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BFBS. A question

Sky Sports outside UK and ROI

Ah yes, I'd forgotten that !

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By Ne1L C

40 replies

2,609 views

MA 1 Sep - 5 SepMarkymark

BBC Four - CBeebies simulcast?

Not necessarily A Bad Thing. I switched off MHEG on my Toppy PVR, and was never troubled by 'Press Red...' on screen junk

By LewisS

3 replies

586 views

MA 2 SepMarkymark

Jacqueline Pearce has passed away

Blake's 7' Servalan was 74 years old

That's incredibly sad. She was a superb & incredibly beautiful actress, perfect for the role as Servalan & Jacqueline Pearce lit up the screen in Blakes 7, playing the part with such gusto and...

By Ne1L C

3 replies

336 views

DJ 4 SepDai Jestive

Channel Television

Technicals then and now...

I have it from the horse's mouth, Fremont Point is fed by fibre for all three muxes, with the 27.5W D-Sat feed for PSB 1 and 3 back up.

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By JamesM0984

42 replies

1,928 views

MA 4 Sep - 6 SepMarkymark

WOS Wrestling Ratings

Split from Doctor Who (2018 onwards)

It's a bit more than 'just a commentary team - there's production, facilities, edits - you can make telly on the cheap, but it takes more people than you might think for the simplest of shows....

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By cityprod

68 replies

2,940 views

GE 5 Sep - 16 Septhegeek

Burt Reynolds has died

Smokey and the Bandit replaces Storage Wars on ITV4.

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By Ne1L C

15 replies

858 views

LL 6 Sep - 8 SepLondon Lite

Liz Fraser has died

Another legend has left us

It’s a difficult one because someone may have a particular fondness for them but for it’s worth remembering whether creating a topic would actually trigger a worthwhile conversation. For everyone...

By Ne1L C

11 replies

898 views

AS 7 SepAsa

BBC Living

New IPTV channel from BBC Studios in Australia

Apparently it started on Fetch TV on 1 May, and it's definitely showing on their TV Guide. I can't see any plans anywhere for it to go to any of the other platforms such as Foxtel.

By Stuart

3 replies

700 views

ST 8 Sep - 9 SepStuart

ITV'S HD Channels

That's got to hurt the quality. Especially if you're watching on an LCD TV that's upscaling it again.

By Bennyboy1984

7 replies

974 views

JA 9 Sep - 10 Sepjames-2001

New Channel: Virgin TV Ultra HD

Launches on Monday 17 September

Monday 17th 8.20pm The Big Dry (New) 9.10pm Mysteries of the Mekong 10pm StartUp (New) 10.55pm The Rolling Stones: Havana Moon Tuesday 18th 8.20pm The Big Dry (New) 9.10pm Great Parks...

By TellyTime

8 replies

1,104 views

TT 10 Sep - 15 SepTellyTime

Help with some vague memories

I'm sure Janet Street-Porter would have a few things to say about that! Let's not forget what inspired The Big Breakfast in the first place.

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By Mr Zzzap

32 replies

1,429 views

WH 11 Sep - 13 SepWhataday

Old Set Pieces

Really interesting site! Thanks for that, Inspector Sands

By 030293

5 replies

450 views

03 14 Sep030293

Could UKTV be scrapped?

To allow concentration on a Netflix rival...

The BBC and Discovery have agreed their terms: Good Food, Home and Really will go to Discovery, with the remaining channels being taken over by BBC Studios. Discovery will also launch a worldwide...

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By nwtv2003

123 replies

10,446 views

WO 16 Sep - 1 Apr 2019Woodpecker

"Is There Anybody There"

A question about audiences

It would only be more accurate if Sky had a way of finding out how many people were in the room at the time and what their demographic was. That's what BARB provides

By Ne1L C

9 replies

524 views

IS 17 Sep - 19 SepInspector Sands

Scandinavian TV

Big cuts at DR

I was going to say, the nepotism issues at Eurovision were with the other company rather than DR weren't they? That said, despite it being a great production I know the Copenhagen show cost an...

By Thinker

6 replies

677 views

JM 18 Sep - 20 SepJamesM0984

Denis Norden has died aged 96

It would have been at the request of the copyright holder. In the glory days of IBAOTN they would only credit a handful of companies (usually American) and then add "and all the other companies..."

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By bilky asko

68 replies

3,428 views

WH 19 Sep - 22 SepWhataday

BBC Alba

Changes: 17th September 2018 ( 10th birthday on 19th)

At last Clouds have appeared on an ident, here is the twist.. it's the full Green version at 30secs

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By A former member

46 replies

5,106 views

:-( 19 Sep - 11 Apr 2019A former member

Sky - Comcast takeover complete

Comcast to compulsorily acquire all shares not already held.

I’m always leery when a book about some sort of history (even media) comes out less than a year after an event happens.

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By DVB Cornwall

199 replies

13,502 views

RK 20 Sep - 29 May 2019Rkolsen

Technical Question about faint “ghost” audio..

“Pre-print” seems to be the correct terminology!

Live reads of commercial copy were still in use on UTV in the mid-1990s.

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By Si-Co

33 replies

1,419 views

CO 21 Sep - 28 SepColm

Something like an LWT t shirt.

Wanting opinions on a new t shirt by Wrangler.

These clocks are quite nice as well.

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By robertclark125

17 replies

1,259 views

PC 21 Sep - 23 SepPhilip Cobbold