBC

There's nothing to stop them doing it now..... except for all the work and expense it would take. In-house or out of house it's still the same broadcast infrastructure, all that really changes...

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By cnnfan1230

215 replies

26k views

IS 2 Jul - 3 OctInspector Sands

Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway USA - NBC Fall

Will be renamed Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris

Well there you go then.

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By Mouseboy33

33 replies

5,400 views

TI 3 Jul - 22 Dectightrope78

Hotel TV systems

Speaking of Hotel TVs, Here's a menu of LodgeNet's hotel TVs.

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By Andrew

12 replies

5,537 views

JF 4 Jul - 5 JulJetixFann450

BBC Scotland thread

It would seem either someone has complained or the viewership dropped dead, either way Eòrpa has been moved back to Saturday evening.

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By A former member

325 replies

36k views

:-( 6 Jul - 17 Nov 2018A former member

Six Nations - BBC + ITV to share

Split from The Sport Thread

The trouble is they pay way over the odds for the Premier League highlights when there are no other bids on the table, and Match of the Day arguably benefits the Premier League more than it does the...

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By Brekkie

59 replies

6,362 views

BR 7 Jul - 12 JulBrekkie

ITV's 60th Birthday

22 September 2015

Remember that ending music? Aw, that was nice!

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By 7 Network

191 replies

28k views

MK 8 Jul - 26 SepMr Kite

BBC1 cows ident

This has turned up on Twitter, hopeful some will find this useful. There is a few other pages on the link aswell. Thanks to tv live Twitter feed for finding this gem.

By A former member

0 replies

713 views

:-( 10 JulA former member

New BBC promotion

Shows some fight, uses borked logo

It's been nearly a week since this topic was last touched upon - move on!

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By Jonny

20 replies

4,574 views

CR 12 Jul - 22 JulCritique

Thames TV recreation 2015

Not mine so won't put in Gallery

Apart from the news I can't see much in that line up that's on ITV nowadays. It has a completely regional nature, local announcements and menus with music and so on, plus Kids programmes, gardening,...

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By DVB Cornwall

16 replies

3,229 views

DE 14 Jul - 27 Juldeejay

Doctor Who (2015)

Expectations

That's assuming the eventual 13-14 regeneration doesn't result in another female incarnation of The Doctor, which depends on how well received Jodie Whittaker turns out to be after a few episodes,...

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By presenterterry

419 replies

27k views

DJ 16 Jul - 9 Dec 2017DJGM

Does anyone remember Farming Outlook?

ITV 70s and 80s.

A bit more digging reveals Farming Outlook on YTV on Saturday at 9am in Sept 76, and Monday at 12.30 pm in November 78. Likely it was seen on TTT as well at some point. Searching not helped by the...

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By dogwwoo

24 replies

7,604 views

CL 21 Jul - 21 AugClosedown

Regional programmes on Central

Yorkshire's version of Jobfinder also had presented bits top and tailing the job listings, presented by John Hammond of what's in the box fame. It lasted an unusually long time, I think it was...

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By livereport

27 replies

5,523 views

AN 22 Jul - 31 JulAndrew

Europe files antitrust charges against Sky and film studios

Split from Sky's Branding

It seems that the EC are relaxing their stance on geoblocking, if this report leaked to The Register is anything to go by.

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By dvboy

25 replies

2,557 views

GE 23 Jul - 5 Novthegeek

Virgin Media EPG number changes

Yep, there's two different issues here. Tivo boxes source their listings from a different supplier to the other VM boxes, which will be the same as Freeview/Freesat/Sky etc. But unlike those other...

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By VMPhil

19 replies

4,018 views

BC 28 Jul - 9 OctBlake Connolly