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£1.50 increase to £147 - free licences for over 75s still means cuts to be made

The can watch using a device not connected to the mains is still a thing and is now widely used by students at uni (whose parents TV licence covers them watching on their phones/laptops as long as...

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By Rex

19 replies

1,182 views

AS 1 Mar - 2 MarAlexS

Pink Windmill Kids reunite and recreate meme

Also, timing wise Rod is flawless in throwing to breaks and other items, keeping the show to time even when things went wrong. There was one of the live episodes that couldn't go out for some reason...

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By Whataday

12 replies

962 views

WH 5 Mar - 6 MarWhataday

Location Location Location

A question about ITV regional HQ's

Yes PSB3 is the BBC's second Mux, which they gained as being part of the Freeview consortium. It was originally one of Ondigitals. Which presumably explains why they're able to sell the timeslot vacated...

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By Ne1L C

72 replies

3,940 views

IS 8 Mar - 18 MarInspector Sands

Product Placement

Historical and/or International

To be honest I'd assumed anyone who had an interest in the history of British TV was already aware of the 50s/early 60s Admags. Some are quite legendary- one called Jim's Inn, set in a pub, is one...

By Neil Jones

2 replies

329 views

JA 8 Mar - 9 Marjames-2001

Sky One kids shows

I miss him a little bit.

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By Whataday

16 replies

2,056 views

LL 13 Mar - 16 MarLarry the Loafer

The X Factor 2017

Huge changes planned - BGT-style scheduling

Agree - a big issue with The Voice is the audience doesn't really connect with the contestants and as much as The X Factor live shows can feel like a chore it didn't work too well for them when they...

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By Whataday

22 replies

2,262 views

BR 13 Mar - 19 MarBrekkie

Red Nose Day 2017

Turns out the broadcast wasn't in a proper venue but rather the Today Show plaza when it's setup for their concert series. The entire thing was lit up in red and the catwalk (which normally has the...

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By Whataday

163 replies

6,982 views

RK 13 Mar - 27 MayRkolsen

Big Brother Canada 5 (2017) > HIATUS > BBCAN 6

Space themed season launches 3/14/17 tommorrow across North America

A they are finishing up the completion of the brand new rebuilt Big Brother Canada house. Cant wait.

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By Mouseboy33

20 replies

2,633 views

MO 14 Mar - 26 Jan 2018Mouseboy33

TV viewing research

Spare a few minutes to help a student?

Hey all, I hope this is okay, but I wondered if I could ask for some assistance from some fellow tele lovers? I'm working on a coding project for my degree and I'm hoping to put together a smart...

By rwills

0 replies

118 views

RW 14 Marrwills

Operation London Bridge: the death of the Queen

Includes interesting info on how the media would respond

I've said this before but Roger Mosey's book explains why Peter Sissons didn't wear black. They removed the stipulation that they had to wear black because it was always assumed that the story would...

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By johnnyboy

370 replies

23k views

SW 16 Mar - 18 MaySteve Williams

New Bake Off line up confirmed

Prue, Sandi and Noel join Paul

That goes for any show that suffers this fate.

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By Brekkie

189 replies

10,407 views

JA 16 Mar - 16 DecJAS84

Dave's Bottom looks weird

1080p50 HEVC is being used for broadcast to homes in Germany on their new DVB-T2 system, which is replacing DVB-T.

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By Whataday

17 replies

886 views

NG 18 Mar - 19 Marnoggin

Neighbours to be dropped by C5?

New deal talks break down

This is just like Sky and Discovery all over again. I'm sure they'll come to some sort of agreement (assuming no other broadcaster wants it), where one side will end up giving in. Fremantlemedia...

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By Brekkie

55 replies

3,385 views

KE 19 Mar - 22 Markernow

Good Morning Britain

March 2017 onwards - Moving to TVC Studio 3 on 16th April 2018

I don’t know much about the UK set industry but £200k is cheap in the US market where you’d likely get one screen and a desk. The screens alone would probably eat most of the cost.

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By alexhduk

2,097 replies

191k views

RK 20 Mar - 16 Apr 2018Rkolsen

BBC One 1997

Box logo

The TOTP animation broke the rules of the time then... They hadn't been relaxed, they just weren't enforced... These days there isn't really anyone who has that responsibility in the corporation...

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By Mike W

13 replies

1,772 views

NG 20 Mar - 21 Marnoggin

ITV disaster recovery testing - CNWEST

Split from The Nightly Show

Or maybe someone was drunk writing the captions 😏

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By alexhduk

34 replies

2,435 views

CY 28 Mar - 11 Maycyberdude

Channel 4 to remain publically owned - DCMS

but 'maybe moved out of London'

If you look at the overall production costs its cheaper to use your own facilities rather than the whims of the market. Thats why BBC studios are so much busier and if the closure of TLS goes ahead...

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By DVB Cornwall

36 replies

1,454 views

TR 28 Mar - 19 MayTROGGLES

Happy 20th Birthday Channel Five

Launched on 30 March 1997, Channel Five turns 20

Blimey, so it was ! I think they also wanted to add Guildford, using UHF Ch 36, but it was a non starter from a regulatory angle. To this day Ch 36 has never been used for TV broadcasting in the...

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By ukpetey

114 replies

5,181 views

MA 30 Mar - 2 AprMarkymark

International Sports Coverage

Rights, Broadcasters et Al beyond the UK.

In this case, 40% of the costs have been guaranteed by Telecom Italia per Bloomberg earlier in the year: DAZN does have linear channels on the Sky EPG, as well as its app on Sky Q, so is easily...

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By DVB Cornwall

308 replies

19,486 views

RR 30 Mar - 27 Mar 2021RR

1983 Yorkshire/Tyne Tees "dispute"

World of Sport clip on YouTube

Nobody asked for the whole article I mentioned, but anyway, here it is. (He is, of course, referring to McCririck at one point here; he appears to be unaware that ITV had their own snooker tournaments...

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By Steve in Pudsey

41 replies

4,155 views

AK 30 Mar - 22 JulAraminta Kane