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BT and Sky reach wholesale agreement - Part II

BTTV Viewers to get Now TV with a plus.

Isn’t it that technically they are selling the Now TV packages but the channels will be available within the BT TV EPG. The second announcement talked about a ‘deeper’ partnership and that...

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By DVB Cornwall

12 replies

1,043 views

UK 1 Nov - 4 Jan 2019UKnews

Massive R&B changed to Total Country

Channel changed on November 1st.

David Cameron won't be hosting a show.

By Caly123

6 replies

629 views

DW 2 NovDavidWhitfield

Tomorrow's World

The iconic show returns for a one-off 90 minute special on BBC Four

I'm talking about the 2002 repeat on BBC4 this weekend!

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By Richard

70 replies

4,469 views

BU 3 Nov - 3 Decbuster

Sky One

They did that with an episode of Friends too. The actual scene had a line cut out on C4, which was included in the coming up clip.

By James Vertigan

8 replies

862 views

VM 4 Nov - 6 NovVMPhil

Christmas TV 2018

Schedules and programme discussion

This is indeed Sia

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By James Vertigan

458 replies

21k views

DV 6 Nov - 1 Jan 2019dvboy

Scuzz closes 15th November

CSC Media/Sony rock channel will close after 15 years on air

Probably the uplink provider (ie Arqiva/Globecast) pulling the plug at a set time rather than Scuzz themselves.

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By Caly123

44 replies

3,004 views

JV 8 Nov - 17 NovJames Vertigan

Strictly Come Dancing

Ropey editing in the pre-recorded Results show

A 10pm results show wouldn't do that well in the ratings (especially after the news.) and would affect the Sunday schedule much more. I don't think back in the era when they did do it that it ever...

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By Lou Scannon

21 replies

1,656 views

BM 11 Nov - 12 NovBM11

Sony Crime Channel 2 to close

Same as me when I tried the same with the final programme broadcast on the channel.

By zeebre12

8 replies

1,189 views

CA 13 Nov - 15 NovCaly123

ITV Theme Announcement

Emmerdale did use a melancholy piano theme during the plane crash.

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By Bennyboy1984

49 replies

8,782 views

JM 14 Nov - 18 NovJamesM0984

Children In Need 2018

A Night of fundraising again.

I remember there was a very large outdoor CIN concert in Stoke-on-Trent one year in the early 00s organised by BBC Midlands that they opted to both on network and midlands.

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By FanOfTV99

147 replies

6,268 views

IT 15 Nov - 22 NovIndigoTucker

Casualty New Titles

Well, the middle third of the titles, anyway... that title text is either going to look very small in the full version, or they made a special square version for Instagram. Some inspiration from...

By DJ Dave

3 replies

522 views

DA 16 Novdavidhorman

TV Dxing November 2018

There's a lot of tropo this weekend

Interesting website here - It is in Dutch but should be reasonably easy to understand. Also - useful map here:

By Curto21

9 replies

886 views

RI 17 Nov - 18 NovRichard

Studios

Split from Blockbusters to be revived

Milkshake led to her big break hosting Channel 5's revival of It's A Knockout with Keith Chegwin.

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By dbl

38 replies

1,692 views

WH 17 Nov - 29 NovWhataday

Wither BBC

A theoretical question

I think that's where the beginning of the end starts. Once you make it general taxation and reduce the direct link between payment and the BBC, you doom the BBC to be beholden to politicians at a...

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By Ne1L C

19 replies

891 views

NG 20 Nov - 21 Novnoggin

A hard border in the Irish Sea

How will it affect broadcasting?

BBC provide their channels to the Irish tv providers via their commercial arm BBC Studios. Carriage deals means BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Four, CBBC and Cbeebies appear on the Irish Sky EPG, with BBC...

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By Riaz

34 replies

1,608 views

JK 20 Nov - 25 Jan 2019JKDerry

End of End of Part One

(Not the LWT sketch show)

You’re not alone. In Broadchurch they used both Lyme Bay and Clevedon as filming locations, that led to inconsistencies with the direction of of sunsets and sunrises

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By VMPhil

33 replies

2,652 views

MA 23 Nov - 30 DecMarkymark

65 minute slot duration - C4 @ 10pm & ITV with IACGMOOH

A leap into the great unknown and I hope you aren't seriously suggesting that one of the top priorities in the new world will be to 'change the rules to stop 31 minute programmes appearing on an EPG...

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By SA100

17 replies

1,600 views

NJ 25 Nov - 3 DecNeil Jones

ITV are now eyeing up STV

ITV will not have a easy ride like UTV....

Presumably other than news it is a long time since the two STV regions had any local programming of their own.

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By A former member

84 replies

5,166 views

BR 28 Nov - 7 DecBrekkie

BBC One Christmas 2018

1st December. Split from Christmas Idents 2018

Thanks for that comprehensive explanation. Never could stand the programme so my knowledge of this skit technique was nil.

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By Whataday

399 replies

18,480 views

DV 29 Nov - 28 DecDVB Cornwall